Agilent Technologies (Santa Clara, Calif.) has established Delaware State University (DSU), a historically prominent black university ( Dover, Delaware) begins a partnership. fields. This goal is the cornerstone mission of the company’s philanthropic efforts through the Agilent Foundation.

Agilent is donating $1 million, along with new laboratory equipment, to help DSU expand educational opportunities and advance research in applied chemistry, biological sciences, food sciences, molecular and cellular neurosciences, and related fields. The company’s support will also help build the research capacity of the Delaware-led Consortium of Historically Black Universities in the Mid-Atlantic Region (HBCU).

Agilent president and CEO Mike McMullen said in a statement: “This partnership will help provide direct support to these students and encourage more academics at his HBCU in the Mid-Atlantic to consider opportunities within Agilent and the broader life sciences sector.” .”

Agilent’s donation arrived as DSU broke ground on a new 24,000-square-foot building at the College of Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST). This building contains space for new laboratories.

“Many believe this is a renaissance moment for HBCUs,” said DSU Dr. Tony Allen in a statement. , praised it for connecting to the DSU’s system. DSU’s system produces his 25% of all black STEM graduates in the United States, he said.

Agilent’s endowment will go fully to 21 graduate and undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees. The company also provides analytical lab equipment, supplies, services and other infrastructure to equip CAST’s new lab space. In addition, Agilent will offer her DSU students the opportunity to be mentored by Agilent scientists, engineers and researchers, and will fund a summer internship program for her STEM students at DSU.