2024-05-19T14:56:31-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150316330/looking-to-the-future-moody-nolan-will-lead-the-design-of-a-new-science-center-at-morgan-state-university Josh Niland 2022-07-11T14:36:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/32/327e8c5e2cfb3fd7892b05def8999e0d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In the face of many <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/us/hbcu-closed-graduates.html" target="_blank">recent setbacks</a> and other challenges befalling America&rsquo;s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), the country&rsquo;s largest African American-owned architecture firm,&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/moodynolan" target="_blank">Moody Nolan</a>,&nbsp;is now setting out once again to improve the prospects and educational resources of their community by leading the design services for a new science center for the campus of <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/9363133/morgan-state-university" target="_blank">Morgan State University</a> (MSU) in Baltimore, Maryland.</p> <p>Coming in at a total project cost of $150 million, the 246,435-square-foot science center is expected to be completed by the year 2027 and will take the school <a href="https://www.morgan.edu/news/morgan-state-moves-up-research-classification-rankings" target="_blank">even further</a> toward its ultimate aim of becoming the first HBCU-classified R1 university by the <a href="https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/" target="_blank">Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.</a></p> <p>To date, the firm has completed more than 30 projects at HBCU campuses throughout the country, including the soon-to-be-opened <a href="https://www.morgan.edu/residence-life-and-housing/our-housing-options/thurgood-marshall" target="_blank">Thurgood Marshall Hall</a> residential housing at MSU, which has been pursuing an expansion of its STEM and other research...</p>