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Accolades

National Black Movie Day: Two Howard Shorts You Should Watch This Weekend

Meet two Howard storytellers whose award-winning films explore the cost of certainty and the fragility of connection.

Feb 20, 2026 3 minutes

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Dr. Jelani Cobb

Lineage: Howard Students and Alumni

‘Full of Strength’: Dr. Jelani Cobb’s Howard Origins

Feb 20, 2026 8 minutes

Side by side photos of two howard university graduate students. There is a woman on the left who is wearing a head covering and folding her arms. The man on the right is smiling while wearing a white lab coat and grey wash jeans

Accolades

Howard Biology Ph.D. Students Selected for ESA’s 2026 Graduate Student Policy Award

Feb 19, 2026 3 minutes

Feb King Lecture Series panel

Thought Leadership and Epiphanies

Policy, Power, and the Future of HBCUs Spotlighted at February King Endowed Chair Lecture

Feb 19, 2026 8 minutes

VP Harris speaks at Howard University

News

Vice President Kamala Harris Returns to Howard University to Tout Small Businesses Investments

Mar 30, 2022 3 minutes

4th year medical student Joshua Metcalf opens his match-day letter with family following the long white coat ceremony. -Oscar Merrida

Photo of the Week: Photo of the Week: March 25, 2022

Mar 25, 2022 1 minute

Institutional Research Building

Community

Howard University Community Reacts to $785 Million Real Estate Plans

Mar 24, 2022 4 minutes

Howard students with kids in Milwaukee during Alternative Spring Break

News

Howard University Alternative Spring Break Returns After In-Person Pandemic Pause

Mar 21, 2022 1 minute

College Hall North

News

Pilot Begins for Faster 5G Broadband Wireless Internet at Howard

Mar 17, 2022 2 minutes

FT Weekend Festival

Community

FTWeekend Partners with Howard University

Mar 17, 2022 1 minute

Brianna Clark Ph.D., discusses her research on "Women of HU Athletics: The Intersection of Gender & Race" at an exhibition hosted by the Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership. -Justin D. Knight/Howard University

Photo of the Week: Photo of the Week: March 18, 2022

Mar 15, 2022 1 minute

Alternative Spring Break advisor Erica Middleton and freshman Reiana Richmond fold shirts for One 80 Place – the largest provider of homelessness services in Charleston, South Carolina. Kyree Pope/Howard University

Photo of the Week: Photo of the Week: March 11, 2022

Mar 11, 2022 1 minute

Howard rugby team

Change Makers

Game On: Students, Alumni Join Forces to Bring Rugby to Howard

Mar 10, 2022 3 minutes

Senior Dejuan Williams and junior James Rampersad man the "bucket brigade." Alternative Spring Break (ASB) participants stood along Georgia Avenue to collect donations during the ASB Helping Hands Radiothon hosted by WHUR. -Justin D. Knight/Howard University

Photo of the Week: Photo of the Week: March 3, 2022

Mar 3, 2022 1 minute