PROVIDENCE — The Corporation of Brown University on Friday celebrated the launch of an effort to raise an additional $100 million for financial aid, bringing the campaign’s new goal to $400 million, by December 31, 2010.

Research funding at the University of South Carolina reached a record $206 million in fiscal year 2008, up 11.3 percent from last year, according to figures released Monday.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Joseph L. DeRisi has been selected to receive the Heinz Award in Technology, the Economy and Employment for his extraordinary breakthroughs in detecting both new and existing viruses.

Innocence Project Forum Mon, Apr 7, 7:00 pm. Advocates for exonerees, those citizens wrongfully imprisoned for crimes they did not commit, will host a community forum to raise awareness of the issue at Millsaps College on Monday, April 7th.

Sabinet Gateway, a non-profit organisation that promotes and supports library and information services in Africa, has been awarded a $1,800,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to create an African Online Journal Archive.