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= <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">[[File:Gestar logo rgb.jpg</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">|300px</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">|thumb|none|Gestar logo rgb.jpg]]<br/></span> =</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 a</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: larger;">greement from the&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Earth Sciences Division of NASA Goddard&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Space Flight Center (GSFC) worth nearly&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: larger;">$96M, the largest federal contract in the institution's history. Through funding, the</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: larger;">&nbsp;MSU compo</span></span><span style="font-size: larger; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">nent of the GESTAR Program began in May 2011. 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.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"br/><br/></spandiv><br/><div><divbr/><br/></div><br/><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''<span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); line-height: 22.66666603088379px;">Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory</span>'''</span></span></div><div><br/><br/></div><br/><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); line-height: 22.66666603088379px;">The mission of the Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory &nbsp;(PEARL) is to engage a diverse group of undergraduate and graduate students in conducting innovative research dedicated to investigating the complex interactions that define our environment. PEARL applies interdisciplinary approaches to studying the connections between complex ecological systems, while providing society with knowledge to meet the environmental challenges of the 21st Century.</span></span></span></div><br/><br/><br/><br/>