Mellon Gives UPenn $5.1 Million to Boost Latino Faculty in the Humanities
Release Date:
02/04/2016
The Mellon Foundation grant will support of efforts to increase the number of Latino professors in the humanities at U.S. colleges and universities.
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Karen Brooks Hopkins Joins the Jerome L. Greene Foundation Board of Directors
Release Date:
01/12/2016
Longtime president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, current Senior Fellow in Residence at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Karen Brooks Hopkins becomes Greene Foundation Trustee.
Mellon Foundation Supports Scholarship on America’s Immigration History, including Interactive Graphics
Release Date:
12/17/2015
American Panorama, a detailed graphical representation of immigration history, was created by the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond, with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Kress and Mellon Support First Academic Art Museum and Library Summit
Release Date:
12/09/2015
The Summit will focus on the ways that new pedagogical models and technologies are transforming the work of the academy, and the potential for art museums and libraries to engage more fully with faculty, students, and each other.
Duke & Mellon Foundations Sponsor Provocative Dance Work on the Legacy of Confederate Symbolism
Release Date:
11/19/2015
"Ruptured Silence" is a new media and dance performance that examines contemporary perspectives about the confederate flag, a bygone symbol, and its usage as an intimidation tool.
Mellon Foundation Supported New York Historical Society Fellows Announced
Release Date:
10/21/2015
The New-York Historical Society announced ten fellows who will be in residence during the 2015–16 academic year, including those supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Playwright, Novelist and Songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks to Receive the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize: JP Morgan Private Bank
Release Date:
10/15/2015
The Gish Prize Trust announced that playwright, novelist and songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks has been selected to receive the 22nd Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, given annually to recognize highly accomplished artists from all disciplines.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Helps Expand Cornell's Prison Education Program
Release Date:
10/06/2015
The $1 million grant will establish the program at two additional correctional facilities by 2017.
$2 Million Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Digital Humanities
Release Date:
09/02/2015
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded the University of Pennsylvania a $2 million grant to support University initiatives in the digital humanities in both Penn Arts & Sciences and Penn Libraries.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Columbia's Justice-In-Education Initiative
Release Date:
08/27/2015
The $1 million grant will provide education to current and former prisoners.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Works to Preserve Scholarly Latin Texts
Release Date:
08/19/2015
The foundation has granted $1 million to the University of Oklahoma to develop a Digital Latin Library.
The Mellon Foundation Backs Bard's Innovative Masters Program in Orchestral Performace Studies
Release Date:
08/14/2015
Bard College has been awarded a $2 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the launch of an innovative Master of Music Degree Program.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Backs Initiative to Increase Arts Integration in Research Cirricula
Release Date:
08/06/2015
The $800,000 grant will support a three-year initiative that will disseminate best practices in the integration of arts practice at research universities.
Andrew W. Mellon Study Examines Demographic Composition of Museum Staff
Release Date:
08/05/2015
The study is thought to be the first of its kind to measure diversity in art museums around the U.S.
Philanthropists, Lawmakers Behind New Push for College Education in Prison
Release Date:
07/29/2015
Move comes as criminal-justice policies place more emphasis on preparing inmates for life beyond bars.
$1.25 Million Mellon Grant Awarded to Arts & Humanities to Fund Digital Humanities, African American Studies
Release Date:
07/17/2015
The grant will fund research, education and training at the intersections of digital humanities and African American studies at the University of Maryland.
Ella Baff will Join the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as Senior Program Officer
Release Date:
07/15/2015
Ms. Baff is currently the executive and artistic director of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Andrew W. Mellon and Doris Duke Charitable Foundations Support Creation of New Musical Works
Release Date:
07/15/2015
The foundations have earmarked $475,000 to Chamber Music America for new jazz and classical ensemble pieces.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grants $4.1 Million to 41 Theater Programs
Release Date:
07/06/2015
Each grant ranged between $10,000 and $160,000 and will be used toward operating support over the next two years.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Funds New Justice in Education Initiative
Release Date:
05/07/2015
The $1 million grant will support the Center for Justice and the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University.