Morgan State University, a Baltimore, Maryland Carnegie R2 doctoral research institution,

offers more than 100 academic programs and awards degrees at the Baccliorate, Masters, and Doctoral Levels,

is furthering their mission of growing the future leading the world.

Morgan continues to address the needs and challenges of the modern urban environment.

With a four-year quadrupling of research, more than a dozen new doctoral programs,

and eight new National Centers of Excellence, Morgan is positioned to achieve Carnegie R1 designation in the next five years.

To learn more about Morgan and their ascension to R1, visit morgan.edu slash research.

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This is the science podcast for November 4th, 2022.

I'm Sarah Crespi. Each week we talk about news and research

from science and sister journals. First up this week, we examine urban ecology's roots in Berlin.

Contributing correspondent Gabriel Popkin joins me to discuss turning wastelands and decommissioned airports into forests

and grasslands within the confines of a city. After that, we hear about a gene therapy strategy

for epilepsy. Researcher E. Chen Cho talks about introducing a small set of genes into neurons and mice.

These genes can detect hyperactivity and respond by quieting the cell, ultimately suppressing

seizures.

Now we have Gabriel Popkin.

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