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    Application Submission Day: Advancing to Boost Bison Study Abroad

    Application Submission Day: Advancing to Boost Bison Study AbroadBy Aisiriuwa C. Archield | November 20, 2019 The Howard Forward Strategic Plan – Strategic Priority 2, states that “We will reward innovation in instruction, research,...

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    Board of Trustees New Appointment: Marquis Taylor

    By Aisiriuwa C. Archield | November 13, 2019 Please join us in congratulating History major Marquis Taylor in his new appointment as the Undergraduate Student Trustee on Howard University's Board of Trustees. Enjoy the welcome letter from...

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    COAS Stakeholders Visit Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Discuss Partnerships and Showcase Student Research

    COAS Stakeholders Visit Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Discuss Partnerships and Showcase Student ResearchBy Katie Jones; Oak Ridge National Laboratory | December 12, 2019 Representatives from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and...

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    Cobb Lab Researchers Identify Trace Metals Within the New York African Burial Ground Population

    By Aisiriuwa C. Archield | January 6, 2020Members of the Cobb Research Laboratory and the Department of Biology recently used data analysis to “reconstruct the lives of early [Africans and African] Americans in what became [present-day] New York...

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    Fulbright Hays Grant Awarded to the Department of World Languages and Culture

    By Aisiriuwa C. Archield | October 15, 2019 The Department of World Languages and Cultures was awarded a reported $240,000.00 grant for the Fulbright Hays Group Projects Abroad Program. Dr. Leonard Muaka, Associate Professor from the...

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    Physics Department Notably Awarded by Society of Physics Students

    Congratulations are in order to Dr. Prabhakar Misra and the Department of Physics and Astronomy! The department acts as the Howard University Chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) and recently received the Society of Physics Students...

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    To Break Stereotypes, Professor Teaches Criminal Justice Course From Jail

    By Aisiriuwa C. Archield | January 9, 2020Sociology and Criminology Professor, Dr. Bahiyyah Muhammad is working to help her students confront stereotypes regarding incarceration. To do this she is teaching her Criminial Justice course,...

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To Take This Professor’s Criminal Justice Class, You Have to Go to Jail

By bringing her students into prison for class, Sociology & Criminology professor, Dr. Bahiyyah Muhammad, is changing the stigma associated with life behind bars.

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    “In this case, what we are doing is looking at what kind of energy gets released if we have this phase of liquid nitrogen to gaseous nitrogen inside a really tight concealed container.”

    -Dr. John A.W. Harkless, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry.

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