HBCU: Morgan State University Receives $28.5 Million NASA Grant

This is truly AWESOME! Blackvoicenews.com is reporting that Morgan State University will receive a landmark $28.5 million portion of a massive $95.8 million, five-year grant from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The grant will allow the Baltimore HBCU to conduct research supporting NASA's earth- and space-science projects. It is the largest in Morgan's 144-year history and will help the HBCU play an integral part in the Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research Studies and Investigations research team. The article reports:

"This grant represents a significant recognition of the quality of Morgan's academic programs and research in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)," says Dallas R. Evans, chairman of Morgan's Board of Regents, in a prepared statement. "I am proud that NASA has acknowledged the talent of the students on our campus by selecting Morgan as a partner in GESTAR."

The Universities Space Research Association will lead the GESTAR participants, which includes Morgan professors and graduate students. The team will study some of the most prolific and pertinent issues in modern science, including atmospheric chemistry, polar climate change, oceanography and more.

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