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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

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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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Howard University Jazz Ensemble to Perform at Kennedy Center on October 18

Oct 10, 2018 3 minutes

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Howard University Alumna Vita M. Harris To Receive Missouri Honor Medal from the Missouri School of Journalism on October 16

Oct 10, 2018 4 minutes

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Film Student Spotlighted in Starz Docuseries America To Me, Highlights Racial Inequality in Her Own Documentary

Oct 8, 2018 3 minutes

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Howard University College of Medicine Announces Commemorative Dinner to Celebrate its 150th Anniversary

Oct 8, 2018 2 minutes

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Associate Professor Appointed as Executive Director of Center for African American Research and Policy

Oct 8, 2018 3 minutes

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Howard University Fundraising Breaks Institutional Records

Oct 8, 2018 3 minutes

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Michael Fauntroy Named Acting Director of Ronald Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center

Oct 8, 2018 3 minutes

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Call for Media Credentials for 2018 Howard Homecoming “Euphoria”

Oct 5, 2018 1 minute

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Enterprise Community Partners Lead Executive Lecture on Social Enterprise At Howard University School Of Business

Oct 4, 2018 2 minutes

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Howard University Appoints Leslie T. Annexstein As Title IX Director

Oct 3, 2018 4 minutes