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Join the ‘Transformation to Triumph Black Women’s Summit’ and Become Part of a Global Network of Support

The three-day, hybrid summit is designed to uplift and empower Black women and others who have been impacted by layoffs, furloughs, and major life events and build an international community.

Feb 24, 2026 4 minutes

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The Librarian Who Built the Home for Black Writing, and Other Alumni Who Have Changed Literature

Feb 23, 2026 6 minutes

Talitha Washington and Ashley Gatewood speaking on stage

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HU-MasterCard Inclusive Growth Thought Leadership Lecture Series Kicks Off Howard’s 2026 Data Week

Feb 20, 2026 5 minutes

Lineage: Howard Students and Alumni

‘Full of Strength’: Dr. Jelani Cobb’s Howard Origins

Feb 20, 2026 8 minutes

Accolades

Dean Andrea A. Hayes Dixon, MD, Appointed Chair of the Scientific Management Review Board

Sep 10, 2024 2 minutes

Accolades

Camille Warner Receives 2024-2025 Dr. Winslow Sargeant Doctoral Award

Sep 4, 2024 3 minutes

Research

Howard University Selected to Participate in $160M EPA Project to Help Reduce Climate Pollution from Construction Materials Manufacturing

Jul 30, 2024 3 minutes

Accolades

Alumnus Virgil Parker (B.A. ’21), Ph.D. Candidate Lyndsie Whitehead Named 2024 Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors

Jul 16, 2024 5 minutes

In Your Words

How the Pipe Organ Shaped Black Music

Jun 17, 2024 4 minutes

Howard and Drexel PIs Carlton Waterhouse, Nea Maloo, Janelle Burke and Mathy Stanislaus.

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Howard University Receives DOE HBCU Clean Energy Education Prize

Jun 14, 2024 4 minutes

Sonya Smith Appointed to Lead Howard University’s Research Institute on Tactical Autonomy Washington, D.C. - Howard University announced that Sonya Smith, Ph.D., has been appointed to serve as executive director of the University’s Research Institute Autonomy (RITA). Also referred to as the University Affiliated Research Center, or UARC, the University’s RITA is only one of 15 centers in the United States. Smith is no stranger to the University, joining as faculty in 1995 after becoming the fi

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Sonya Smith Appointed to Lead Howard University’s Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy

Jun 12, 2024 3 minutes

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Howard University College of Engineering and Architecture Receives $5M Record-Setting Gift from Autodesk

Jun 5, 2024 5 minutes

Change Makers

Howard University School of Law’s Lisa Crooms-Robinson Named Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow

May 28, 2024 3 minutes

Teresa Redd and Thomas Morris of Howard University

Change Makers

CETLA Founder Teresa Redd’s Commitment to Cultivating a Culture of Learning

Apr 19, 2024 3 minutes