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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><div><span style="font-size: larger; font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:larger;"></span></span><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size: larger; 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. </span><span style="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. </span></div>
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