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Howard University Names Jasmine Gurley as Senior Director of Public Relations

Howard University welcomes Jasmine Gurley as the new senior director of public relations in the Office of University Communications, leading the media relations team and playing a key role in advancing integrated storytelling.

Oct 14, 2026 3 minutes

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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

Sep 28, 2026 3 minutes

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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

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

Sep 24, 2026 7 minutes

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Howard University’s 26th Annual Alternative Spring Break Program Prepares 1,100 Students to Conduct Community Service Projects

Feb 25, 2020 3 minutes

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Howard University Gallery of Art Presents 89th Annual Student Art Exhibition

Feb 24, 2020 2 minutes

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Howard University Hosts Screening of True Justice, Feb. 28

Feb 21, 2020 2 minutes

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Howard University Department of Theatre Arts and Shakespeare Theatre Company Announce College Night and Special Performance on Feb. 22

Feb 21, 2020 3 minutes

President Frederick Delivers Charter Day Address

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Humana Elects President Wayne A. I. Frederick to Board of Directors

Feb 20, 2020 3 minutes

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Two Howard Students Named TIAA Difference Makers Scholars

Feb 18, 2020 3 minutes

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DC Mayor Bowser Appoints Howard University Assistant Professor Natalie Hopkinson, Ph.D., to DC Arts and Humanities Commission

Feb 14, 2020 2 minutes

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Howard University Alumni Couple Donates $200,000 to College of Medicine and School of Education

Feb 14, 2020 4 minutes

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Moorland-Spingarn Research Center to Lead Nationwide Transcribe-a-thon of Anna Julia Cooper Artifacts on Frederick “Douglass Day”

Feb 14, 2020 5 minutes

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Coronavirus and Influenza Health Alert

Feb 11, 2020 3 minutes