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

offers more than 100 academic programs and awards degrees at the Bacclureate, 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 October 27, 2023. I'm Sarah Crespi. First up on this week's show,

staff writer Eric Stocksett is back to talk about why it might make sense to grow corn that

isn't so tall. It turns out that towering corn typically grown today is more likely to blow

over in strong winds and can't be planted very densely.

Now seed makers are testing out new ways to make corn short through conventional breeding and transgenic techniques in the hopes of increasing yields.

Next up on the show, the last in our series of books on sex and gender with books host

Angela Saini. In this installment, Angela speaks with Ashmodagra and

Nandita Jaya Raj about their book, Lab Hopping, a journey to find India's women in science.

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