The U.S. Agency for International Development on Thursday announced that it would award $26-million to seven universities to establish “development labs” designed to study foreign aid and help solve problems such as chronic conflict and lack of adequate food resources in the developing world. The five-year project, which intends to focus the efforts of university researchers on the problems facing the world’s poor, could eventually see as much as $130-million in award money. The winners are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California at Berkeley, Michigan State University, Duke University, Texas A&M University at College Station, the College of William & Mary, and Makerere University, in Uganda.
MORE POSTS ABOUT
- Global
-
Landslide Kills Montana State U. Professor Leading Study Trip in Nepal
Betsy Palmer, an associate professor of education at Montana State University at Bozeman, died on Monday as a result of injuries suffered in a landslide while leading a group of 16 students on a study… Read More
- In France, a Bill to Allow More Instruction in English Ignites Passions
- AAUP Criticizes Group's Vote to Support Boycott of Israeli Institutions
