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Pre PhD Program Participants Including Dr. Keneshia Grant

Epiphanies, Discovery, and Research

How Howard is Helping to Increase the Number of Ph.D.s from HBCUs Across the Country

Howard's Pre-Ph.D. Summer Enrichment is helping to increase the number of doctoral candidates from HBCUs around the country.

Jun 11, 2026 7 minutes

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Bilal Badruddin standing in front of a Howard University building

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Howard University’s Bilal Badruddin Named 2025-2026 MEAC Nation Alumni Director of the Year

Jun 3, 2026 5 minutes

Dr. Smith and Dr. Rawat

Epiphanies, Discovery, and Research

Howard University Engineering Professors Recognized as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the World’s Largest Scientific Society

May 29, 2026 5 minutes

Jaradat at work in his Geomaterials Research Lab with Ph.D. student Mohammad Almasaeid

Epiphanies, Discovery, and Research

Howard University Engineering Professor Advances Soil Thermal Behavior Research with $780K DOD Grant

May 22, 2026 3 minutes

Muriel Bowser and Anthony Anderson

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Actor Anthony Anderson and Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Headline Howard University 2025 Charter Day Events

Feb 19, 2025 4 minutes

Howard University Researcher in a Laboratory

Media Release

Howard University Receives “Research One” Carnegie Classification Indicating Highest Level of Research Production

Feb 13, 2025 3 minutes

Paper cutouts representing diverse demographics

*Research

Responding to Today’s Need for Equity-Minded Presidential Searches Through Research

Feb 12, 2025 8 minutes

Honors Course Photo - Dr. Muhammad

*Research

Shifting the Narrative: Research Shows that Children of Incarcerated Parents Can Be Highly Successful

Feb 12, 2025 4 minutes

*Research

Dr. Charles Kim: The Innovator Behind Howard’s First Commercialized Patent, the "Brownout Detector"

Feb 12, 2025 5 minutes

Photo of Chicago Bridges

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New Research Explores the Socioeconomic Conditions of the Black population in Chicago

Feb 12, 2025 3 minutes

Blueprint of a drone

*Research

Building the UARC: Howard University Leads the Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy (RITA)

Feb 12, 2025 3 minutes

Ava Conyer Presents Research at Howard

*Research

Future Chemical Engineer Ava Conyer's Scholarship Enables Her Research at the Cellular Level

Feb 11, 2025 5 minutes

Photo of Dr. Howard John-Wesley at Rankin Chapel

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Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley Delivers Morning Message at February 9 Rankin Chapel

Feb 10, 2025 2 minutes

Woolly Mammoth Theater Company

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Howard University College of Fine Arts Professor Pat Parks, Named Inaugural Woolly Mammoth Theatre Success Coach for Lin-Manuel Miranda Family Fellowship

Feb 4, 2025 3 minutes