Virtual is nice, but real is much nicer Feb 8, 2008
4 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of a program in environmental studies. The premise underlying this renewed national interest in sustainability is that we have failed to appreciate the fragility of natural resources and thus have dangerously misused them. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Earth's soils bear unmistakable footprints of humans Jan 26, 2008
The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Duke's Center on Global Change. A professor of soils and ecology at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Richter and his international colleagues have recently established what is described as the first global network of long-term soil experiments, a network with an extensive web site. (EurekAlert!)
Unique recordings gain new life Jan 15, 2008
Eight months of grant-writing teamwork paid off when UMKC Chancellor Guy Bailey recently received a check for $502,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Marr Sound Archives, housed in the Miller Nichols Library (MNL), now has the means to breathe new life into the J. David Goldin Collection. (University News, MO)
Bush's exit is inspiring authors Jan 13, 2008
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will pay Yale University $1. 3 million to turn its archive of Josef Stalin's personal papers into a digital file. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
WVU exec forms panel to probe his own actions Jan 3, 2008
For instance, William G. Bowen, president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and past president of Princeton University, was tapped in 2006 to co-chair a panel that examined Duke University's response to an alleged sexual assault involving lacrosse players. Some observers said WVU would have done well to adopt a similar approach. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
How To Make an Un-Level Playing Field More Un-Level Dec 20, 2007
Researchers at Princeton and at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation examined the earnings of students admitted into elite schools like Yale. They compared the salary histories of those students admitted and attended, against those admitted but who chose to attend a less prestigious school. (Townhall.com)
Recipients of Second Annual Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration Announced Dec 10, 2007
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation today awarded $650,000 in prizes to ten not-for-profit institutions in the second annual Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration (MATC) ... The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is a philanthropic organization with offices in New York City and Princeton, NJ. The MATC awards are a project of the Foundation's Program in Research in Information Technology (RIT) ... SOURCE The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. (PR Newswire)
L.A. Phil Receives $1 Million For Multimedia Projects Nov 24, 2007
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association recently announced that it has received a 1 million grant for multimedia projects from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The money will help pay for: a Philharmonic-commissioned orchestral work by composer Michael Gordon and film with images of Los Angeles by Bill Morrison on Jan. 12, 2008; a co-commission with London's Royal Festival Hall, featuring music by British composer Thomas Ades and video by Tal Rosner, in May; and Peter Sellars' staged production... (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Cataloging King papers blazes a trail Nov 9, 2007
The project is being paid for by more than $1 million in grants provided to both archives by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. King, who received his doctorate in theology from Boston University in 1955, donated a collection of office files, manuscripts, awards and letters to the school in 1964. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
International Task Force to Address Critical Challenge of Preserving Electronic Information UCSD, Sep. 19 Sep 21, 2007
To address this critical challenge for digital preservation, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation are teaming to fund a Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access. Also participating in Task Force activities are the Library of Congress, the National Archives and Records Administration, the Council on Library and Information Resources, and the Joint Information Systems Committee of the United Kingdom. (University of California Newswire, CA)
Goodbye, Luciano! The death of an opera giant Sep 18, 2007
5 million for the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, money going towards a Monteverdi Madrigals performance this semester, and Monteverdis Orfeo ed Eurydice next semester. Though there is a small, if dedicated, group of opera fans on campus, it seems overwhelmingly that most people at Yale either have no interest in listening to opera or actively dislike it. (Yale Herald, CT)
Natives get Ph.D. aid Sep 16, 2007
The $40,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is intended to help the university create a program to attract more Native students to advanced degree programs, university officials said. The university also plans to create a new doctorate in education with an emphasis on indigenous studies, said Bernice Joseph, the university's vice chancellor for rural, community and Native education. (Anchorage Daily News)
CAU Again Ranked As One Of Best Southeastern Colleges Sep 8, 2007
Receiving major grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ($1 million); the United Negro College Fund ($615,000) in support of student recruitment and retention; and a $1 million grant awarded by AT&T to the School of Business Administration for graduate scholarships to help support a diverse technological workforce. A balanced budget and a university that is fiscally sound. (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
