CAU receives $100,000 planning grant

Clark Atlanta University received a $100,000 planning grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to explore incorporating research in the undergraduate curriculum on Dec. 3. The grant will run from through November 2015 and will involve CAU’s social science and humanities faculty, as well as faculty in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The new program aims to ensure an even richer academic experience for CAU’s more than 2,500 undergraduate students by pairing participating freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors with faculty mentors who will guide their research projects. CAU President Carlton E. Brown said this “important and timely grant from the Mellon Foundation will enhance the learning potential of CAU students by infusing research into the undergraduate experience beginning in the first year and through to graduation.”