CSUB Awarded $5.2 million in Grants

CSUB awarded $5.2 million in grants for increasing science enrollment, ecological research project California State University, Bakersfield has been awarded at total of $5.2 million in grants from the United States Department of Education and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. These grants follow the announcement last week of a $10.4 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The federal $4.9 million grant, to be funded over the next two years, will be used to develop the priorities of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act - Hispanic Serving Institutions - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics grant program. Julio Blanco, dean of the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, will be working closely with Bakersfield College to design a seamless pathway for Hispanic student... [read full story]