Articles from Howard University

Washington, D.C., Aug. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LinkedIn has unveiled its inaugural Top Colleges rankings of higher education institutions in the United States, naming Howard University as the #1 HBCU. According to LinkedIn, the list identifies the schools that “set graduates up for long-term success.” The ranking used LinkedIn data to gauge the career outcomes of alumni through an analysis of job placement rates, senior-level roles, undergraduate internships, and alumni entrepreneurship. LinkedIn also evaluated how quickly a recent alumnus finds a job or enters graduate school after graduating with an undergraduate degree. The company points out that the return on investment in a degree from a top program includes higher earnings and more rapid career progression. 

Howard University and Google researchers release dataset of over 600 hours of African American English dialects to improve AI speech recognition

Partnership will help students save up to 80% on course materials and bring improved bookstore experience to campus

Washington, DC, April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Howard University announced today information on the graduating Class of 2025 Commencement. The 157th Commencement will be held at the university on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., on The Yard, the university’s main campus upper quadrangle.  Peabody, Emmy, and Grammy-Award winner LeVar Burton will serve as the Commencement orator. He will also receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.   

March 2 Marks the 158th Anniversary of Howard University’s Founding

Howard University Is the Only HBCU To Ever Hold the R1 Designation

Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WASHINGTON, DC – Howard University announced today the appointment of Ibram X. Kendi, PhD, one of the world’s leading historians and most widely read scholars, as the director of the newly established Howard University Institute for Advanced Study. Built on the highest standards of intellectual inquiry, the institute is dedicated to interdisciplinary study advancing research of importance to the global African Diaspora, including inquiry into race, technology, racism, climate change, and disparities. Dr. Kendi’s appointment and this new institute are a continuation of the university’s long history in study and scholarly research on the diasporic experience of Black and Brown people.

Community event will feature free dental services, including dental and orthodontic screenings, cleanings, fluoride treatments for 120 DC Schoolchildren

Washington, D.C., Dec. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Howard University experts are providing Black families and other Americans with tips on how to be mindful about holiday spending this year, noting higher interest rates and student loan debt payments that have restarted for the first time in more than three years. For consumers dreaming of generational wealth and home ownership, Howard experts say a focus on increasing savings and minimizing credit card spending can create a better financial picture, especially as they prepare for the upcoming tax season.  

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A $20 million donation to Howard University from Carrie Walton Penner and Greg Penner will support the GRACE Grant Endowed Fund, an initiative to eliminate college costs and keep first-year students enrolled through graduation.  

As chair, Ifill will launch the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy at Howard Law School

Leader in higher education and historian of the African diaspora with a focus on Blacks in Latin America spent career dedicated to elevating diversity in education, returns to Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, April 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Howard University is pleased to announce the appointment of Stacey Abrams, Esq., as the inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics. The chair will be housed in the Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center at Howard University.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Following the establishment of the Toni Morrison Endowed Chair in Arts and Humanities in May 2021, President Wayne A. I. Frederick and the Howard University Board of Trustees have approved the appointment of Phylicia Rashad, dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, as the inaugural holder of this chair. 

Washington, D.C., Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WASHINGTON – Inspiration and idealism joined forces on Wednesday, February 1, when Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA announced the beginning of extensive renovations during a groundbreaking ceremony and “hard hat” tour at its Myrtilla Miner Building, a 109-year-old landmark for Black educators. The Miner Building restoration kicks off a series of projects in the University’s largest campus development project in its history.  

Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WASHINGTON – Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA, hosted U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, and U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall to announce that Howard will serve as the 15th University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). With this announcement, Howard makes history as the first HBCU to lead a UARC and the first center to be funded by the Air Force. 

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Howard University is pleased to announce Misha G. Cornelius will serve as director of public relations in the Office of University Communications. Cornelius has been a member of Howard University’s public relations team for over four years, serving in roles of increasing responsibility since 2018, most recently serving as the interim director of public relations. As director of public relations, Cornelius will lead the University’s media outreach and communications strategy to grow Howard’s visibility as a mission-driven, research institution and preeminent historically Black college and university (HBCU).

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Howard University announced today that it will immediately begin providing all of its undergraduate students with free test prep courses for graduate-level admissions exams, including the GRE®, GMAT®, LSAT®, and MCAT®, and free test prep for professional licensing exams including the bar exam, USMLE®, INBDE®, and NCLEX-RN®, for its students enrolled at its graduate schools, through a new partnership with Kaplan. Additionally, all Howard students interested in taking the exams to be a CPA or CFA can also prepare with Kaplan for free. This partnership builds upon Howard’s impressive record of achievement in this area: the university already produces more on-campus African American PhD recipients than any other university in the United States, in addition to graduating more African American applicants to medical school than any other university or college in the country.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In 2018, Howard University announced a goal of raising $100 million in grants and contracts for research by 2024. Today, Howard surpassed  that goal two years early by raising $122 million in Fiscal Year 2022, a record sum for any Historically Black College or University (HBCU). 

Partnerships between local minority-owned firms and nationally recognized firms whose teams include several Howard alumni demonstrate Howard’s mission-driven values in delivering its new academic facilities.