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Howard University’s research impact ensures that intellectual, scientific, and technological progress benefits all communities

Howard University

Howard University’s research impact ensures that intellectual, scientific, and technological progress benefits all communities

Howard Receives R1 Designation

Howard has been conferred a Research One (R1) Carnegie Classification, indicating “very high research spending and doctorate production.” R1 is widely considered to be the highest research activity classification among colleges and universities in the United States. Howard University is the only historically Black college or university (HBCU) that has achieved the R1 designation. 

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Faculty Researcher
Dr. Charles Kim created Howard’s first commercialized patent, the "Brownout Detector."
Faculty Researcher
Dr. Charles Kim created Howard’s first commercialized patent, the "Brownout Detector."

Charles Kim, Ph.D. is the inventor behind Howard’s very first commercialized patent—a groundbreaking device that has the potential to transform how cities prepare for and prevent electrical brownouts. Kim, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, is a trailblazer in innovation and exemplifies Howard's forward-thinking research. 

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Graduate Researcher
Law student Oreoluwa Adewale is exploring poverty in Chicago.
Graduate Researcher
Law student Oreoluwa Adewale is exploring poverty in Chicago.

Law student Oreoluwa Adewale traveled to Chicago to speak with local organizations and citizens as she developed the Chicago component of the "The Black Audit Project Report." Her research examined disparities in homelessness, education, poverty, and more areas. 

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Undergraduate Researcher
Senior Ava Conyer is researching polycombs repressive complexes to root out diseases.
Undergraduate Researcher
Senior Ava Conyer is researching polycombs repressive complexes to root out diseases.

As a part of her studies, senior chemical engineering major Ava Conyer has conducted and participates in ongoing research across an array of focuses—from studying engineering and patent law—to the basics of understanding Polycomb repressive complexes. She is solving problems by learning why certain genes turn into those that make some people more susceptible to certain diseases and cancers.

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