Northwestern University professor and dancer Thomas DeFrantz is the recipient of a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to expand a research project on African-American dance, the Chicago...more
The Michaels Organization Educational Foundation announced that 145 educational grants totaling $315,000 have been awarded to aspiring students who reside at rental communities owned or managed by...more
The Wells County Foundation bequeaths $2, 262 grant awards to Nottingham Township Volunteer Fire Department for the acquisition of six voice amplifiers. The amplifiers are intended to ideally match...more
A Georgia high school senior who describes her art as "very stylized" and "based on cubism and expressionism" has won a $50,000 scholarship.
Karla Rosas, an International Baccalaureate student at...more
MacArthur Foundation relates that Lady Gaga will be joined by Oprah Winfrey in the launching of Born This Way Foundation.
The Born This Way Foundation is partnering with MacArthur, the California...more
It's been a year since Joe Biden signed the Climate Action Act into law, and in an interview with Aol News, former Biden climate adviser Gina McCarthy says that while there are "going to be...more
Lilian Choruwa-Chambuka is the face behind the rescue of a set of Murehwa quadruplets from a hospital after their parents failed to find suitable accommodations for them. But she had been involved in...more
Kanwal Rekhi, aka "The Entrepreneurship Pandit," is an Indian-American entrepreneur who's made a name for himself in Silicon Valley.
Now, he's bringing his know-how to rural India, where he plans...more
New Jersey-based Puffin Foundation and Nation Institute will grant a $100,000 award to Reverend Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
The award will be given at the...more
A 19-year-old clarinettist from Queensland, Australia, is being hailed as one of the best in the world after a concert with the Queensland Youth Symphony.
Lewis Blanchard played Aaron Copland's...more
When Hannah Davis traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.