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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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Howard University CEA Professor Sonya Smith Elected to AIAA Class of 2026 Fellows

Howard University professor Sonya T. Smith, Ph.D., has been elected to the AIAA Class of 2026 Fellows, recognizing her contributions to computational fluid dynamics, thermal engineering and aerospace research.

Sep 28, 2026 3 minutes

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Legacy and Lineage

Howard University Honors Retirees, Inaugurates Academic Year at 159th Opening Convocation

Sep 25, 2026 6 minutes

Howard University Retirees at the Retirement Celebration posed for a photo at the Retirement Celebration, in between Anthony Wutoh and Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick at the Blackburn Center Ballroom

Legacy and Lineage

2,000 Years of Service: Howard University Retirees Honored at Celebration

Sep 24, 2026 7 minutes

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Epiphanies, Discovery, and Research

Howard University Researchers Advance Decade-Long Study of HIV and Sickle Cell Disease

Sep 23, 2026 4 minutes

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Dr. Fatimah Jackson becomes the first African American woman ever to receive the Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award

Mar 9, 2020 3 minutes

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Howard University Hosts 153rd Charter Day Celebration in Honor of Howard’s Legacy

Mar 9, 2020 5 minutes

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DC Coronavirus Update – Campus Operating Under Normal Schedule

Mar 9, 2020 3 minutes

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Travel Restrictions Update

Mar 7, 2020 4 minutes

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Charter Day Convocation: Trustee Hale Lauds Howard University as Beacon of Black Power, Creativity and Brilliance

Mar 6, 2020 4 minutes

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Maryland Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

Mar 6, 2020 3 minutes

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Howard University’s Odessa Scott to Receive the 2020 LaRue V. Barkwell Capstone Service Award

Mar 5, 2020 2 minutes

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Howard University Celebrates World Book Day with Short List of New Books by Faculty

Mar 5, 2020 7 minutes

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Department of Music to Host Book Signing for Howard University Alumnus and Celebrated Gospel Artist Richard Smallwood on March 12

Mar 4, 2020 3 minutes

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Journalist and Alumna Lesli Foster to Emcee Howard University Charter Day Dinner with a Performance from Award-Winning Vocalist Yolanda Adams

Mar 4, 2020 3 minutes