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APLU Awarded Two-Year Grant to Spur Student-Centered University Transformation
Washington – Building on its work to drive student-centered change across higher education, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced the association has been awarded a two-year, $2.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to spur university transformation at member institutions.
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APLU Urges OMB to Reject Department of Education Request for a Truncated Public Comment Period on New Foreign Gift Disclosure Reporting Processes
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today sent the following letter to the Office of Management and Budget, urging the agency to reject the Department of Education’s request for a truncated public comment period on new foreign gift disclosure reporting processes.
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APLU Statement on Expected Nomination of Sethuraman Panchanathan as Director of the National Science Foundation
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding President Trump’s announcement that he intends to nominate Sethuraman Panchanathan as Director of the National Science Foundation.
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APLU Applauds Final Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations Agreement
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding a bipartisan agreement on a Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations package.
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AAU and APLU Receive NSF Grant to Expand Access to Government-Funded Research
Washington, DC – The Association of American Universities and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities today announced they received a grant from the National Science Foundation to create a set of guidelines to help universities as they develop and implement policies, practices, and procedures to ensure public access to federally funded research data.
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APLU Hails Senate Agreement on FUTURE Act
Washington, DC – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Peter McPherson today released the following statement regarding a bipartisan agreement on the FUTURE Act in the U.S. Senate.
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APLU Announces 2020 Board of Directors, University of Illinois Chancellor Robert Jones to Serve as Chair
San Diego, CA – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced its 2020 Board of Directors. At a ceremony during the association’s 132nd Annual Meeting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chancellor Robert Jones became Chair of the Board, taking over for The Ohio State University President Michael Drake.
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APLU Names Cornell University 2019 C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award Winner
San Diego – In recognition of extraordinary community partnership, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named Cornell University the winner of the 2019 C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award during a ceremony at the group’s annual meeting, now underway in San Diego.
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USDA Announces National Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences
San Diego – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today honored four public university faculty with national teaching awards recognizing excellence in agricultural sciences teaching and student engagement. Dennis Decoteau of Pennsylvania State University and Michelle Schroeder-Moreno of North Carolina State University were named recipients of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National…
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