Howard University protesters continue to occupy an administration building for a fifth day in protests sparked by revelations that university employees had misappropriated financial aid money from 2007 to 2016. Students occupying the administration building have refused to leave until all nine of their demands are met, including the resignation of university president Wayne A.I. Frederick. […]
The nation’s most highly regarded HBCU is under protest this weekend, as Howard University students continue a takeover of the main administration building. Days after it was revealed that six employees were fired for financial aid fraud, HU students have decided that enough is enough. Questions remain about the fate of the university’s embattled president […]
Tyrone Hankerson finessing Howard students out of financial aid may have been the scam that hit home the most, but he isn’t the first scammer to go viral for his triflin’ ways. 1. Nigerian Scammers- Perhaps, one of THE biggest scammers in the history of scamming. https://twitter.com/Gotham3/status/971772044240216064 2. Doctor Scammers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F61CuWlSVJI Like Malachi Love Robinson who […]
As if HBCU’s didn’t have enough issues finding funds, six Howard University employees were fired last year for stealing $1 million in student financial aid. This revelation comes at particularly difficult time for the university, whose students have demanded changes at the historically Black institution. The university’s president, Wayne Frederick has been under fire for […]
With the start of a new year also comes the start of a new semester for college students. However, students at some Historically Black Colleges and Universities are undergoing problems with the infrastructure of their campuses that causes classes to be pushed back. Howard University is facing such problems as the cold weather has caused […]
Frigid weather has forced Howard University to temporarily close its classrooms to students. Howard University students are experiencing an unexpected extended holiday because of sporadic power outages and extensive damage to ruptured pipes caused by freezing temperatures in Washington, D.C. The historic Black university has postponed undergraduate and graduate classes for more than a week. […]
Kwanzaa seems to be a holiday that floats in the background when Christmas and Hanukkah come around. However, people fail to understand that Kwanzaa as a holiday explains important values that people should invest in. Greg Carr, the chair of Afro-American Studies at Howard University explains to Roland Martin the importance of Kwanzaa and its affects […]
Dr. Richard Francis Jones was a pioneering urologist who helped pave the way for other Black specialists in his field. On this day in 1936, he became the first Black diplomat for the American Board of Urology before a long medical career established and cemented at Howard University.| Dr. Jones was born February 6, 1897, […]
A former student who flunked out of Howard Medical School is suspected of causing a scare about an active shooter on campus earlier this week.
An Alexandria, Virginia man has been arrested two years after he allegedly threatened to kill African Americans at Howard University. John Edgar Rust, 26, faces up to five years in prison if convicted after he was arrested Wednesday, October 4, 2017, on charges of threatening murder online. According to court documents, Rust used the in-store […]
Students demonstrated during Comey's address on Friday morning.
Dr. Wayne Fredrick is the President of Howard University in Washington D.C. is proud of the University’s new ranking as 110 in the United States. However, Russ wanted to talk about the lack of communication he’s had with the Howard University administration. Russ’s son was a graduate of the school and he can recall times […]
