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Howard's talented student body includes scholars, student researchers, premier athletes, emerging artists, and entrepreneurs.

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[H1] Howard University

Howard's talented student body includes scholars, student researchers, premier athletes, emerging artists, and entrepreneurs.

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Congratulations to the Howard Class of 2026!
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The Howard Experience

LinkedIn and Forbes Name Howard University as the Nation's #1 HBCU

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We Are Howard.

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Class of 2026
Shay Taylor moves from janitor to doctor.

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Shay Taylor moves from janitor to doctor.
After years cleaning hospital rooms, Shay Taylor is graduating from the Howard University College of Medicine and returning as a doctor. Her unlikely path is drawing global attention.LEARN MORE

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Class of 2026
Former Football Player Raymond Alexander Johnson is #1 dental school graduate.

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Former Football Player Raymond Alexander Johnson is #1 dental school graduate.
From football to dentistry, Howard University College of Dentistry's Raymond Johnson is graduating at the top of his program and headed to a U.S. Navy oral surgery residency at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.READ MORE

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Class of 2026
Engineering Major Jadyn Decuir graduates with a 4.0 GPA and dance championships.

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Engineering Major Jadyn Decuir graduates with a 4.0 GPA and dance championships.
Jaydn Decuir is a uniquely creative civil engineer and talented dancer who balances rigorous academic demands with the most challenging dance performances and competitions.  LEARN MORE

[H2] Excellence in Truth and Service is reflected in all that we do.
Veritas et Utilitas. Excellence in Truth and Service is reflected in all that we do.

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May 18, 2026
Howard Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Captures Fifth Consecutive MEAC Championship
The Bison dominated the meet, scoring 235 points — far outdistancing the second-place team Morgan State University, securing their fifth straight win.

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May 26, 2026
Sam Puryear Named 2025–2026 HBCU Coach of the Year as Howard Golf Continues Historic Rise

May 22, 2026
Howard University Engineering Professor Advances Soil Thermal Behavior Research with $780K DOD Grant

May 21, 2026
Howard University Launches Howard AI Network powered by AWS to Accelerate AI Research, Infrastructure, and Workforce Readiness

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Research, Centers, and Institutes

Howard researchers and thought leaders are tackling the most pressing
challenges facing humanity, including health and medical issues, economic
disparities, cybersecurity, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and
machine learning, drug abuse, the economy, women’s leadership, energy
systems, accounting and finance, and journalism and democracy.

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Howard stands as a beacon where academic prowess meets dedicated service.

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Howard's success is measured by the continued dedication to student success as evidenced by: rising retention and graduation rates, lower student debt ratios, increased financial aid, expanding and growing faculty research portfolio, and service to the local and global community.

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Undergraduate
Howard is one of the world's most prestigious destinations for undergraduate education in a wide range of studies.
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Graduate
Offering a diverse suite of degrees and programs, our Graduate School prepares students to seek truth and knowledge in their academic endeavors.
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Professional
Howard's professional programs are academically rich and provide the experiences that propel students to succeed in their careers.
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Doctoral
Ranging from the humanities to scientific disciplines, Howard offers an array of programs that leverage the extraordinary interdisciplinary strengths of the entire University.

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Our Legacy. A Promise of Excellence.

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Patricia Bath
Class of 1968
Ophthalmologist, Inventor, Health Advocate

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Patricia Bath
Class of 1968 “My love of humanity and passion for helping others inspired me to become a physician.”

Dr. Patricia Bath was an ophthalmologist, inventor, researcher, and humanitarian. Born in 1942 to parents who encouraged her interest in science, Dr. Bath’s research began at the young age of 16, when she won a merit award for her discoveries at a cancer research workshop. She received her medical degree at Howard University, graduating with honors in 1968. Dr. Bath’s career was full of “firsts”: In 1974, she was the first woman ophthalmologist appointed to the faculty of the University of California; in 1983, she became the first woman chair to an ophthalmology residency program in the United States. Dr. Bath was dedicated to bringing ophthalmic health services to underserved communities. She conducted epistemological research and found that blindness occurred in black patients at twice the rate of white patients.

In response to this discovery, Dr. Bath created community ophthalmology, a new discipline that brought volunteer ophthalmic health services to thousands of people who otherwise would not have been able to afford treatment. She didn’t stop there: In 1976, Dr. Bath and three of her colleagues founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, an organization that operates on the principle that eyesight is a basic human right. She also invented the Laserphaco Probe, a surgical tool that uses lasers to treat cataracts with less pain and more precision than previous treatments. She patented the device in 1988, becoming the first African American female doctor to patent a medical technology.

