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Who Says Black Women Don’t Swim? Howard’s NEC Champion Women’s Swimming and Diving Team Makes History and Defies Stereotypes

Defying many stereotypes, members of Howard’s Women’s Swimming and Diving Team are history makers — the first HBCU women’s swim team to win a championship in the Northeastern Conference, a league dominated by predominantly white institutions.

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Climate-Change and Gender-Based Violence: Howard University Panel Discusses How Climate Crises Can Put Women and Girls at Increased Risk for Violence

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Stay Studious: Former Disney CEO Bog Iger, 2026 Honorary Degree Candidate, Has Advice for Howard Grads

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  • 2026 Grad Madison Medard Carries Howard Law’s Social Justice Mission Forward

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From generation to generation, Howard alumni continue push human progress forward through a transformative commitment to truth and service.

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Explore How Howard Alumni Keep Changing the World

History & Heritage Howard's Extraordinary Legacy of Civic Leadership

Howard University alumna Congresswoman Summer Lee

History & Heritage Howard's Extraordinary Legacy of Civic Leadership

For 157 years, Howard University has served as the nexus of intellectual engagement and social advocacy to ensure that all Americans can fully exercise all the rights of citizenship. Howard alumni include first Black U.S. vice president, Supreme Court justice, popularly elected U.S. senator, popularly elected U.S. governor, and mayors of New York City, Washington, DC, and Atlanta, among numerous other luminaries which include three secretaries of federal agencies. 

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