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2026 Opening Convocation

Legacy and Lineage

Howard University Honors Retirees, Inaugurates Academic Year at 159th Opening Convocation

University leadership and retiring faculty and staff reflected on Howard’s profound legacy and promising future.

Sep 25, 2026 6 minutes

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Culture Creators: Arts and Entertainment

‘A Different World’ Stars Come Home to Howard Ahead of Netflix Sequel Premiere

Sep 25, 2026 4 minutes

Howard University Retirees at the Retirement Celebration posed for a photo at the Retirement Celebration, in between Anthony Wutoh and Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick at the Blackburn Center Ballroom

Legacy and Lineage

2,000 Years of Service: Howard University Retirees Honored at Celebration

Sep 24, 2026 7 minutes

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Epiphanies, Discovery, and Research

Howard University Researchers Advance Decade-Long Study of HIV and Sickle Cell Disease

Sep 23, 2026 4 minutes

Commencement 2026

Howard University’s First Provost Antoine Garibaldi to Receive 2026 Honorary Degree in Recognition of Academic and Community Leadership

May 7, 2026 5 minutes

Commencement 2026

Interim President and Chair Emerita Rosalind Brewer of Spelman College on The Future of HBCUs and Producing the Leaders of Tomorrow

May 5, 2026 11 minutes

Commencement 2026

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

May 4, 2026 5 minutes

Zoe Cummings standing in front of the Washington Post sign

Commencement 2026

Howard University Graduating Senior Zoe Cummings is Paving the Way for New Generation of Black Journalists

Apr 29, 2026 7 minutes

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Uplift

Inspiring the Next Generation: D.C.P.S. and Howard University Hospital Host Mini-Medical School White Coat Ceremony

Apr 23, 2026 3 minutes

Uplift

Howard’s Kyrone Davis Selected as Recipient of NAACP’s Outstanding Achievement Award

Apr 17, 2026 3 minutes

Mariah Washington

Commencement 2026

Graduating Business Management Major Mariah Washington Is Ready to Scale Her Beauty Business

Apr 13, 2026 3 minutes

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Commencement 2026

Graduating Political Science Majors Jayda Gray and Sophia Hurtado-Hernández Have Been Stirring Up “Good Trouble” to Encourage Voting Among Bison

Apr 13, 2026 6 minutes

Lulu and Safiya Mohamad

Commencement 2026

Twin Bison Siblings and Graduating Seniors Lulu and Safiya Mohamed Have Turned Life’s Tragedies into Triumphs

Apr 10, 2026 9 minutes

Legacy and Lineage

Honorary Howard Alumnus Victor Glover Pilots Spacecraft Around the Moon and Farther Than Any Human Has Ever Traveled

Apr 8, 2026 2 minutes