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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

Cameryn Burnette

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Howard University Graduate and Karsh STEM Scholar Named in Eighth Cohort of Schwarzman Scholars

Jan 11, 2023 3 minutes

*Research

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Awards Quantum Biology Laboratory at Howard University $1M for Matter-to-Life Research

Jan 6, 2023 4 minutes

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Howard University Alumni Named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for Finance, Retail & E-Commerce, Hollywood & Entertainment

Dec 15, 2022 3 minutes

Dean Richardson with students over lunch

*Community

“Chat & Chew” Gathering Inspires Understanding

Dec 14, 2022 5 minutes

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Howard University to Offer its Undergraduate and Graduate Students Free Comprehensive Prep for Admissions and Licensure Exams Through New Partnership with Kaplan

Dec 13, 2022 4 minutes

Akiyode-dean college of pharmacy

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Ranti Akiyode, PharmD., Appointed Dean of the Howard University’s College of Pharmacy

Dec 12, 2022 3 minutes

Children posing with books at Family Reading Night

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Giving the Gift of Reading: Howard University Hosts Virtual Family Reading Night

Dec 12, 2022 3 minutes

Howard University students at Douglass Hall

Philanthropy

Howard University Receives Second $10 Million Gift from the Karsh Family Foundation to Support GRACE Grant Program

Dec 12, 2022 3 minutes

Dean Sandra Crewe

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Howard University Dean Named One of Next Avenue’s 10 “Influencers in Aging” in Honor of 10th Anniversary

Dec 8, 2022 4 minutes

Wendy Raquel Robinson

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Howard University Alumna, Wendy Raquel Robinson to Host Inaugural HBCU Honors

Dec 8, 2022 2 minutes