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<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:large;">'''Morgan Innovation Day'''</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 19px;">The annual showcase of faculty and student research and industrial development offers an interactive opportunity for lawmakers and citizens to learn more about Morgan’s strategic plans for commercializing science and technological innovation for Maryland’s emerging STEM industries.</span></span></span>
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== <div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:larger;">Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR)</span></span>
</div><span style=
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"font-size:larger;"></span></span><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:larger;">A multidisciplinary team of Morgan State University scientists, under the leadership of Dr. Joseph A. Whittaker, successfully won a joint cooperative
</span></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">agreement from the Earth Sciences Division of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) worth nearly $96M, the largest federal contract in the institution's history. Through this funding, the MSU component of the GESTAR Program began in May 2011.
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font-size: larger; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">This program brings more than 40 established and internationally recognized scientists to MSU and creates broad research and internship opportunities in earth and atmospheric sciences for our students.
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= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts</span> =