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Despite National Headwinds, Morgan State University Maintains Strong A+ Credit Rating as Ambitious Growth Strategy Advances

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Morgan State University Professor Selected for National Higher Education Leadership Program

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Morgan State University Homecoming Drives Millions in Economic Impact Across Baltimore

Six Hundred Graduates Earn Degrees as Morgan State University Celebrates its 2025 Fall Commencement Exercises

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March 01, 2022

U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai Visits Morgan to Discuss Trade Policy and Expanding Economic Prosperity to Historically Overlooked Communities

An Interdisciplinary Assembly of Students and Faculty Join the Ambassador for a Roundtable Moderated by Morgan Professor Dr. Jason Johnson

Education | February 25, 2022

Morgan Research and Leadership Take Center Stage During Secretary of the U.S. Army Christine Wormuth’s Visit to the National Treasure

Morgan State University (MSU) welcomed Secretary of the U.S. Army Christine Wormuth to campus for an all-day visit to Maryland’s Preeminent Public Urban Research University. The trip gave MSU faculty, students and administrators a prime opportunity to showcase Morgan’s research capabilities and research potential and spotlight Morgan’s Bear Battalion U.S. Army ROTC program.

Alumni | February 24, 2022

Pioneering Baltimorean was Nation’s First Black woman to Receive an Officer’s Commission in the Air Force

Sandra Williams Ortega was stunned to see two high-ranking ROTC leaders standing on her front porch as she was coming home from classes at Morgan State College in Baltimore. The news they brought to Ortega’s parents was even more remarkable: Morgan State leaders wanted Ortega to be the candidate the university would put forth to fulfill a promise by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to give a qualified Black woman a direct commission as an officer in the still-young U.S. Air Force.

February 22, 2022

CNN and TheGrio's April Ryan on Historic 25 Years Covering the White House — and 5 Presidents Up Close

In the 25 years that Morgan State University alum April Ryan has been covering the White House — now the longest-serving Black woman in the press corps — she has had plenty of encounters with whomever was in the West Wing at the time.

Business | February 22, 2022

Diversity and Inclusion in the Blockchain - Crypto Space

A discussion between Ripple software engineer Nathaniel Rose and Morgan State University's Dr. Ali Emdad, Executive Director of The National FinTech Center, developing expertise in blockchain. You'll hear how committed both are to education equity and making a difference in the diverse workforce of the future.

February 19, 2022

Morgan Alum Alicia Hynson Prepares to go From the Lab to the Delivery Room

Alicia Hynson is a traveling lab scientist. She spends, on average, 13 weeks at a time in hospital labs in remote locations around the United States and overseas. She initially majored in biology at Morgan State University in Baltimore, with her sights on medical school. At the advice of her mentors, she considered how gaining lab experience would be the quicker path to employment and graduated from Morgan with a bachelor’s in medical technology.