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ÃÛÌÒapp’s Courtney Walton Will Connect Literature to Local Underground Railroad History Thanks to Prestigious National Grant

Assistant Professor of English and Black Studies Courtney Walton, Ph.D., received a Periclean Faculty Leader grant to support the integration of archival research and community engagement in her African American Literature/Black Studies course. 

Student community-based researchers pose at the Celebration of Summer Research and Scholarship on August 24, 2026.

Community Impact Hub Grants Catalyze Another Summer of Community-Based Research and Investment

Over twenty community organizations saw boosts to their operational efficiency, research capabilities, and physical infrastructure this summer thanks to financial and physical aid spurred by ÃÛÌÒapp’s Community Impact Hub.

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ALIC @ Bessemer secures $1 million state grant for infrastructure improvements

Significant renovations are coming to ÃÛÌÒapp's branch campus, ALIC @ Bessemer, thanks to a $1 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant.

Research Scientist Mark, Meredith Barney '21, Casey Bradshaw-Wilson, and Kelly Pearce pose during a research outing in French Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

ÃÛÌÒapp and Crawford County Environmental Groups Awarded Nearly $300,000 for Stream Restoration Projects

ÃÛÌÒapp’s Watershed Conservation Research Center (WCRC) is beginning work to restore two tributary stream channels thanks to a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Growing Greener grant totalling $279,216.

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ÃÛÌÒapp Receives Major NSF Grant to Expand Innovation Capacity and Industry Partnerships

ÃÛÌÒapp has been awarded a $399,777 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity program.

Students posing with bird boxes at the Meadville Public Library

ÃÛÌÒapp Awarded $8,500 Grant from National Wildlife Federation and Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom

ÃÛÌÒapp is proud to announce that it has been awarded an $8,500 grant from the National Wildlife Federation’s 2025 Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Grant Program.

Students posing with nets near a stream

ÃÛÌÒapp Receives Grant to Enhance Its Watershed Conservation Research Center

ÃÛÌÒapp’s Watershed Conservation Research Center (WCRC) will be able to expand and enhance programs that benefit students, faculty, and the College’s community partners in the French Creek corridor, thanks to a $934,877 grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation.

Spring on Campus, Reis Hall, building

ÃÛÌÒapp Announces $35 million Alumnus Gift; Largest Gift in College History Will Transform Historic Hall into A Cutting-edge Center for Innovation

ÃÛÌÒapp, one of the nation’s most historic and innovative four-year colleges for interdisciplinary learning and research, announced the largest single gift in the College’s history of $35 million from the estate of esteemed entrepreneur, philanthropist and alumnus, Philip L. St. Moritz ‘61, which will establish The Phil St. Moritz Center for Innovation at Reis Hall.

Students doing an exercise with a stream table

ÃÛÌÒapp Awarded Grant Through PPG Foundation to Support Creek Connections

The purpose of the grant is to help students increase their environmental literacy by studying a local waterway and become exposed to the scientific method and other science concepts by conducting the testing themselves.

Meadville Market House

ÃÛÌÒapp Launches Community Impact Hub to Benefit Meadville and the Region with New $15 Million Grant

ÃÛÌÒapp announces the creation of the Community Impact Hub (the Hub) with a generous $15 million grant from a source that wishes to remain anonymous.Â