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Miles College Leadership Selected for 2026 Penn State Research Summit
Ujima Collective Implementation Team Expands National Research Partnerships Miles College continues to advance its national research leadership through the work of the HBCU Ujima Collective. Dr. Tonya Perry, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Miles College and a member of the Ujima Implementation Team, has been selected as a 2026 STAIR Summit Travel Awardee by Penn State University. The Summit convenes senior research administrators and institutional leaders fr
Jarralynne Agee
Feb 152 min read


Morgan State University and campus partners secure continued research capacity funding.
Under the National Science Foundation grant Collaborative Research: Ideas Lab: The HBCU Ujima Collective—Building Research Capacity at HBCUs Through a Grow-Your-Own Research Corps Model , the five campus principal investigators— Dr . Jarralynne Agee ($685,580, NSF Award #2430319) of Miles College (Lead PI and project management), Dr. Kimberley Freeman ($583,283, NSF Award #2430321) of Howard University (graduate research training), Dr. Michael Nettles ($579,990, NSF Award
Jarralynne Agee
Sep 17, 20251 min read


NSF continues funding for the Ujima Collective research capacity project
Under the National Science Foundation grant Collaborative Research: Ideas Lab: The HBCU Ujima Collective—Building Research Capacity at HBCUs Through a Grow-Your-Own Research Corps Model , the five campus principal investigators— Dr . Jarralynne Agee ($685,580, NSF Award #2430319) of Miles College (Lead PI and project management), Dr. Kimberley Freeman ($583,283, NSF Award #2430321) of Howard University (graduate research training), Dr. Michael Nettles ($579,990, NSF Award
Jarralynne Agee
Sep 1, 20251 min read


Miles College and campus partners secure continued research capacity funding.
Under the National Science Foundation grant Collaborative Research: Ideas Lab: The HBCU Ujima Collective—Building Research Capacity at HBCUs Through a Grow-Your-Own Research Corps Model , the five campus principal investigators— Dr . Jarralynne Agee ($685,580, NSF Award #2430319) of Miles College (Lead PI and project management), Dr. Kimberley Freeman ($583,283, NSF Award #2430321) of Howard University (graduate research training), Dr. Michael Nettles ($579,990, NSF Award
Jarralynne Agee
Jul 17, 20251 min read


Howard University and campus partners secure continued research capacity funding.
Under the National Science Foundation grant Collaborative Research: Ideas Lab: The HBCU Ujima Collective—Building Research Capacity at HBCUs Through a Grow-Your-Own Research Corps Model , the five campus principal investigators— Dr . Jarralynne Agee ($685,580, NSF Award #2430319) of Miles College (Lead PI and project management), Dr. Kimberley Freeman ($583,283, NSF Award #2430321) of Howard University (graduate research training), Dr. Michael Nettles ($579,990, NSF Award
Jarralynne Agee
Jul 17, 20251 min read
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