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College Gets $16M for Stem Cell Center

Sound pioneer Ray Dolby and his wife gave $16 million to the University of California, San Francisco to start a stem cell center that will perform research without federal funds, the school announced Wednesday.

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PND - News - National Park Foundation Receives $1 Million to Protect Native Plants

Source: foundationcenter.org

ARAMARK announced a ten-year, $1 million grant to the National Park Foundation for the organization's new First Bloom project, which encourages children to participate in hands-on natural resource protection activities in national parks.

For him, helping scholars is pure genius

Source: Chicago Tribune

"Community developer using grant to help others achieve dream of going to college."

Just One Day Left to Help Give Away $1 Million to Local Chicagoland Historic Sites!

Source: GoodBiz113

With just one day left of community voting for the Partners in Preservation program, American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation are asking the public to make a last push for their favorite Chicagoland historic site by voting online daily at

How to become a MacArthur genius and get YOUR $500,000 grant

Source: Slate

The MacArthur Foundation anointed 24 new geniuses Tuesday. They granted $500,000 fellowships to artists, engineers, and a host of other creative types.

The Ithaca Journal - www.theithacajournal.com - Ithaca, NY

Source: theithacajournal.com

Grants like this allow agriculture to develop, and when agriculture develops, people get fed!

"Scary" Sherry Watson and VIP Executive Mentoring

Source:

They call her "Scary Sherry." She is a one-woman powerhouse who has the attention of legislators and was mentored by James Brady - but she is an incredible entrepreneur. She teaches people to build 501 (c)3 corporations.

University of Wisconsin Recieves $125 Million Biofuel Grant

Source: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has won one of the largest federal grants in its history to create a center that will explore how to convert cornstalks, wood chips, grass and other plant material into fuel for cars and power plants.

Mozilla Give $100,000 to Democracy Player

Source: getdemocracy.com

I am absolutely thrilled to announce today that we've received a grant from Mozilla, creators of Firefox.

USA Grants to Finish High School

Source: niche-newsreels.com

In today's fast-paced and eagerly competitive world, not having an education is career suicide. College graduates make anywhere from 40% to 200% more than those that have only graduated from High School.

Tough Guy Hugh Grant arrested over 'attack'

Source: BBC News

Actor Hugh Grant has been arrested over an allegation he attacked a photographer in London, before throwing a tub of food at him. Photographer Ian Whittaker told the Daily Star newspaper he was kicked before the tub was hurled at him

California: $74.6 Mln grants for embryonic stem cell research

Source: CureSpinalCordInjury.com

What's wrong with that? California offered funds for Korean research unit.

Credits and Cash Say "Aloha"

Source: hawaiifilmblog.com

The state of Hawaii offers film tax credits, and in some cases, cash grants to lure film and television productions to shoot there.

Wired: Lincoln's Telegrams

Source: The Washington Post

The Abraham Lincoln whose birthday we celebrate today is known for his soaring prose. What we remember, however, is Lincoln's planned prose; he kept no diary or other record of his innermost thoughts.

Evolution Major Vanishes From Federal College Grant List

Source: The New York Times

Evolutionary biology has vanished from the list of acceptable fields of study for recipients of a federal education grant for low-income college students.

Sue's Reviews: American Dreamz

Hurray for American Dreamz! Not because I loved it, but because I didn't. I have lavished so much praise on movies recently that I was beginning to sound like David Manning. Let the criticism begin!