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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

Mark Mason (BBA '91) at 2024 Opening Convocation

*Change Makers

Four Ways to Elevate Your Life and Career

Sep 16, 2024 5 minutes

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*Milestones

Alumnus Mark Mason at Opening Convocation: ‘A Howard Education Is a Call to Excellence'

Sep 16, 2024 4 minutes

Howard University School of Business Exterior

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Fortune Names Howard University Among Best MBA Programs for 2025

Sep 13, 2024 3 minutes

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Howard University Student Joshua Middleton Named NEA Foundation Inaugural Graduate Fellow

Sep 13, 2024 3 minutes

Board of Trustees Vice Chair Mark A. L. Mason (BBA '91)

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Board of Trustees Vice Chair Mark A. L. Mason Sr. (BBA ’91) Named 2024 Opening Convocation Orator

Sep 12, 2024 3 minutes

HOWARD HBCU INSIDE PHOTO

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Forbes Names Howard University as the Top HBCU in the Nation

Sep 11, 2024 2 minutes

President Ben Vinson and Greater Washington Partnership CEO Kathy Hollinger

*Community

Anchors and Sails: Howard University and Other HBCUs Energize the DC Region’s Economy

Sep 10, 2024 5 minutes

Moderator Christina Greer, Ibram X. Kendi, Mikki Kendall, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Ta-Nehisi Coates at the "Banned Books: Countering the White Right's Movement against Truth" panel at the 2023 International Black Writers Festival.

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Howard University Presents Third Annual International Black Writers Festival September 24-26

Sep 9, 2024 4 minutes

Howard Forward President Vinson

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Howard University Marks Milestones Which Have Moved “Howard Forward”

Sep 6, 2024 4 minutes

ESPN FIRST TAKE

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ESPN’s First Take to Broadcast Live from Howard University as part of the Network’s Spotlight on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Sep 5, 2024 2 minutes