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For Howard Students and Faculty, International Women in Engineering Day Is Everyday

Howard engineers and architects include students who are making a global difference.

Jun 23, 2026 4 minutes

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Water pump in Kenya

Epiphanies, Discovery, and Research

College of Engineering and Architecture Students Supply Water to a Kenyan Community and Earn National Recognition

Jun 23, 2026 5 minutes

Validation Lab

Epiphanies, Discovery, and Research

New Programs in AI, Microchip Design, and Construction Engineering Management Aggressively Prepare Howard Students for Fields Driven By Evolving Technologies

Jun 22, 2026 4 minutes

Professor Nadir Yilmaz

Epiphanies, Discovery, and Research

Fundamentals of Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Howard Engineering Professor Nadir Yilmaz Takes Readers on a Transformative Journey of Environmental Responsibility

Jun 22, 2026 2 minutes

*Legacy and History

Reimagining "The New Negro" One Hundred Years Later: Alain Locke's Seminal Anthology Still Influences Black Culture in America

Sep 13, 2025 18 minutes

Howard University Founders Hall

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Howard University Celebrates 158th Opening Convocation; Civil Rights Attorney and Educator Sherrilyn Ifill to Deliver Keynote

Sep 12, 2025 2 minutes

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Howard Faculty Nicole Jenkins Joins Global Initiative to Set a New Guinness World Record for World Afro Day 2025

Sep 11, 2025 4 minutes

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SAVE THE CULTURE: The Essential Television Shows of the Black Experience (Part One)

Sep 11, 2025 18 minutes

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Howard Bison Inspire the Next Generation of Readers and Writers at the 2025 National Book Festival

Sep 10, 2025 6 minutes

Howard University Sign surrounded by flowers on Georgia Avenue

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Howard University Named one of Fulbright’s Top 20 HBCU Institutional Leaders

Sep 9, 2025 2 minutes

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Student Athletes

Howard University Women’s Basketball Unveils 2025–26 Schedule

Sep 9, 2025 3 minutes

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*Change Makers

Lift as You Climb: Alumnus and Baltimore State Attorney Ivan Bates on the Importance of Student Leaders and the Impact of HBCUs

Sep 8, 2025 8 minutes

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Save the Culture “Slang”: An Exploration of Black Language Expressions

Sep 5, 2025 11 minutes

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Howard University Athletics Week in Review

Sep 4, 2025 4 minutes