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Beth Brown
Class of 1991
Astrophysicist & Educator

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Beth Brown
Class of 1991 “If you didn’t get a good physics background in high school, it isn’t too late to study physics.” Beth Brown, Ph.D., was an astrophysicist and educator who studied elliptical galaxies and worked on multiple outreach projects. Born in Virginia in 1969, Brown cultivated a fascination in science from an early age, starting with her interest in science fiction. She studied astrophysics at Howard University, undertaking two internships at NASA during her undergraduate years. She went on to graduate school at the University of Michigan, where she became the first black woman to get a doctorate in astronomy from the institution. An astronomy course she developed during her graduate education is still taught and remains popular at the University of Michigan. Having attained her doctorate, Brown was then hired as an astrophysicist at NASA, where she collected data on elliptical galaxies. Brown’s wonder at the night sky translated into a desire to share that wonder with others. She represented NASA on television interviews, combining her warm presence with her astronomical expertise to present information on astronomy to the general public in an accessible manner. She was passionate about helping minorities to succeed in physics. Her greatest achievement, in her own words, was “…convincing a young woman not to give up on her dreams of becoming a scientist.”

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Elijah Cummings
Class of 1973
House Representative, Orator, Civil Rights Leader

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Elijah Cummings
Class of 1973 “I will fight until death to make sure every citizen…has that right to vote.”  Rep. Elijah E. Cummings was a lawyer, orator and advocate who worked throughout his lifetime to preserve American democracy. Born to former sharecroppers in Baltimore, Maryland in 1951, Cummings was no stranger to adversity. With the encouragement of his mother, who had only a fourth-grade education herself, Cummings went on to become the first African American in Maryland history to be named Speaker Pro Tempore, a senior member of the majority party chosen for skill in presiding. Elijah Cummings graduated from Howard University in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He then went to law school at the University of Maryland. He maintained a close relationship with Howard University throughout his lifetime. Cummings practiced law and served in the Maryland House of Delegates for 14 years. In 1996, he was elected to the Federal House of Representatives, where he advocated for the working class in his Black-majority district. He became a powerful voice against voter suppression, launching investigations in Georgia, Texas, and Kansas, as well as monitoring organizations accused of targeting voters of color. The issue of voter suppression was personal to Cummings, who, during a speech in February 2019, recalled his mother’s dying words: “Do not let them take our votes away from us.” In that same speech, Cummings vowed to fight until death to defend the right to vote—and fight he did, until his passing in October of 2019. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings’s legacy as an advocate who fought tirelessly for the rights of all Americans lives on, both at Howard and in the countless lives he touched.

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David Dinkins
Class of 1950
Former Mayor of New York City

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David Dinkins
Class of 1950 “Race relations can be an appropriate issue...but only if you want to craft solutions, and not catalogue complaints. If we use the issue appropriately, we can transform it from the cancer of our society into the cure.” David Norman Dinkins was an American politician, lawyer and author who became the first African American Mayor of the New York City, from 1990 to 1993. He joined the faculty of Columbia University upon leaving office.Born on July 10, 1927, in Trenton, New Jersey, Dinkins served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He used veteran educational benefits to earn his bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Howard University in 1950. He later obtained his law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1956.  Dinkins was a founding member of the Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus of New York State, the Council of Black Elected Democrats of New York State, and the One Hundred Black Men. He was also vice president of the United States Conference of Mayors, and a member-at-large of the Black Leadership Forum.Dinkins passed away in November of 2020 at age 93.

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Kamala Harris
Class of 1986
Vice President of the United States

