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Jackson State University pursues top research status
- JSU students built tiny sensors that attach to oyster shells to track how the creatures respond to environmental changes.
- Jackson State joined a new coalition of HBCU research institutions (with Harvard support) as it pushes to become a top-tier research university.
- The university is close to Carnegie benchmarks—about $19.5M in R&D and ~68 doctorates—but needs $50M and 70 research doctorates; achieving that could bring bigger grants, jobs and economic boost to Mississippi.
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