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Anika Simpson

Research

Howard Professor Examines Impacts of Marriage, Single Black Motherhood, and Racial Justice in Latest Book

Philosophy chair Dr. Anika Simpson explores the role of marriage in Black communities and the detrimental impacts of state-sanctioned unions on single Black mothers in her book “Single Black Mother: Queer Reflections on Marriage and Racial Justice.”

Mar 16, 2026 4 minutes

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Howard University Legal Legends

Legacy and History

Howard University’s Legal Legends

Feb 27, 2026 3 minutes

Side by side photos of two howard university graduate students. There is a woman on the left who is wearing a head covering and folding her arms. The man on the right is smiling while wearing a white lab coat and grey wash jeans

Accolades

Howard Biology Ph.D. Students Selected for ESA’s 2026 Graduate Student Policy Award

Feb 19, 2026 3 minutes

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Global and Diaspora

Howard University Conference Highlights African Languages at a Critical Moment

Feb 17, 2026 3 minutes

Howard Prioleau

News

Howard Prioleau Makes History as First HBCU Student Selected in Google’s Ph.D. Fellowship

Nov 14, 2024 4 minutes

Secretary Todman speaks to student researchers at Howard.

News

Acting U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Reviews Howard Research on Housing Affordability, Access, Resident Leadership, and the Effects of Climate Change

Oct 28, 2024 5 minutes

News

School of Education Professor Kathryn Wiley Named American Educational Research Association 2025 Congressional Fellow

Sep 26, 2024 2 minutes

President Ben Vinson and Greater Washington Partnership CEO Kathy Hollinger

Community

Anchors and Sails: Howard University and Other HBCUs Energize the DC Region’s Economy

Sep 10, 2024 5 minutes

2024-2025 award winner Camille Warner

Accolades

Camille Warner Receives 2024-2025 Dr. Winslow Sargeant Doctoral Award

Sep 4, 2024 3 minutes

Research

Howard University Selected to Participate in $160M EPA Project to Help Reduce Climate Pollution from Construction Materials Manufacturing

Jul 30, 2024 3 minutes

Lyndsie Whitehead and Virgil Parker

Accolades

Alumnus Virgil Parker (B.A. ’21), Ph.D. Candidate Lyndsie Whitehead Named 2024 Fulbright Alumni Ambassadors

Jul 16, 2024 5 minutes

Howard and Drexel PIs Carlton Waterhouse, Nea Maloo, Janelle Burke and Mathy Stanislaus.

News

Howard University Receives DOE HBCU Clean Energy Education Prize

Jun 14, 2024 4 minutes

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Research

Howard University Welcomes Gholston as Assistant Vice President for Post-Award and UARC Operations

May 28, 2024 2 minutes

Dean Kenyatta Gilbert

News

Howard University School of Divinity Receives $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.

Apr 30, 2024 4 minutes