Page Library awarded grants Aug 20, 2007
A fourth grant is from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. It's part of a partnership with Cornell University, Ithica, N.Y.. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Fragmented Structure Of Seafloor Faults May Dampen Effects Of Earthquakes Jul 14, 2007
Funding for this research was provided by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the WHOI Deep Ocean Exploration Institute, the NSF Ocean Sciences Directorate, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards for Innovative Research. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a private, independent organization in Falmouth, Mass. (Science Daily)
Virtual explorers comb Egypt's ruins Jun 18, 2007
6 million in funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the assistance of hundreds of volunteers, allows users to research monuments and artifacts from the time of the original discovery and excavation through today. The MFA recently forged formal agreements with several museums and universities in Europe to add their Giza archives and artifacts to the website. (Boston Globe)
Rebuilding Rome as a Virtual City Jun 12, 2007
Frischer says the project, funded over the years by $2 million in grants from Intel, Microsoft and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, among others, lacks a business plan and the servers to distribute downloads. So for the moment, the best way to view the old city may be to click on the video clips here. (Newsweek)
Climate Change Linked To Origins Of Agriculture In Mexico Jun 5, 2007
Funding for this study was provided by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and National Museum of Natural History. Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. (Science Daily)
Smithsonian scientists connect climate change, origins of agriculture in Mexico Jun 2, 2007
Funding for this study was provided by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and National Museum of Natural History. Photo: Piperno, Laguna Tuxpan, Iguala Valley. (EurekAlert!)
Off-Broadway Opening Set For Play Commissioned By Lied Center Jun 1, 2007
In 1991, NYTW received an Obie Award for Sustained Achievement and in 2000 was designated to be part of the Leading National Theatres Program by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Off-Broadway Opening Set For Play Commissioned By Lied Center. (Nebraska Statepaper)
El Nino And African Monsoon Have Strongly Influenced Intense Hurricane Frequency In The Past May 28, 2007
The research by Donnelly and Woodruff was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Risk Prediction Initiative, the National Geographic Society, the WHOI Coastal Ocean Institute, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. (Science Daily)
Trustee, faculty members will serve as fellows of academy May 11, 2007
In 2001, Pippin received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. In awarding the prize, the Mellon Foundation described Pippin s Henry James and Modern Moral Life as a model of productive engagement between philosophy and literary studies that also exemplifies the intellectual breadth of the University of Chicago s famed Committee on Social Thought. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Tropical Plants Go With The Flow ... Of Nitrogen May 10, 2007
Funding for this work was provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Science Foundation. Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Carnegie Institution. (Science Daily)
The High Museum unlocks the 'Gates of Paradise' Apr 30, 2007
The High convened a special workshop in February 2006 in Florence with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (which also underwrote the show's catalog) and resulting in a commission to have the digital-art library ARTstor create a major photographic study of the "Gates.". The completion of the restoration of the bronze doors has been facilitated by special funding from a non-profit organization, the Friends of Florence. (CNN -- Travel)
Gates of Paradise Apr 21, 2007
The restoration, the exhibition and the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation enabled experts to study the "Gates" in a depth never before possible. Their discoveries may rewrite art history. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Former McPherson resident to speak April 11 at Kansas State University Apr 4, 2007
MANHATTAN -- Former McPherson resident Eric Sundquist, Foundation Professor of Literature at the University of California at Los Angeles and a 2006 recipient of an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Distinguished Service Award, will make a presentation at Kansas State University. Sundquist, a scholar of multiculturalism, will present "Martin Luther King's 'Dream': Whose Country 'Tis of Thee?" at 4 p.m. April 11 in the Hemisphere Room at Hale Library. (McPherson Sentinel, KS)
A Bright Outlook for Giving Apr 2, 2007
" Debra Blum and Sam Kean contributed to this article. 2007 budget Percentage change from 2006 J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation (Boise, Idaho) $28,500,000 (P) +71.2% Annenberg Foundation (Radnor, Pa.) 275,000,000 (P) +0.6 Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation (Pittsburgh) 18,454,000 (P) +3.1 Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation (Atlanta) 21,122,000 (P) +4.6 Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (Milwaukee) 36,000,000 (P) +11.8 Otto Bremer Foundation (St. Paul) 28,500,000 (P) +8.1 Brown Foundation... (The Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Healthy coastal wetlands would adapt to rising oceans Mar 29, 2007
The research was funded by the National Science Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The team's model, which was based partly on field studies done in South Carolina, and compared with observations in Louisiana, Massachusetts and British Columbia marshlands, uses computerized mathematical equations to help researchers evaluate the evolution of marsh shapes and complex ecosystems. (EurekAlert!)
