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K. Alston , ,
U.S. Department of DefenseThe OUSD(R&E) HBCU and Minority-Serving Institutions (MI) Research and Education Program is pleased to announce awards totaling $15 million for two HBCUs to establish Centers of Excellence (COEs) in Biotechnology and Materials Science.  A merit competition conducted by the DoD HBCU/MI Program.  The COE in Biotechnology is awarded to North Carolina A&T State University, an HBCU in Greensboro, NC. The COE in Materials Science is awarded to Morgan State University, an HBCU in Baltimore, MD.
To read more about the new COEs, please access the press release through the following link: https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2768612/dod-launches-centers-of-excellence-at-historically-black-colleges-and-universit/source/GovDelivery/.
EPA Environmental Justice Video Challenge!What: We just launched the Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students. The challenge asks student teams from colleges and universities to submit a video that demonstrates innovative approaches to identify and characterize an EJ issue(s) in a community using data and publicly available tools. Participants will have the chance to win cash prizes and other benefits.
Date: The challenge is open now through April 1, 2022. We have an informational webinar on Dec. 6 where folks can learn more about the challenge and ask questions.
Social media: Our first social media post is up here if you can would like to retweet: https://twitter.com/EPAresearch/status/1455929030239297552