UW Madison gets a major humanities grant. Chancellor Biddy Martin made the announcement Monday: the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the university a $10 million grant as part of an effort to preserve and enhance the humanities at research universities. ?The grant . . . which will be matched by the state, will be used to support and sustain our strengths in core areas in the humanities,? Martin said. ?It will allow us to hire faculty, support postdoctoral fellows, and support graduate students.
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