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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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2026 Opening Convocation
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
Photo of Sergei Nekhai and Marina Jerebtsova
Epiphanies, Discovery, and Research

Howard University Researchers Advance Decade-Long Study of HIV and Sickle Cell Disease

Sep 23, 2026 4 minutes
Chukwuka “Chuka” Onwumechili
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Howard University Appoints “Chuka” Onwumechili as Interim Dean of Cathy Hughes School of Communications

Jun 27, 2024 2 minutes
Gwendolyn Everett
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Gwendolyn H. Everett, Ph.D., Named Interim Dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts

Jun 26, 2024 3 minutes
Howard and Drexel PIs Carlton Waterhouse, Nea Maloo, Janelle Burke and Mathy Stanislaus.
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Howard University Receives DOE HBCU Clean Energy Education Prize

Jun 14, 2024 4 minutes
Black Commerce Conference 2023
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Howard University, PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship (HUxPNC) to Celebrate Juneteenth, Future of Black Entrepreneurship with Second Annual Black Commerce Conference

Jun 13, 2024 4 minutes
Chancellor Mills
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Howard University Appoints Chancellor Mills as New Director of Bands

Jun 13, 2024 3 minutes
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Celebrate World Sickle Cell Day with Howard University: Raising Awareness and Advancing Research

Jun 13, 2024 2 minutes
Students from Howard University Multicultural Academy pictured
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Howard University's Multicultural Media Academy to Address Post-Pandemic Health Disparities in DC

Jun 12, 2024 3 minutes
Kweli Zukeri, interviews Sam Altman about artificial intelligence for the Howard University podcast, HU2U (Source: Justin Knight)
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Howard Announces Season Two of University Podcast ‘HU2U’

Jun 12, 2024 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
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Sonya Smith Appointed to Lead Howard University’s Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy

Jun 12, 2024 3 minutes
John Woods
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Howard University School of Law Professor John Woods Appointed to World Bank-ICSID Panel

Jun 11, 2024 2 minutes