Posts Tagged with “grants”

Grant will help Bryant professor create African Digital Archive

February 18th, 2012

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To learn more about the genesis and goals of the African Digital Archive and Professor Perullo's work with the African Alliance of Rhode Island, listen to this podcast (12:37 min.) or download here.

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SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Alex Perullo, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology and African studies in Bryant's College of Arts and Sciences, has received a $6,000 grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities to create the African Digital Archive, an interactive resource containing images, interviews, videos and curriculum materials about African people who have immigrated to Rhode Island.

The archive is an outgrowth of the African Studies Workshops co-sponsored since 2007 by Bryant University and the African Alliance of Rhode Island. The annual workshops have served as a means to create conversations among Africans living in Rhode Island, university students, and the public.

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Bryant initiative helping R.I. public high schools develop plans to achieve net-zero energy

November 18th, 2011

Fifty-three schools will receive customized reports outlining which renewable energy technologies would be best suited for installation on their campuses, potential savings

SMITHFIELD, R.I.  –  A Bryant University initiative made possible by a grant from the Rhode Island Renewable Energy Fund is helping 53 public high schools and career technical centers in the Ocean State determine which renewable energy technologies can be installed at their facilities and how much energy would be generated.

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Chafee Center receives grant for energy feasibility study

October 27th, 2011

The University's Chafee Center for International Business will manage a grant from the state's Economic Development Corporation that enables the completion of an energy feasibility study and renewable energy review of every public high school in Rhode Island. The goal is to produce a "roadmap" for these schools to get as close as possible to a "net-zero energy" building.