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Corporate and Foundation Relations 2

November, 2009

Recent Gifts and Grants:

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a grant of $459,266 to the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy for the research project "Fluorescent Labeling for Micronutrient Assessment."

The Corporation For National and Community Service has awarded a $508,000 grant to Tufts and the Massachusetts Campus Compact as part of the Learn and Serve America program to expand college participation.

The Arthur Vining Davis Foundation has made a grant of $250,000 to the College of Arts & Sciences in support of a new Minor in Leadership Studies.

Micromeretics Instrument Corp. has made a $77,000 gift-in-kind of instrumentation to the nanocatalysis and energy laboratory at the School of Engineering.

The Wal-Mart Foundation has made a $250,000 grant to support The Talloires Network, a global collective of individuals and institutions committed to promoting the civic rolses and social responsibilities of higher education. Its headquarters are located at Tisch College on Tufts' Medford campus.

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