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Boldly pushing the boundaries of what we know to elevate the truth and better the human experience

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Howard University Students Selected for Harvard Du Bois Scholars Program and Encourage HBCU Peers to Apply

Howard University students who participated in Harvard University’s Du Bois Scholars Program are encouraging fellow students at Howard and other HBCUs to apply. The next application cycle opens this month.

Nov 9, 2026 3 minutes

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Howard Professor Danda B. Rawat Receives $700,000 NSF Award for AI Research

Nov 9, 2026 4 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

*Accolades

Howard University CEA Professor Sonya Smith Elected to AIAA Class of 2026 Fellows

Sep 28, 2026 3 minutes

Epiphanies, Discovery, and Research

Howard University Doctoral Student Receives Competitive Dissertation Fellowship, Examines Faith in Educational Experiences of Black Students

Sep 4, 2026 5 minutes

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HU Research Month Highlights Creativity and Learning (Updated)

Apr 22, 2022 8 minutes

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Howard University Signs Partnership with U.S. Space Force

Apr 18, 2022 3 minutes

Brianna Clark Ph.D., discusses her research on "Women of HU Athletics: The Intersection of Gender & Race" at an exhibition hosted by the Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership. -Justin D. Knight/Howard University

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Mar 15, 2022 1 minute

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American Cancer Society Awards Howard University $4 Million to Establish Cancer Health Equity Research Center

Mar 1, 2022 2 minutes

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Black Men and Computing: Howard University Emerging Researcher Gets Major Boost From the National Science Foundation

Feb 28, 2022 3 minutes

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*In Your Words

Living History: Graduate Student Junious Whitaker on the Importance of Preserving and Talking About the Past

Feb 25, 2022 4 minutes

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Plans For The New Center For Journalism & Democracy

Feb 22, 2022 4 minutes

News

Graduate School Awarded 2022 National Endowment for the Humanities Initiatives Grant

Feb 3, 2022 4 minutes

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Howard University Joins NIH Initiative to Promote Diversity in AI and Machine Learning Fields

Jan 31, 2022 2 minutes

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The Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center Publishes Final Report of ‘Engaging College Students in 21st Century Law Enforcement’

Dec 17, 2021 3 minutes