Howard University engineering school gets a record $5 million donation
Jeff Clabaugh | jclabaugh@wtop.com

June 6, 2024, 12:40 PM

Howard University’s College of Engineering and Architecture has received a $5 million gift from design software giant Autodesk, the school’s largest-single unrestricted donation in its 90-year history.

Last year, Autodesk donated $1 million to Howard University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering.

The school will use the latest gift to fund its new state-of-the-art design and make lab, which it plans to unveil this fall. In addition to interdisciplinary collaboration for Howard University students, the labor will be used for K-12 programs for young students.

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Jeff Clabaugh
Jeff Clabaugh has spent 20 years covering the Washington region's economy and financial markets for WTOP as part of a partnership with the Washington Business Journal, and officially joined the WTOP newsroom staff in January 2016.

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