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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

*Accolades

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

Legacy and Lineage

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

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WHUR Bomb Threat Update

Feb 28, 2023 2 minutes

Philanthropy

Howard University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering Receives $1 Million Gift from Autodesk Inc. to Advance Student and Faculty Initiatives

Feb 27, 2023 4 minutes

*Community

Howard University Hosts Community Dentistry Health Fair on February 25

Feb 23, 2023 3 minutes

Howard University Cheerleaders pictured at Be The Match event

*Community

Good Morning America Broadcasts ‘Be the Match’ Community Drive Live from Howard University

Feb 23, 2023 3 minutes

In the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, students look onto a device used to digitize items and documents to preserve them

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The Moorland-Spingarn Research Centers Welcomes Students to Inaugural Black Press Archives Cohort

Feb 22, 2023 8 minutes

*Change Makers

Howard University’s Inaugural Data Science for Social Justice Week

Feb 20, 2023 4 minutes

Three people working in a science lab setting.

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OceanX’s Young Explorers Program Seeks Howard University Students for Fourth Summer Voyage

Feb 16, 2023 3 minutes

Danielle Holley stands among book cases in Founder's Library

*Community

An Institution Extender. An Institution Builder.

Feb 16, 2023 5 minutes

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Former NASA Executive and Howard Alumnus To Deliver 2023 Charter Day Convocation Address, March 3

Feb 16, 2023 3 minutes

Dentistry Dean Andrea Jackson with students at Give Kids A Smile Day

*Community

After a Long Journey, Migrant Kids Given Smiles at Howard University College of Dentistry

Feb 15, 2023 4 minutes