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The grant from the Mellon Foundation will support undergraduate research and provide a fellowship program for university faculty to learn digital and archival methods from library experts.

The University of Arizona received a $1.2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to establish a four-year initiative and faculty fellowship program to support undergraduate student research on the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.

Funded by $3 million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Project CAN will address the need for broadband internet access in diverse Southern Arizona communities.

Higher education institutions are renovating their libraries to increase technology access, build more spaces for student collaboration, and house student and IT services.

Funded by $3 million from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the University of Arizona's Project CAN will address the need for broadband internet access, connectivity and digital inclusion in highly diverse, often rural, Southern Arizona communities.

The Ford Foundation has awarded UArizona $1.18 million to to create a community-led archive that offers a more comprehensive portrayal of the U.S.-Mexico border.    

The University of Arizona has created a new Student Success District that consolidates a variety of resources for students, including library services, learning support, tutoring, advising, mentoring, career services and health programs, in one central location.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — When University of Arizona students return soon from holiday...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — When University of Arizona students return soon from holiday...

The four projects include a documentary about the Indigenous Rarámuri people of northern Mexico, an project documenting the experiences of asylum seekers, an archive of newspapers from around the borderlands, and an oral history project on forensic citizenship in the region.