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Howard’s Project PRESS Fellows Provide Critical Social Work in D.C. Schools

Through Project PRESS, Howard students spend a year working in D.C. K-12 schools, with the goal of becoming permanent social workers

May 16, 2025 5 minutes

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Dr. Tonija Hope and Justin Hansford Among Howard Employees and Alumni Named in Washingtonian Magazine’s ‘Most Influential’ of 2025

May 15, 2025 6 minutes

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LeVar Burton Celebrates Howard’s Class of 2025 as Heirs to History

May 10, 2025 4 minutes

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Honorary Degree Designee Natasha Trethewey: A Message of ‘Carrying On’ Through Loss and Letters

May 7, 2025 4 minutes

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Leading by Example: Jeremy Randall (B.S. '00), Howard's Director of Advancement Services

Jan 27, 2022 3 minutes

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An Empathetic Leader: Sanaa Haamen, President of Muslim Student Association

Jan 27, 2022 3 minutes

Nikki Clifton, president of Social Impact and UPS Foundation, painting mural on wall as a service project

How Passion Delivers Impact: Nicole 'Nikki' Clifton (B.A. '93), President of Social Impact and The UPS Foundation

Jan 27, 2022 3 minutes

Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Rankin Chapel December 7, 1956

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy at Howard

Jan 27, 2022 4 minutes

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Improving Quality of Life in Cancer Treatments: A Q&A with Alumna Michele Y. Halyard, M.D.

Oct 28, 2021 3 minutes

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An Invisible Giant: The Legacy of Pauli Murray (J.D. ’44, H. ’17), Trailblazing Civil Rights Lawyer

Oct 27, 2021 4 minutes

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Inclusion Matters: Alumna Natalie Edwards on What it Means to be a Chief Diversity Officer

Mar 16, 2021 3 minutes

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Closing the Biomedical Gap: A Q&A with Adana Llanos, PhD, MPH

Feb 11, 2021 3 minutes

President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton announce CGI U 2021 annual meeting at Howard University

Oct 15, 2020 6 minutes

HU Biologist’s Participation in Study Leads to Genetic Discovery Challenging Skin Color as Characteristic of “Race”

Nov 22, 2017 6 minutes