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Kamala Harris
Class of 1986 “The thing that Howard taught me is that you can do any collection of things, and not one thing to the exclusion of the other. You could be homecoming queen and valedictorian. There are no false choices at Howard.” Vice President Kamala D. Harris was born in Oakland, Calif. She refers to her time at Howard as her “formative years” where she first was introduced to her love of politics. After earning an undergraduate degree from Howard University and a law degree from the University of California, Hastings, she began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office. In 2003, Sen. Harris became the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco. Having completed two terms as the District Attorney of San Francisco, Kamala was elected as the first African-American and first woman to serve as California's Attorney General. In this role, she worked tirelessly to hold corporations accountable and protect the state’s most vulnerable people. In 2017, Harris was sworn in as a United States Senator for California, the second African-American woman and first South Asian-American senator in history. Harris serves on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on the Budget. On January 21, 2019, she formally announced her run for president and hosted her first press conference at her alma mater, Howard University. Harris’s historic selection as the Democratic vice presidential candidate was announced in August of 2020. Harris is the first Black woman and the first Asian-American to run for vice president on a major party ticket in the United States. Harris’s candidacy represents a milestone opportunity for our democracy to acknowledge the leadership Black women have always exhibited, but has too often been ignored. She was inaugurated as Vice President of the United States on January 20th, 2021.

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Taraji P. Henson
Class of 1995
Actress, Producer, Mental Health Advocate

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Taraji P. Henson
Class of 1995 Taraji P. Henson is an Academy Award-nominated actress, producer, and mental health advocate. She was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in an apartment that she described as “one step up from the projects”. Henson’s path to an acting career was not always clear-cut. After graduating high school, she pursued a degree in electrical engineering at North Carolina University, but dropped out after failing a math class. Henson transferred to Howard University, where she studied theater while working two jobs to support herself and her newborn son.

After graduating from Howard in 1995, Henson moved to Los Angeles, where she took on an office job and landed small roles in various television series. Her breakthrough role came in 2001, when she starred in the film, “Baby Boy.” From there, her repertoire of film roles grew, and in 2008, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as the titular character’s mother in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” She focused primarily on film until 2015, when she returned to television in “Empire” as Cookie Lyon, a role for which she received an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe award. Her 2016 role as Katherine Johnson in the critically acclaimed film “Hidden Figures” cemented Henson’s popularity and iconic status.  In 2018, Henson founded The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, a nonprofit committed to challenging the perception of mental illness in the African American community.

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Zora Neale Hurston
Class of 1920
Author, Anthropologist

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Zora Neale Hurston

Accounting (B.B.A.)African Studies (B.A.)Afro American Studies (B.A.)Art (B.F.A.)Biology (B.S.)Clinical Laboratory Science (B.S.CLS.)Chemistry (B.S)Chemical Engineering (B.S.)Civil Engineering (B.S.CIV)Communication Studies (B.A.)Computer Engineering (B.S.Comp.Eng.)Computer Information Systems (B.B.A.)Computer Science (B.S.)Criminology (B.A.)Economics (B.A.)Electrical Engineering (B.S.Elec.Eng.)Elementary Education (B.S.)English (B.A.)Finance (B.B.A.)Health Education (B.S.)Health Management (B.S.)Health Sciences (B.S.)History (B.A.)Human Development (B.S.)Human Performance (B.S.)Interdisciplinary Studies - (B.A.)International Business (B.B.A.)Leisure Studies (B.S.)Mathematics (B.S.)Management (B.B.A.)Marketing (B.B.A.)Mechanical Engineering (B.S.Mech.Eng.)Media Journalism, Film and Communications (B.A.)Music (B.M.)Nutritional Sciences (B.S.)Nursing (BSN)Philosophy (B.A.)Physics (B.S.)Political Science (B.A.)Psychology (B.S.)Radiation Therapy (B.S.R.T.)Sociology (B.A.)Spanish (B.A.)Supply Chain Management (B.B.A.)Theatre Arts (B.F.A.)

Accountancy (MAcc)African Studies (MA, PhD)Anatomy (PhD., MD/Ph.D.)Applied Data Science (MS)Architecture (M.Arch.)Art (M.F.A.)Atmospheric Sciences (MS, PhD)Biochemistry (PhD)Biology (PhD, MD/PhD)Business (M.B.A., Online M.B.A.)Chemical Engineering (MS)Chemistry (MS, PhD, MD/PhD)Civil Engineering (PhD)Communications - Speech Language Pathology 5-year Accelerated Master’s (M.S.)Comm. Sciences & Disorders (MS, PhD)Computer Science (MSCS)Computer Science (PhD)Economics (MA, Ph.D.)Economics (Ph.D.)Education Leadership and Policy Studies (MEd)Electrical Engineering (PhD)English (PhD)Executive MBA (Ex.M.B.A.)Film (M.F.A.)Finance (MSF)History (MA)History (PhD)Law (L.L.M.)Mathematics (PhD)Mechanical Engineering (PhD)Medical Physics (MS)Microbiology (PhD, MD/PhD)Music (Master of Music)Nursing (Master of Nursing)Nutritional Sciences (M.S.)Pharmaceutical Science (MS, PhD, MD/PhD)Pharmacology (Ph.D.)Physics (PhD)Political Science (MA, PhD)Psychology (PhD)Physiology (PhD, MD/PhD)Public Health (MPH)Religion (M.A.)Religion (M.Div., M.Div./M.S.W., M.Div./M.B.A.)School Psychology and Counseling Services (MEd)Sociology and Criminology (MA, PhD)Social Work (M.S.W., Online M.S.W., Ph.D.)

