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LinkedIn Names Howard University as the Nation’s #1 HBCU Based on Alumni Career Success

LinkedIn recently unveiled its inaugural Top Colleges rankings of higher education institutions in the United States, naming Howard University as the #1 HBCU. The list identifies the schools that “set graduates up for long-term success.”

Aug 17, 2025 4 minutes

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Left to right: Errol Watkis, Nicholas Oakley, Chris Harper, and Katharine Elkes in Founders Sitting Room

Founders Library Reopens its Doors, Showcasing Cutting-edge Research While Preserving the Past

Aug 15, 2025 6 minutes

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Your Cameras Could Be Spying on You: Howard CEA Researchers Publish New Findings on Smart IoT Device Abuse in Financial Cybercrimes

Aug 13, 2025 3 minutes

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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Incoming Political Science Scholar Jehu King Shares His Drive for Public Service

Aug 6, 2025 7 minutes

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Statue Of Lorraine Hansberry Installed At Howard University As Part Of The Lorraine Hansberry Initiative

Nov 16, 2022 5 minutes

Nikole Hannah-Jones gives the welcome during “The Democracy Summit”, hosted by The Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University. It is the first-of-its-kind academic center committed to strengthening historically-informed, pro-democracy journalism. The Center is led by founder Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Knight Chair in Race and Journalism. -Imagine Photography

Photo of the Week: Photo of the Week: November 15, 2022

Nov 15, 2022 1 minute

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The Center for Journalism & Democracy Opens at Howard University

Nov 15, 2022 4 minutes

The Democracy Summit

Howard University: Nikole Hannah-Jones Hosts Democracy Summit for Journalists

Nov 10, 2022 2 minutes

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Fulbright Scholar Lyndsie Whitehead Studies Internationalization in HBCUs

Nov 9, 2022 3 minutes

Deborah Thomas Felix and a guest at Howard University

The Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership Hosts Book Launch and Signing with Honorable Deborah Thomas-Felix of Trinidad and Tobago

Nov 9, 2022 3 minutes

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Howard University Office of Student Affairs Launches Esports Lab

Nov 8, 2022 3 minutes

Vice President Kamala Harris, actress DeWanda Wise and Erin Haynes in Cramton Auditorium

Vice President Kamala Harris Visits Howard University for Fireside Chat on Reproductive Rights

Nov 8, 2022 3 minutes

Election Command Center

Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center Hosts Election Command Center on Tuesday, Nov. 8

Nov 7, 2022 2 minutes

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Annual Fashion Show Includes Merchandise Sold in Bookstore

Nov 7, 2022 2 minutes

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Save the Date, Howard University Prepares for Charter Day 2023

Feb 2, 2023 2 minutes

Groundbreaking of the Myrtilla Miner Building at Howard University

Howard University Announces Historic Miner Building’s Rebirth, Jumpstarts $785M Campus Master Plan

Feb 1, 2023 5 minutes

Brought to You By Howard: Meet George Alcorn, the Howard University physicist who invented more than 30 groundbreaking findings

Feb 1, 2023 4 minutes

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Celebrating Black History Month

Feb 1, 2023 1 minute

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Howard University Law Students Travel to Geneva for United Nations Annual Meeting

Feb 1, 2023 4 minutes

Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III and Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall

Howard University Awarded $90 Million Contract by Air Force, DOD to Establish First-Ever University Affiliated Research Center Led by an HBCU

Jan 24, 2023 5 minutes

Reporting While Black - protests at the capitol

Howard University Cathy Hughes School of Communications Hosts 'Reporting While Black: The January 6th Attack on Democracy’

Jan 23, 2023 4 minutes

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Howard and Georgetown Universities To Launch Joint Medical Humanities Center Funded by Mellon Foundation Grant

Jan 19, 2023 4 minutes

MLK Day Classic 2023

Howard Men’s Basketball Dominates in Annual MLK Day Classic

Jan 20, 2023 3 minutes

Howard University Names Misha G. Cornelius Director of Public Relations

Jan 18, 2023 4 minutes