In 2000, when Muhsinah Morris transitioned from her undergraduate education at Clark Atlanta University to grad school at Emory University, she noticed a big shift. At Clark Atlanta, a historically Black college (HBCU), Morris, a chemistry student, handwrote chemical orders and physically pushed paperwork through the procurement process to get what she needed. At Emory, which is not historically Black, the process was fully digital. As a biochemistry grad student, she could walk to an on-site chemical store, provide her lab number and get materials. “It was like I went from what I thought was the year 2000 into the
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