Update on biotech grants
Salem College received about $37,000 from the N.C. Biotech Center "to support student internships and class projects with biotechnology companies and related industries," according to a statement from the Center yesterday.
I'm not sure how many students will be eligible to use the grant, however. Biology is the 7th most popular major at the school of 1100. I don't have a count for the number of women enrolled in Biology. But Communications and Sociology are the two most popular majors at the school, followed by English, Psychology and Business Administration, according to Amelia Penland Fuller, the assistant registrar.
I'm following up with Allen Purser at the Greensboro Chamber to find out how the $25,000 it received from the group to start a "Biotechnology Academy" with local colleges will be used.