American Chemical Society, Portico sign agreement for permanent electronic archiving of ACS content Mar 22, 2007
Porticos electronic archiving service was launched in 2005 with support provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ithaka, The Library of Congress and Journal Storage (JSTOR). The agreement assures long-term preservation and ongoing access to electronic content from the journals of the ACS.. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Yu to continue research ‘journey’ into 16th-century Chinese masterwork with Mellon Foundation grant Mar 2, 2007
The Trustees of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have approved a $55,000 award to the University for an Emeritus Fellowship to support a project of research and writing on the 16th-century masterwork of traditional Chinese fiction, The Journey to the West. The award supports the work of Anthony C. Yu, the Carl Darling Buck Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and Professor Emeritus of Religion and Literature in the Divinity School. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Duke leaders: Bigotry not overt Mar 1, 2007
Money from Duke and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation financed the project. Among other things, the survey found that in their first year at Duke, about 15 percent of black students reported that instructors treated them badly because of their race or ethnicity. (Herald Sun)
Bethune university a college no more Feb 15, 2007
School leaders have been considering the name switch since August 2004, when they began planning a graduate program with a $50,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The only graduate degree now offered is a master of science in "transformative leadership." The program is primarily an online course of study designed for working adults. (Orlando Sentinel -- News)
A Princeton Lab on ESP Plans to Close Its Doors Feb 11, 2007
We know people have ideas beyond the mainstream,; said the sociologist Harriet Zuckerman, author of ;Scientific Elite: Nobel Laureates in the United States; and senior vice president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, ;but if they want funds for research they have to go through peer review, and the system is going to be very skeptical of ideas that are inconsistent with what is already known. Dr. Jahn, one of the world;s foremost experts on jet propulsion, defied the system. (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Oil heir buying W.Va. by the ton Feb 4, 2007
The land, known as the D.D. Shepard property, contains 80 million tons of coal reserves, as well as natural gas and timber reserves, and was owned by the New York-based Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This is one of the most attractive blocks of currently producing coal in the country, said Nick Carter, Natural Resources Partners president and chief operating officer. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Miami's New Carnival Center for the Performing Arts Announces Lineup for 'Merce in Miami' Jan 30, 2007
Additional funding provided by The Ford Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Major support for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company's 2006-2007 season provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Robert Rauschenberg, The Starr Foundation, and Save America's Treasures. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Ballet receives grant to study field's viability Jan 25, 2007
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is a private philanthropic institution with assets of approximately $5 billion. It makes grants to institutions of higher education, independent libraries, centers for advanced study, museums, art conservation and performing arts organizations. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Four new members named to UChicago Argonne LLC board Jan 19, 2007
The new members are Richard Morimoto, the Bill and Gayle Cook professor of biology at Northwestern University; Don Randel, president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and President Emeritus of the University; John Fees, COO of BWX Technologies Inc.; and Noel Watson, CEO of Jacobs Engineering Inc.. UChicago Argonne LLC is the new organization that the U.S. Department of Energy chose to manage and operate Argonne National Laboratory. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
