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*Research

Howard Professor Danda B. Rawat Receives $700,000 NSF Award for AI Research

The project will focus on developing technologies that can continuously learn from new experiences while providing transparent and verifiable explanations for their actions.

Nov 9, 2026 4 minutes

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Howard University Names Jasmine Gurley as Senior Director of Public Relations

Oct 14, 2026 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

*Accolades

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

Sep 28, 2026 3 minutes

Legacy and Lineage

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

Sep 25, 2026 6 minutes

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Political Strategist Donna Brazile Returns to Howard University for Second Year as King Endowed Chair in Public Policy; First Lecture Scheduled Sept. 26

Sep 25, 2019 2 minutes

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First Annual Breakfast with The Provost Celebrates Newly Promoted and Tenured Faculty

Sep 24, 2019 3 minutes

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Howard University Pharmacy Researcher Takes ‘Stealth Bomber’ Approach to Fighting Prostate Cancer

Sep 24, 2019 3 minutes

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Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center Presents Hearing on Reparations, Sept. 24, Launches Report on Book Censorship, Sept. 26

Sep 23, 2019 5 minutes

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Howard University Hosts Sept. 25 Campus Farmers Market During Healthy Campus Week

Sep 23, 2019 2 minutes

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Isiah Ike Leggett Challenges Howard University Class of 2023 to Get Off The Sidelines During Opening Convocation Address

Sep 23, 2019 3 minutes

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Howard University Announces Isiah “Ike” Leggett as Convocation Speaker Sept. 20

Sep 17, 2019 3 minutes

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Howard University’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program Celebrates 50th Anniversary with the First Nursing White Coat Ceremony

Sep 16, 2019 4 minutes

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Howard Alumna Named Department of State Diplomat-in-Residence, Takes Her Post at Howard’s Ralph J. Bunche Center

Sep 16, 2019 3 minutes

Ravi K. Perry, Mayor Andrew Gillum, Keneshia Grant

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Cora Brown Lecture Series Features Andrew Gillum for First Installment of 2019-2020 Series

Sep 16, 2019 4 minutes