Triangle Business Journal News May 4, 2018 Duke lands $3M grant to grow liberal arts colleges, HBCU visiting faculty Duke University has landed a $3 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to grow its relationships with liberal arts colleges and historically black colleges and universities. The grant will fund a 5-year initiative called Humanities Unbounded, which will include roughly a dozen 2-year visiting faculty fellowships, according to Gennifer Weisenfeld, dean of the humanities at Duke. Humanities Unbounded builds on a previous initiative - also funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation - known as Humanities Writ Large. While HWL involved 1-year visiting faculty fellowships, Humanities Unbounded will see selected visiting faculty fellows spend one year at Duke, followed by a second funded year teaching and continuing research at their home campuses, says Weisenfeld. "It's a longer-term, more concrete impact back at the home campus as well," she says of the additional commitment to a second year of funding. To date, close to 30 visiting faculty fellows - under HWL - have participated from institutions nationwide, including N.C. Central University, Elizabeth City State University, Howard University, Clayton State University and Stockton University, among others, according to Weisenfeld. Areas of research have included a significant focus on digital humanities, she says, including work on documentaries, podcasts and films as well as mapping and network projects. Duke will further use the grant from the Mellon Foundation for new curricula models combining undergraduate education with graduate and faculty research as well as a new teaching partnership with Durham Technical Community College, according to the university. Humanities Unbounded will be led by Weisenfeld, along with Edward Balleisen, vice provost for interdisciplinary studies, and Ranjana Khanna, director of the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke and professor of English, women's studies and literature. SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org/ sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org%3cmailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org>> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/