Howard Newsroom Staff

*Research and Discovery

Howard University Lecture to Explore the Mysteries of an Accelerating Universe

Howard University welcomes renowned cosmologist Bharat Ratra on Wednesday, Aug. 19, for public lecture exploring the universe’s accelerating expansion, dark matter, dark energy mysteries.

Aug 13, 2026 2 minutes

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*Partnerships

Howard University, J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Announce $10 Million Scholarship Fund

Aug 12, 2026 3 minutes

*Research and Discovery

Howard University and Georgetown University Receive Nearly $28 Million NIH Award to Advance Clinical and Translational Research

Aug 11, 2026 5 minutes

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Project 68 Launches HBCU Impact Hub with Howard University

Aug 10, 2026 3 minutes

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Howard University Promotes Roxanne Caesar to Assistant Vice President of Corporate Relations

Aug 30, 2024 2 minutes

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Roger A. Mitchell, Jr., M.D., Named President of Howard University Hospital

Aug 26, 2024 3 minutes

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Howard University Releases Guidance on Political Activity during the Presidential Elections

Jul 25, 2024 4 minutes

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Howard University Appoints Mary-Ann Ibeziako AVP of Environmental Health, Sustainability, and Safety

Jun 28, 2024 2 minutes

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Howard University, PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship (HUxPNC) to Celebrate Juneteenth, Future of Black Entrepreneurship with Second Annual Black Commerce Conference

Jun 13, 2024 4 minutes

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Howard University Appoints Chancellor Mills as New Director of Bands

Jun 13, 2024 3 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

Stephen Graham, the Chief Financial Officer of Howard University

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Chief Financial Officer Stephen Graham Concludes Service at Howard University

Jun 7, 2024 2 minutes

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Sheara Jennings, Ph.D., MSW Named Dean of Howard University School of Social Work

Jun 4, 2024 2 minutes

*Change Makers

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

May 28, 2024 3 minutes