An Inside Look at 5 Earmarks

Institution: Chicago State U.

Earmark: $2.4-million from the Department of Defense

Sponsors: Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), Sens. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.)

The project: Developing a robot, powered by hydrogen fuel cells, with the ability to find and remotely detonate improvised explosive devices.

Faculty members...