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Morehouse School of Medicine Establishes Industry Partnership to Advance Cancer Research

Courtesy of Morehouse School of Medicine The Morehouse School of Medicine, one of four historically Black medical schools in the country, has established a new partnership with Manifold, an AI-powered clinical data platform, to enhance research initiatives at the school’s Institute of Translational Genomic Medicine. By leveraging Manifold’s technology, scholars at the Institute of Translational

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Eight HBCUs Receive Federal Grants to Advance Diversity in Education and STEM Workforce

Courtesy of Fort Valley State University Two programs from the United States Department of Education have awarded over $2.7 million in funding to eight historically Black college and universities to increase diversity among America’s education and STEM workforce. The Augustus F. Hawkins Centers for Excellence Program will award grants to four HBCUs to establish a

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Team of HBCUs Gets $3M for Semiconductor Research

By Ashley Brown In an achievement aimed at advancing semiconductor research and enhancing workforce development, researchers from seven Historically Black Colleges and Universities have secured a three-year, $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation. This initiative is part of the NSF’s $10.5 million inaugural Advancing Research Capacity at HBCUs through Exploration and Innovation Ideas

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Federal Agencies Aim to Boost Research at HBCUs

By Kathryn Palmer In the 14 years Michael Curry worked as a chemistry and materials science professor at Tuskegee University, he and his colleagues got research funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies. But the grants awarded to Tuskegee—a private historically Black university in Alabama that, like

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Morehouse School of Medicine Partners with Manifold to Integrate Social Determinant and Genomic Data, Advancing Understanding of Disparities in Cancer in Under-Researched Groups

Courtesy of Morehouse School of Medicine Manifold, an AI-powered clinical data platform, today announced thatĀ Morehouse School of MedicineĀ (MSM) will leverage theirĀ platformĀ to modernize cancer genomics data analysis and improve collaboration among multidisciplinary stakeholders. With Manifold, theĀ Institute of Translational Genomic MedicineĀ (ITGM) at MSM is building a modern data foundation to accelerate cancer research—integrating multimodal sources like clinical

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New internship program gives UC Santa Cruz and HBCU students a hands-on look at the lives of enslaved peoples in 19th century America

By Dan White In the process, this group, consisting of five University of California, Santa Cruz students and five students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, uncovered rare glimpses of enslaved people’s lives in America. Of the HBCU students, four were from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and one was from Xavier University in New

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