The grant from the Mellon Foundation will support undergraduate research and provide a fellowship program for university faculty to learn digital and archival methods from library experts.
The University of Arizona received a $1.2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to establish a four-year initiative and faculty fellowship program to support undergraduate student research on the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
Funded by $3 million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Project CAN will address the need for broadband internet access in diverse Southern Arizona communities.
Higher education institutions are renovating their libraries to increase technology access, build more spaces for student collaboration, and house student and IT services.
Funded by $3 million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the University of Arizona's Project CAN will address the need for broadband internet access, connectivity and digital inclusion in highly diverse, often rural, Southern Arizona communities.