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Students

Music Therapy Proving to be Sound Choice for Howard Student

Maya Rogers, a graduate student focusing on music therapy at Howard University, has been named one of four student recipients of the $25,000 Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Formation Scholars Award.

July 27, 2017

Students

Shaw University Names Dillard Interim President

Shaw University vice-president for academic affairs, Dr. Paulette Dillard, was announced Monday as the interim president of the historically Black institution. Shaw is conducting a search for its next president following the resignation of Dr. Tashni -Ann Dubroy earlier this month to become an executive vice president and chief operating officer at Howard University. The […]

July 17, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Shaw President Leaving for VP Role at Howard University

Dr. Tashni-Ann Dubroy, who is currently the president of Shaw University, has resigned from her post to become the executive vice president and chief operating officer at Howard University.

July 5, 2017

Sports

Study: Tech Workforce’s Lack of Diversity Goes Deeper than Pipeline

A recent study suggests that the top reasons for the technology sector’s racial homogeneity isn’t the absence of a diverse pipeline but young graduates’ lack of industry contacts and an information gap about job prospects.

May 22, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Trump Issue Dividing Howard University Administration, Students

In a town hall meeting on Tuesday night, students expressed disappointment that the administration of the nation’s flagship historically Black university had not done more to put itself at the frontline of resistance to the new administration.

February 15, 2017

African-American

Linda Johnson Rice to Kick Off Howard University Entrepreneurship Speaker Series

Linda Johnson Rice will pay a visit to Howard University on November 9 to launch the John H. Johnson Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship Speakers Series.

October 20, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Howard University Renames School of Communications after Cathy Hughes

Howard University has decided to rename its School of Communications after media mogul Cathy Hughes, founder of Radio One, Inc.—the largest Black-owned multimedia company in the world.

October 12, 2016

Students

Howard University Starting Ph.D. Program Focusing on Minority Serving Institutions

Howard University is launching a new Ph.D. program in Higher Education with a focus on Minority Serving Institutions—the first doctoral program of this kind in the nation.

October 10, 2016

Leadership & Policy

‘Diddy’ Donates $1 Million to Howard University

WASHINGTON ― Sean “Diddy” Combs is donating $1 million to Howard University, where he once was a student. The rapper and music mogul made the announcement alongside Howard President Wayne Frederick at his Bad Boy Records reunion tour show last Thursday night in Washington, D.C., where the historically Black college is located. Howard says the […]

September 25, 2016

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President Obama Nominates Howard University Chair to National Council

President Obama has nominated Dr. Dana A. Williams, chair of the Department of English at Howard University, to serve as a member of the National Council on the Humanities.

September 21, 2016

Students

Diverse Docket: Ousted Ohio State Band Director Loses Bias Suit

The ousted marching band director at The Ohio State University has lost his Title IX suit accusing the school of gender bias.

August 25, 2016

Students

Diverse Docket: Howard University Prevails in Title IX Suit

Howard University has defeated a lawsuit by a former graduate student who claimed she was wrongfully denied readmission twice to the doctoral program in history.

August 15, 2016