Dentistry (D.D.S.)Education Leadership and Policy Studies (Ed.D.)Law (J.D.)Medicine (M.D.)Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)

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To learn more about program concentrations, minors, as well as dual-degree or certificate programs, please visit the Schools and Colleges page, as well as the undergraduate and graduate/professional pages.

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Howard University offers more than 120 degree programs across 14 schools and colleges, taught by distinguished faculty and grounded in rigorous, research-driven scholarship.

As an R1 research institution in Washington, D.C., Howard provides students with a strong academic foundation and hands-on opportunities that prepare them to excel in their chosen fields.Established in 1867, Howard University is a federally chartered, private, doctoral research extensive university located in Washington, DC. With an enrollment of approximately 11,000 students in its undergraduate, graduate, professional, and joint degree programs, which span more than 120 areas of study within 13 schools and colleges, the University is dedicated to educating students from diverse backgrounds. Since its founding in 1867, Howard has awarded more than 120,000 degrees and certificates in the arts, the sciences, and the humanities.

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Schools & Colleges

Howard University is made up of 14 schools and colleges.
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Accounting (B.B.A.)
African Studies (B.A.)
Afro American Studies (B.A.)
Art (B.F.A.)
Biology (B.S.)
Clinical Laboratory Science (B.S.CLS.)
Chemistry (B.S)
Chemical Engineering (B.S.)
Civil Engineering (B.S.CIV)
Communication Studies (B.A.)
Computer Engineering (B.S.Comp.Eng.)
Computer Information Systems (B.B.A.)
Computer Science (B.S.)
Criminology (B.A.)
Economics (B.A.)
Electrical Engineering (B.S.Elec.Eng.)
Elementary Education (B.S.)
English (B.A.)
Finance (B.B.A.)
Health Education (B.S.)
Health Management (B.S.)
Health Sciences (B.S.)
History (B.A.)
Human Development (B.S.)
Human Performance (B.S.)
Interdisciplinary Studies - (B.A.)
International Business (B.B.A.)
Leisure Studies (B.S.)
Mathematics (B.S.)
Management (B.B.A.)
Marketing (B.B.A.)
Mechanical Engineering (B.S.Mech.Eng.)
Media Journalism, Film and Communications (B.A.)
Music (B.M.)
Nutritional Sciences (B.S.)
Nursing (BSN)
Philosophy (B.A.)
Physics (B.S.)
Political Science (B.A.)
Psychology (B.S.)
Radiation Therapy (B.S.R.T.)
Sociology (B.A.)
Spanish (B.A.)
Supply Chain Management (B.B.A.)
Theatre Arts (B.F.A.)

Accountancy (MAcc)
Medical Physics (MS)
African Studies (MA, PhD)
Finance (MSF)
Anatomy (PhD., MD/Ph.D.)
Architecture (M.Arch.)
Art (M.F.A.)
Atmospheric Sciences (MS, PhD)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD, MD/PhD)
Biology (PhD, MD/PhD)
Business (M.B.A.)
Chemical Engineering (MS)
Chemistry (MS, PhD, MD/PhD)
Civil Engineering (PhD)
Communications - Speech Language Pathology 5-year Accelerated Master’s (M.S.)
Comm. Sciences & Disorders (MS, PhD)
Computer Science (MSCS)
Dental Hygiene (Certificate)
Economics (MA, Ph.D.)
Education Leadership and Policy Studies (MEd)
Elementary Education (M.Ed.)
Electrical Engineering (PhD)
English (PhD)
Executive MBA (Ex.M.B.A.)
Genetics & Human Genetics (PhD, MD/PhD)
Film (M.F.A.)
History (MA, PhD)
Law (L.L.M.)
Mathematics (Ph.D.)
Mechanical Engineering (PhD)
Microbiology (PhD, MD/PhD)
Music (Master of Music)
Nursing (Master of Nursing)
Nutritional Sciences (M.S.)
Pharmaceutical Science (MS, PhD, MD/PhD)
Pharmacology (Ph.D.)
Physics & Astronomy (PhD)
Political Science (MA, PhD)
Psychology (PhD)
Physiology (PhD, MD/PhD)
Public Health (MPH)
Religion (M.A.)
Religion (M.Div., M.Div./M.S.W., M.Div./M.B.A.)
School Psychology and Counseling Services (MEd)
Secondary Education (MEd)
Sociology and Criminology (MA, PhD)
Social Work (M.S.W., Ph.D.)
Special Education (MEd)

