Sweet Briar gets grant

Research is an important part of education, but it can also be an expensive part. So Sweet Briar College will gladly accept a grant that will benefit its archaeological department.

The college recently received a research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in Washington, D.C. The grant will provide $100,000 over the next three years that will go toward a project that investigates historic black American mortuary traditions in Central Virginia.

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