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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awards $873,000 grant to Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded an $873,000 grant to the Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project (P+NAP). The ڰ  Foundation will serve as the fiscal sponsor for the grant, which will be distributed over the next two years. 

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ڰ earns three TRIO Student Support Services grants totaling $3.9 million

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded three grants to ڰ in support of TRIO Student Support Services (TRIO SSS), a program that provides individualized academic and social assistance to students from their freshman year through graduation. ڰ is the only university in the state to be awarded more than two TRIO grants.
 

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ڰ Assistant Professor co-creates outdoor art exhibit

Assistant Professor of Biology Beth Reinke has co-created “Artificial Outlook,” a pandemic-safe walkable art show along a stretch of Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.

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College of Arts and Sciences changes names of two departments, a major and a minor

ڰ’s College of Arts and Sciences has changed the name of its Art department to Art + Design and the department, major and minor of Women’s and Gender Studies to Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies beginning in the Fall 2020 semester.