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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

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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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What Screens are Actually Doing to Your Kid’s Brain — Spoiler: It’s Not Good

Sep 18, 2025 8 minutes

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It's Not CSI: Howard Professor Explains the Real Work of Forensic Psychiatry

Sep 18, 2025 4 minutes

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Howard University Researcher Investigates the Future of AI Jobs with NSF-Funded Project

Sep 17, 2025 3 minutes

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Howard Faculty Nicole Jenkins Joins Global Initiative to Set a New Guinness World Record for World Afro Day 2025

Sep 11, 2025 4 minutes

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Bridging Science and Public Understanding: A Student-Centered Science Communication Workshop at Howard University

Aug 26, 2025 3 minutes

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Howard Provides Cancer Research Internships for High School Students with School2Lab Program

Aug 18, 2025 5 minutes

Left to right: Errol Watkis, Nicholas Oakley, Chris Harper, and Katharine Elkes in Founders Sitting Room

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Founders Library Reopens its Doors, Showcasing Cutting-edge Research While Preserving the Past

Aug 15, 2025 6 minutes

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Your Cameras Could Be Spying on You: Howard CEA Researchers Publish New Findings on Smart IoT Device Abuse in Financial Cybercrimes

Aug 13, 2025 3 minutes

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Incoming Freshman Ryan Cohn Is Already Planning To Revolutionize Brain Science

Aug 12, 2025 5 minutes

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Howard University Engineers Without Borders Adopt Water Insecurity Project in Kenya

Jul 29, 2025 2 minutes