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Howard University Awarded $90 Million Contract by Air Force, DOD to Establish First-Ever University Affiliated Research Center Led by an HBCU
WASHINGTON – Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA, hosted U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, and U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall to announce that Howard will serve as the 15th University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). With this announcement, Howard makes history as the first HBCU to lead a UARC and the first center to be funded by the Air Force. Howard University UARC Consortium Schools include: Jackson...
Tougaloo College and Tougaloo College Research and Development Foundation Host Productive Meeting with United States Sen. Roger F. Wicker
Tougaloo, Mississippi — Aug. 3, 2023 — Tougaloo College and the Tougaloo College Research and Development Foundation were honored to welcome United States Sen. Roger F. Wicker to their campus on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. The meeting took place in the historic Tougaloo College Chapel.The meeting allowed Tougaloo College and the Tougaloo College Research and Development Foundation to engage in a productive dialogue with Senator Wicker. The esteemed Senator took the time to learn about the...
USF’s success securing defense contracts prompts new partnership to broaden nation’s research expertise
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 | RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, UNIVERSITY NEWS | By Tina Meketa, University Communications and Marketing USF has become the first university in Florida and one of just a handful of universities in the nation to join a new network that connects research institutions with historically black colleges or universities (HBCUs). The new agreement, facilitated by the Tougaloo College Research and Development Foundation (TCRDF), allows the USF Institute of Applied...