The 2026 HBCU CHIPS Network Conference, co-hosted by Georgia Tech and held April 1-2 at the Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel, brought together students, faculty, researchers, industry leaders, and federal partners to advance innovation and workforce development in the U.S. semiconductor ecosystem. By pairing technical programming with a dedicated career fair, the event emphasized both learning and direct access to opportunities.

Now in its second year, the conference continues to grow as a national platform for collaboration across more than 30 Historically Black Colleges and…

Howard University will make history April 3–4 as it hosts the first-ever HBCU CHIPS Network Conference, uniting over 20 HBCUs, industry leaders, and federal partners for an unprecedented collaboration on semiconductor research and workforce development. 

The conference opens Thursday with remarks from Howard President Ben Vinson III, Provost Anthony Wutoh, and Senior Vice President for Research Bruce Jones. It will feature keynotes from Thomas Caulfield, chief executive of GlobalFoundries, as well as a CEO fireside chat with Todd Younkin, president of the Semiconductor Research…

Georgia Tech strives to cultivate thought leaders, advance knowledge, and solve societal challenges by embracing various aspects of the research ecosystem. Through the HBCU/MSI Research Initiative, Georgia Tech seeks to capture data surrounding its research impact in the Georgia Tech-HBCU Research Collaboration Data Dashboard. The dashboard allows users to see information regarding joint funding, publications, hubs, and awards won by the HBCU CHIPS Network, which is co-led by Georgia Tech. 

“The data…

The National Science Foundation has awarded $2 million to Clark Atlanta University in partnership with the HBCU CHIPS Network, a collaborative effort involving historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), government agencies, academia, and industry that will serve as a national resource for semiconductor research and education.

“This is an exciting time for the HBCU CHIPS Network,” said George White, senior director for Strategic Partnerships at Georgia Tech. “This funding, and the support of Georgia Tech Executive Vice President for Research Chaouki Abdallah, is integral…

From commercialization to community engagement to partnerships with national labs and corporations, Georgia Tech leads in the development and use of direct air capture technologies.

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Workforce diversity is imperative for innovative science and technology. Yet due to funding inequities, research infrastructure isn’t as robust at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), making building a diverse workforce pipeline and inclusive research collaborations challenging. With its Research Collaboration Initiative (RCI), the Georgia Institute of Technology is building MSI partnerships and recently hosted its first…

Open access to research data and information will be key to spur the next wave of solutions to the world’s most complex problems. With that in mind, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is creating the first-ever prototype open knowledge network.

Known as Proto-OKN, it will be a free, publicly available, searchable database containing troves of research data from major U.S. government agencies. The project aims to fuel the next data…

Workforce diversity in science and technology is widely seen as necessary for continued innovation. For Georgia Tech, striving toward inclusivity starts with a simple but crucial goal: building deep, lasting research partnerships.

Research Next, a planning initiative for Georgia Tech’s research enterprise, was launched by Executive Vice President for Research Chaouki T. Abdallah in 2020 and co-chaired by Tim Lieuwen and Mark Whorton. As part of…

HBCU Week convenes institutions to discuss advancing educational equity, excellence, and economic opportunity through HBCUs, in partnership with HBCU leaders, representatives, students, and alumni. 

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Georgia Tech, the Atlanta University Data Science Initiative (AUC DSI), Tougaloo College Research & Development Foundation (TCRDF), Morehouse College will host the …