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Sports and Scholar-Athletes

Howard's Bryce Harris Wins Nolan Richardson Award, Cementing Legacy as Heart and Soul of Bison Basketball

The five-year starter for the men’s basketball team has been named the recipient of the 2025–26 Nolan Richardson Award.

Apr 2, 2026 3 minutes

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Sports and Scholar-Athletes

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

Mar 31, 2026 17 minutes

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Women's History Month: Howard Alumna Jeanne Sinkford Broke Barriers As First Woman to Lead a College of Dentistry

Mar 28, 2026 7 minutes

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*Change Makers

Women's History Month: Ty Grace Is Building Champions, Shaping Legacy at The Mecca

Mar 27, 2026 6 minutes

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Marie Johns Appointed Chair of the Gwendolyn S. and Colbert I. King Endowed Chair in Public Policy at Howard University

Sep 15, 2025 4 minutes

*Legacy and History

Reimagining "The New Negro" One Hundred Years Later: Alain Locke's Seminal Anthology Still Influences Black Culture in America

Sep 13, 2025 18 minutes

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Media Release

Howard University Celebrates 158th Opening Convocation; Civil Rights Attorney and Educator Sherrilyn Ifill to Deliver Keynote

Sep 12, 2025 2 minutes

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Howard Faculty Nicole Jenkins Joins Global Initiative to Set a New Guinness World Record for World Afro Day 2025

Sep 11, 2025 4 minutes

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SAVE THE CULTURE: The Essential Television Shows of the Black Experience (Part One)

Sep 11, 2025 18 minutes

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Howard Bison Inspire the Next Generation of Readers and Writers at the 2025 National Book Festival

Sep 10, 2025 6 minutes

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Howard University Named one of Fulbright’s Top 20 HBCU Institutional Leaders

Sep 9, 2025 2 minutes

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Student Athletes

Howard University Women’s Basketball Unveils 2025–26 Schedule

Sep 9, 2025 3 minutes

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*Change Makers

Lift as You Climb: Alumnus and Baltimore State Attorney Ivan Bates on the Importance of Student Leaders and the Impact of HBCUs

Sep 8, 2025 8 minutes

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Save the Culture “Slang”: An Exploration of Black Language Expressions

Sep 5, 2025 11 minutes