researchers, students, and alumni together across disciplines to establish and build a climate of technology commercialization and business product.

Harris-Stowe State University (HSSU) concentrates its ecosystem efforts around entrepreneurship. Through the University's Anheuser-Busch School of Business, HSSU offers stackable credentials in technology and financial disciplines and facilitates entrepreneurial activities on campus and the community via its Minority Entrepreneurship Collaboration Center for Advancement (MECCA) which provides educational training and services for entrepreneurs; and the new HSSU's Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE) which will serve as a hub for innovation, entrepreneurship, and partnerships to enhance the black/brown community as well as the community at large.

In the future, Morgan State University plans to turn a former East Baltimore high school into an innovation park and satellite campus. The 59-acre property known as Lake Clifton high school will serve as the home for researchers and startup companies that grow out of Morgan State. The university's ecosystem will soon add health innovations to its portfolio. Morgan State is moving forward with plans to establish a new, for-private medical school on the site of the former Montebello Hospital Complex. The University hopes to welcome the first students into the new school in 2024.

These announcements align with the current in-class instruction at Morgan State, which includes start-up development, business accelerator, social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship opportunity recognition, and more. The university's Entrepreneurial Center also offers a variety of educational events on campus, has a podcast, and hosts webinars. These developments will augment the university's current course offerings which include start up development, business accelerator, social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship opportunity, recognition and more. The university's Entrepreneurial Center also offers a variety of educational events on campus, has its own podcast, and host webinars.

Among HBCUs, North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T) offers the best example of a comprehensive ecosystem for inclusive innovation. The University has created three new Centers of Excellence in cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, and entrepreneurship and innovation.

NC A&T will also be the first HBCU in the United States to host a national Agriculture Business Innovation Center that will help underserved populations. The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $1.92 million to the NC A&T College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences to establish the center. The University’s expansive innovation portfolio also includes: