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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

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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

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

May 22, 2026 3 minutes

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Recent Howard Graduate Kamryn Nelson Awarded Scholarship from Henry Luce Foundation

Jun 23, 2023 3 minutes

Sherilynn Ifill

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Civil Rights Lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill Appointed Inaugural Vernon Jordan Endowed Chair in Civil Rights

Jun 21, 2023 6 minutes

Monica Lewis pictured

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Alumna Monica Lewis Returns to Howard University as Strategic Communications AVP

Jun 21, 2023 4 minutes

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Howard University Center for Journalism & Democracy Announces Visiting Professorship Program

Jun 20, 2023 3 minutes

The Wayne A. I. Frederick Undergraduate Library Mockup

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Board of Trustees Dedicates Undergraduate Library to Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick

Jun 15, 2023 3 minutes

Chairman Morse shaking Dr. Frederick's hand

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Howard University Congratulates Dr. Frederick & Retiring Trustees at Celebratory Dinner

Jun 14, 2023 3 minutes

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Sickle Cell Awareness Day: Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick Featured at Howard Symposium

Jun 14, 2023 3 minutes

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Howard University, PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship Hosts Inaugural Black Commerce Conference

Jun 12, 2023 4 minutes

Dr. Kenyatta R. Gilbert

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Kenyatta R. Gilbert Named Dean of Howard University School of Divinity

Jun 6, 2023 4 minutes

Howard University officials, Canadian legislators and US civil rights leaders pose in Douglass Hall

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Howard University Hosts Historic First Meeting Between Canada’s Parliamentary Black Caucus and Five Legacy Civil Rights Organizations

May 31, 2023 3 minutes