African Studies (Ph.D.)Anatomy (M.D/Ph.D.)Atmospheric Sciences (Ph.D.)Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (M.D/Ph.D.)Biology (M.D./Ph.D.)Chemistry (Ph.D.)Civil Engineering (Ph.D.)Comm., Culture & Media Studies (Ph.D.)Comm. Sciences & Disorders (Ph.D.)Counseling Psychology (Ph.D.)Computer Science (Ph.D.)Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.)Economics (Ph.D.)Education Leadership and Policy Studies (Ed.D.)Educational Psychology (Ph.D.)Electrical Engineering (PhD)English (Ph.D.)Genetics & Human Genetics (M.D/Ph.D.)Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies (Ph.D.)History (Ph.D.)Mathematics (Ph.D.)Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D.)Microbiology (Ph.D.)Nutritional Sciences (Ph.D.)Pharmaceutical Sciences (Ph.D.)Pharmacology (M.D/Ph.D.)Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)Physics & Astronomy (Ph.D.)Physiology & Biophysics (M.D/Ph.D.)Political Science (Ph.D.)Psychology (Ph.D.)School Psychology (Ph.D.)Social Work (Ph.D.)Sociology and Criminology (Ph.D.)

Dentistry (D.D.S.)
Law (J.D.)
Medicine (M.D.)
Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)

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Study Abroad
Consortia/Exchange
Preprofessional Education
Writing Across the Curriculum
Service Learning

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Student Resources
Undergraduate Studies
General Education
Academic Advising
Academic Standing
Academic Accreditation

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Faculty Resources
Digital and Online Learning
Faculty Development
Institutional Accreditation and Assessment
Teaching & Learning (CETLA)

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Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private research university comprised of 14 schools and colleges.

Students pursue 143 programs of study leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University operates with a commitment to Excellence in Truth and Service and has produced one Schwarzman Scholar, three Marshall Scholars, four Rhodes Scholars, 12 Truman Scholars, 25 Pickering Fellows and more than 165 Fulbright recipients. Howard also produces more on-campus African American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States. Howard is a leader in STEM fields. The National Science Foundation has ranked Howard as the top producer of African-American undergraduates who later earn science and engineering doctoral degrees. The University also boasts nationally ranked programs in social work, business and communications. To date, we have produced three Schwarzman Scholars, four Marshall Scholars, four Rhodes Scholars, 12 Truman Scholars, 25 Pickering Fellows and more than 165 Fulbright recipients.The College of Medicine is internationally regarded for its illustrious legacy of training students to become competent and compassionate physicians who provide health care in medically underserved communities at home and abroad. The College is a national leader in studying health disparities among people of color and is one of America's top institutions for training women surgeons. The Howard University Health Sciences division includes the Howard University Hospital and the Colleges of Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Nursing and Allied Health Sciences.For more than 150 years, the Howard University School of Law has served as an advocate for social justice and as an architect of social change. It has produced more than 4,000 social engineers including the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, noted legislators, civil rights attorneys, mayors and public officials across the United States. It is the No. 1 law school for African Americans ranked by preLaw magazine. The University's motto Veritas et Utilitas, Truth and Service, represents a key part of our identity. The more than 14,000 undergraduate and graduate students dedicate hundreds of hours each year to service in nearby LeDroit Park, around the nation and throughout the world. Over the U.S. Peace Corps' 50-year history, more than 200 Howard graduates have served as volunteers around the globe, the highest number among historically-Black colleges. The University remains committed to further enhancing its strategic positioning as one of the top research universities in the nation. As we celebrate 154 years, we are uniquely positioned to have the next 150 years as glorious as the past.

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