As part of Google’s growing efforts to support innovation in academia, the Grambling University Foundation has been awarded an unrestricted gift of $50,000 to help fund research efforts being conducted by Grambling State University Computer Science and Digital Technologies Department Head Dr. Bharat Rawal.   Specifically, the funding is to be used toward Dr. Rawal’s… Continue reading Computer Science and Digital Technologies awarded $50,000 Google grant to research Post Quantum Cryptography

Grambling, La. – December 8, 2023 – The Grambling State University Police Department (GSUPD) has been awarded a $400,000 grant to establish a comprehensive, community approach to combat domestic violence, dating, and other violence against women.   Entitled the Grambling State University (GSUPD) Special Victims Unit (SVU) for Prevention & Advocacy Program, the project will… Continue reading Grambling State Police Department awarded $400,000 DOJ grant for Women’s SVU program

  GRAMBLING, LA – An endowed professor at Grambling State University has received a $54,000 grant to research cancer prevention. Waneene Dorsey, the Ernest Everett Just Endowed Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, received the grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents to fund cancer research on toxicogenomics. This field of science combines toxicology… Continue reading Grambling State University Professor Receives $54K Grant to Research Cancer Prevention

GRAMBLING, La. – July 13, 2023 – Grambling State University has named Theodore B. Callier the institution’s Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs.   Callier, a native of Shreveport, Louisiana, most recently served as Assistant Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs at Dillard University in New Orleans, where he also served as Interim… Continue reading Theodore Callier named VP for Research and Sponsored Programs at Grambling State

The Gambling State University (GSU) Department of History has received $60,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a project titled “Voices of Grambling: Immersive Virtual-Reality Experiences.”   Project members include Dr. Edward Holt (PI), Dr. Brian McGowan, and Yanise Days. The project will also fund three student project team members and provide… Continue reading Department of History receives $60,000 NEH ­­grant to create VR experience for Voices of Grambling project

The Cronkite School, in partnership with the Department of Mass Communication at Grambling State University, are recipients of a FEMA grant to assess emergency management resources and needs at the nation’s 103 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).   The research grant, awarded by FEMA’s National Training and Education Division/Higher Education Program, examines real world… Continue reading Cronkite School partners with Grambling State University to research emergency management resources at HBCUs

Grambling, La. – January 25, 2023 – Grambling State University is one of eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) to join Ascend at the Aspen Institute’s Black and Native Family Futures Fund.   This new capacity-building fund provides financial support and expert technical assistance to selected HBCU and… Continue reading Grambling State among recipients of $75K Ascend grant to support student parents

Cancer doesn’t have to be cured if it can be stopped. That’s the approach Grambling State University Biology Professor Dr. Waneene C. Dorsey and a team of her students are taking with research they are currently conducting. And that research has resulted in a $670,204, three-year National Science Foundation grant being awarded to Grambling State… Continue reading Grambling State biology professor, students included in $670K NSF grant to increase underrepresented researchers

Outreach event “Health Starts at Home” will be held today, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. in Nursing Building GRAMBLING, La. – Oct. 13, 2021 – Dr. Paul Kim, an associate professor of biological sciences at Grambling State University, is on the frontline of research related to the coronavirus and its impact on underserved communities. “We’re working on… Continue reading GSU Professor, Students Involved in Research to Study, Monitor Coronavirus in Southern U.S.

Developed a mental health curriculum for African American men GRAMBLING, La. – September 23, 2021 – The stigma of mental health is a prevailing issue among African Americans in general and African American men specifically, according to Dr. Kevin Washington, head of the Department of Psychology/Sociology at Grambling State University. “Although Black adults are 20%… Continue reading GSU Researcher Helps Improve Mental Health Literacy Among Barbers Serving Black Communities