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A research-intensive, culturally-diverse historically Black university✊🏾• 1867 • @HUPrez18 • @HowardUAlumni • @FutureBison• @HUBisonSports

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We’re closing out Black Music Month with singer Kenny Lattimore, DMV native and Howard’s very own. Lattimore rose to fame in the mid-1990s with hits like “For You” and “Never Too Busy,” but he came from humble beginnings of performing anywhere that would allow him to do what he
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Happy Juneteenth!. The first official Juneteenth Celebration was documented in 1866 to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S. Watch as Christiana McClain, archivist in the Moorland-Springarn Research Center, shares a little-known fact about the holiday that might influence
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The Howard University Women’s Track & Field team sprinted to history 🏆. During the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Marcia Sey made Howard history by qualifying for the finals in the 100-meter hurdles and finishing third with All-American honors. The
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On this Father’s Day, we celebrate the proud Howard dads who are there to lend a hand, offer great advice, and can tell a decent dad joke!
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Howard University’s Hospital Trauma Services’ Annual Victors Over Violence Award Ceremony offers a space for reflection, recognition, and healing for the community. Among those honored this year was Derrick Scott, who has spent years recovering from the emotional and physical
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During Black Music Month, Howard University music professor and seasoned jazz bassist Carroll V. Dashiell Jr. is reflecting on memory, history, and sound, and how enslaved people bent and twisted notes as a means of survival. Dashiell says that Black music is all about
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Howard University’s Karsh STEM Scholars Program has received the 2025 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from Insight Into Academia magazine 🎉. Insight Into Academia is the largest and oldest academic excellence and belonging publication in higher education. The STEM Award is a
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Ananda Lewis (B.A. ’95), the voice of a generation, died from breast cancer on June 11, 2025. Just two years after her Howard graduation, she hosted BET’s “Teen Summit,” a talk show that gave an unfiltered voice to Black teens and the issues they cared about. After Teen
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Our Track & Field Bison are chasing history!. The Track & Field program is looking to make history with 12 student-athletes representing both the men’s and women’s teams at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The championships run through June 14 at Hayward Field
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RT @HowardUAlumni: Stay connected, stay involved! Updating your contact information ensures you never miss out on alumni events, news, and….
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First things first, we love Keisha Clark!. Keisha Clark is a high-achieving track star from Los Angeles with her sights set on attending Howard University in Mara Brock Akil’s “Forever,” now playing on Netflix. As a modern reimagining of Judy Blume’s iconic 1975 novel, “Forever”
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“Love takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.” - James Baldwin. This Pride Month, we celebrate CASCADE, the oldest LGBTQ+ advocacy org at any HBCU and a proud part of Howard. More than a group, it’s a home where students are free to be
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These Bison are unstoppable 🔥. The Howard University Women’s Track and Field team claimed its fourth victory in a row at the 2025 MEAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship. The win was part of a record-breaking showing as the women’s team scored a meet-high 292 points, 103
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Today, we remember those who have given their lives in service to the United States of America. We honor them for their bravery, dedication, and commitment to truth and service.
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Congratulations to The Hilltop’s Editor-in-Chief Jacky “JD” Dennis Jean-Jacques II for receiving the 2025 NABJ Student Journalist of the Year Award 🎉📰. The recent summa cum laude graduate joined The Hilltop during his freshman year. He steadily rose in the ranks from DMV
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Our Bison did their big one with their grad caps 🎓🎨.#Howard2025 #HU25 #howarduniversity
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“You are living proof of your ancestors’ dreams.” — @levarburton . This weekend, Howard University celebrated the largest graduating class in our history — 3,167 strong — with none other than the legendary storyteller and literacy champion, LeVar Burton, delivering a powerful,
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It Takes a Village. Before the degree was ever earned,.there were voices praying in kitchens,.hands tying shoes,.mothers doing hair for hours and ironing dreams,.fathers working doubles — in boots or boardrooms — hiding their pain in calluses and quiet. There were aunties who
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Happy Mother’s Day to the ones who always know best 💐❤️. #mothersday #howarduniversity #HU25
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RT @MEACSports: 2025 MEAC R̶E̶G̶U̶L̶A̶R̶ ̶S̶E̶A̶S̶O̶N̶ CHAMPIONS 🏆. The Howard University Bison take the 2025 MEAC Softball Champion Title….
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