Arts and Culture

Executive Vice Presidential Initiatives

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Presidential Initiatives

Public Knowledge

to support a collaborative program between the university and the Newberry Library on "Renaissance and Early Modern Communities in a Transatlantic Perspective"

Renaissance and Early Modern Studies 

to support a planning meeting for a study of Venetian Renaissance Bronzes

Venetian Renaissance Bronzes Project

to support a program of research and instruction in Renaissance and early modern studies in collaboration with the Newberry Library

toward costs of providing assistance to the library of the University of Warsaw

University of Warsaw Library

toward costs of purchasing books and journals for the library of the University of Warsaw

in renewed support of the scholarly publication program of University of Washington Press

University Press Program

to assist the scholarly publication program of the University of Washington Press

to subsidize publication of humanities books and to encourage use of new technologies by the University of Washington Press

for completion of a project with the University of Warsaw to establish an MBA program

Eastern European Program - University of Warsaw MBA Program

to assist the scholarly publication program of the University of Wisconsin Press

in renewed support of the scholarly publication program of The University of Wisconsin Press

to subsidize publication of humanities books and to encourage use of new technologies by the University of Wisconsin Press

for support of programs in basic writing skills both at the University and among high schools in its region

University-Schools Writing Program

to support a fellowship program that would encourage diversity among staff in university presses

University Press Diversity Fellowship Program II

to support studies of students’ family income, the economic returns of college-going, and the factors affecting the prevalence of low-income students at the University

Assessing Equity and Excellence in Public Higher Education: Evidence from a Large Public University

to support a fellowship program that would create a pipeline of scholarly publishing professionals committed to diversity

University Press Diversity Fellowship Program

toward cost of upgrading the university library’s Online Public Access Catalogue

EEP - Online Public Access Catalogue

for use by the Warsaw University Library for retrospective conversion of catalogue records of early imprints

EEP - Library Conversion

for use, in collaboration with the National and University Library of Iceland and the University of Iceland, in support of the development of a modern Icelandic language course

Icelandic Language Course 

to support the publication of scholarly monographs in the humanities, in collaboration with Northwestern University and the University of Pittsburgh

Monographs Initiative - Slavic, Eastern European, and Central Asian Studies

to support a study of biomedical science at Rockefeller University

Biomedical Science

to support initiatives that will more deeply integrate the performing arts in the research and pedagogical missions of the university

Arts and Creativity Initiative

History of Cartography

to endow a new senior conservator position in the university libraries

Senior Library Conservator Endowment

to support plans to develop new models of academic support by the libraries of research universities

New Models of Academic Support

to support redevelopment and enhancement of a database of ecclesiastical medieval chants

The CANTUS Database: Redesign of an Online Digital Archive of Medieval Chant

toward costs of the History of Cartography project

History of Cartography - Part IV

toward editorial costs of the Dictionary of American Regional English

Dictionary of American Regional English

toward editorial costs of the Dietionary of American Regional English

matching grant toward editorial costs of the Dictionary of American Regional English

toward completion of editorial work on the Dictionary of American Regional English

to support editorial costs for the Dictionary of American Regional English

to support a Just Futures Initiative project

Humanities Education for Anti-racism Literacy in the Sciences and Medicine

toward costs of a library partnership with the University of Tartu in Estonia

University of Tartu Library 

to support a living public archive of Wyoming stories

Re-storying the West for a Transformative Future

for development of the University's International Management Center

EEP - International Management Center

for use by the University's International Management Center for purchase of a copier and for subscriptions to business journals

to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures entitled "Globalization and the New Politics of Women’s Rights"

Sawyer Seminars - Globalization and the New Politics of Women's Rights

to support the completion of print and digital versions of the Dictionary of American Regional English

Dictionary of American Regional English: Volume VI and the Transition to Electronic Editing

to endow a program of Interdisciplinary Workshops in the university's Center for the Humanities

Humanities Center Endowment

for library improvement and establishment of an Internet node at the Economics University of Bratislava

Economics University of Bratislava, Slovakia

to support emergency funding for University of Houston students adversely affected by Hurricane Harvey

University of Houston Cougar Emergency Fund

to support the inaugural Frontiers of Knowledge University Leaders’ Forum

Frontiers of Knowledge University Leaders' Forum

to support the university's Engaging the Humanities initiative

Public Humanities

toward expenses of conference on "The Crisis of the University"

"The Crisis of the University"

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

A side profile of a Black poet who is wearing glasses and a hat with a feather hat pin.

Borderlands Cultures

In portrait orientation, an aerial view of a major highway running parallel to a large border wall set on a hilly landscape

Civic Engagement

A man in a brown jacket stands in front of blue bulletin board that is covered with papers and advertisements  

Evolving Higher Education

A vertical image of an Indigenous person who is sitting on a chair in front of a backdrop.

Expanding Public Knowledge

An interior room filled with audio and video equipment 

Monuments and Memory

A multicolored painted totem pole set in front of a foggy forest landscape

Multivocality

Five people stand together in a group photo. They are laughing and smiling.

Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 