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Howard Students Perform 150,000 Hours of Service Nationwide in One Week

HU Alternative Spring Break students lead service projects in 22 cities simultaneously.

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Somos Dos ‘We are Both’: Afro-Latine Ph.D. Candidate Explores the Dual HBCU-HSI Identity

May 2, 2025 4 minutes
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Howard University Honors Faculty at Inaugural Research and Leadership Awards

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Roberta Flack (B.M.E. ’58, D.Mus. ’75) Inspired Fans and Influenced Legions of Artists Across Generations

Over the course of a legendary career, Howard alumna and 4x Grammy Awardee inspired and influenced countless performers through her talent, showmanship, professionalism, and sheer charisma. 

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Coming Full Circle: Anthony Anderson’s Journey to Howard University, Hollywood, and Back Again

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Elizabeth Catlett: The Artist Who Gave Voice to the People

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Ben Vinson speaks at MIT

Howard University President Ben Vinson Explores “Artificial Intelligence in An Age After Reason,” During Lecture at MIT

Mar 31, 2025 7 minutes

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NBC's "TODAY with Jenna & Friends" Hosts a Howard University Reunion with Alumnae Taraji Henson, Phylicia Rashad, and Scholarship Winner Trinity Garrison

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Inside Howard's continuing singularity at the center of intellectual discourse.

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Ben Vinson speaks at MIT

We have an obligation to ensure that AI is shaped by diverse voices, not by historical biases encoded into algorithms."

President Ben Vinson Explores Artificial Intelligence During Lecture at MIT
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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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