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University of Puerto Rico to Create New Afro-Diasporic and Racial Studies Program
[Many thanks to Michael O’Neal (Society for Caribbean Studies) for bringing this item to our attention.]
Latino Rebels reports that, earlier this month, the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras campus announced that it will create a new program of Afro-Diasporic and Racial Studies, thanks in part to a $700,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation [. . .].
“This grant will support the advancement of the Afro-Descendant and Racial Studies Program from the College of General Studies at the Río Piedras campus of the University of Puerto Rico. We are honored by this accomplishment as this generous award demonstrates the Mellon Foundation’s commitment to our program,” the January 11 release said.