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Howard Cross Country Program Takes on The NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals

Howard University Men’s Cross Country team beginning their 8K race at the 2025 MEAC Championships in Cary, North Carolina. (Photo Courtesy of Kyle Williams) The Howard University cross country program ...
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Black Conservative Organization Says It’s Coming To Howard

Throughout its history, Howard University has been a hotbed of Black political thought, with visits from political organizations like Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ...
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Mathematician Elbert Frank Cox Honored at Centennial Celebration

Anthony K. Wutoh, Ph.D., R.Ph., the Provost of Howard University speaks at the event. (The Hilltop/Amanda Marie Lumpkins) On Sept. 26, 1925, Elbert Frank Cox became the first Black person to earn a Ph ...
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Multiple HBCUs Receive Campus Threats, Sparking Mass Concern

Several Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), either closed or went on lockdown following campus threats earlier this month. Hampton University, Bethune-Cookman University, Southern ...
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Gordon Parks Exhibition on Black Spirituality Opens For Limited Time

A student gazes upon several photos presented in Temples of Hope, Rituals of Survival (Photo courtesy of Billie Lee and Moorland-Spingarn Research Center) Three years after acquiring 244 photographs ...
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“We Are Seen.” Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Merry Wives Blends Culture and Classics

Rebecca Celeste, a 2024 Howard alumna making her first on stage debut since graduation, recalls looking at herself in the mirror and thinking, “You’re actually doing it.” Celeste stepped into the ...
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Whose Howard Is It? A Microcosm of Groupthink and the Fizz Effect

Photo of an iPhone. (Photo courtesy of Aditya Chinchure via Unsplash) This summer, over 1,000 Howard University students received an email about an unknown past-due balance from the university, ...
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What Trump’s Nobel Nominations Say About the Peace Prize

Donald Trump and Mike Pence in front of a large American flag (Photo courtesy of History in HD via Unsplash) President Donald Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by world leaders including ...
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Six Howard Graduates Named U.S. Fulbright Scholars

Ellis Walton submitted his application for the U.S. Fulbright Student Program two months before the deadline after months of daily edits. He is now one of the six Howard graduates that was awarded the ...
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Some Black Women are Taking a Break from Politics In New Social Movement

After delivering their vote to former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, Black women have spearheaded the “92 percent” online movement of stepping back from political ...
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Jordan at a Breaking Point: The Middle East’s Next Crisis

A young refugee girl holding a younger child at Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. (Photo courtesy of Foreign and Commonwealth Office via Wikimedia Commons) Israel’s expansion since 1948 has done much to ...
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Trump Administration Launches Initiative to Support HBCUs

President Donald Trump signed a new executive order last month establishing the administration’s initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), expanding federal efforts “to ...