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SME Authority to support Omani entrepreneurs through land grants

Oman Observer 11 Feb 2026
AFRAH AL BALUSHIMUSCAT. The 2026 Annual Plan outlined recently by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) of the Sultanate of Oman includes a strategy for de ....
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Editorial: Amending Hampton University’s land-grant status would right a historic wrong

Daily Press 02 Feb 2026
More than a century ago, as Virginia and much of the nation descended deeper into white supremacist laws, Hampton University received its last allotment of land-grant funds from the federal government.
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Ben Franklin-signed land grant in Upper Burrell ‘quite the conversation piece’

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 31 Jan 2026
Alle-Kiski Valley historian Ray Rieser knew time was ticking ....
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Fulfilling UW’s Land-Grant and Statutory Missions (University of Wyoming)

Public Technologies 30 Jan 2026
It would be a terrible shame if misunderstandings regarding what being a land-grant university really means end up being the cause of unnecessary cuts that severely harm UW's ability to fulfill its land-grant mission.
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Whitacre’s rural development work earns him Land-Grant Award for Excellence (Oklahoma State University)

Public Technologies 28 Jan 2026
) Whitacre's rural development work earns him Land-Grant Award for Excellence ... The award was presented in recognition of his commitment to OSU's land-grant mission through his research, teaching and Extension efforts.
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Area Briefs: PV Family Center lands grant to help mission

Daily Hampshire Gazette 27 Jan 2026
... data-large-file="https.//i0.wp.com/gazettenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/HolyokeMIll-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C377&quality=89&ssl=1" /> PV Family Center lands grant to help mission.
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Virginia lawmakers seek to restore Hampton University’s land-grant status after a century

Daily Press 21 Jan 2026
The federal government denied Hampton University special funds for over 100 years because it believed that only one Black institution in Virginia could receive land-grant funding ... land-grant status.
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University of Iowa, Iowa State bus systems land grants supporting eco-friendly upgrades

The Gazette Cedar Rapids 19 Jan 2026
IOWA CITYTransit systems across Iowa recently landed $77.2 million in Federal Transit Administration grant funding, including $20.8 million to make the University of Iowa and Iowa State University bus systems more environmentally-friendly.
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Margaret Smith, "embodiment" of land-grant mission, retires (Cornell University)

Public Technologies 16 Jan 2026
). After almost 50 years at Cornell - from an undergraduate student to a widely respected steward of Cornell's land grant mission - Margaret Smith has been elected professor emerita ... Attachments Original document Permalink. Disclaimer ... (noodl.
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'Cooking Matters' tours with UOG Land Grant to help with healthier but cheaper meals

Guam Pacific Daily News 07 Jan 2026
Sophie Santos, an extension associate with the SNAP-Ed Program under the University of Guam Land Grant, demonstrates how to calculate the unit cost of bananas during a Cooking Matters Grocery Store Tour on Sept.
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Land grant colleges: The 1862 idea that still feeds the world

Times Recorder - Zanesville 05 Jan 2026
While passing the exit to the University of Florida on a trip south last month, I mentioned to our hostess that this was Florida’s original land grant institution ... Thus, the land grant idea was not only new, but it also met a need of the country.
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Bill to improve federal relations with NM land grants passes committee

Sierra County Sentinel 23 Dec 2025
A federal bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) to strengthen federal and local land grant community cooperation in New Mexico passed through its first committee last week ... .
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Alaska land grant program for qualifying Vietnam veterans is extended for five years

Stars and Stripes 17 Dec 2025
WASHINGTON — An Alaska land-grant ... The Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act, which extends the federal land grant program for another five years, passed the House in July.
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