Students on Howard’s campus today recognize the name as being one with the university and its culture. “To me personally, ‘the Mecca’ is just Black excellence,” John Kendrick, a sophomore political ...

Students gathered to participate in a “Chalk the Block” meant to bring awareness to the support possibly being offered by the companies McDonald’s and Starbucks. (Eliana Lewis/The Hilltop) The Howard ...

Howard University’s Founders Library. (Juan Benn Jr./The Hilltop) According to Howard’s undergraduate admissions, the applicant pool for the class of 2028 increased by 12 percent to about 37,000 ...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs at Howard University’s 2018 Commencement Ceremony. (Photo Courtesy of Howard University) After announcing during the 2022 BET Awards that he would be making a $1 million pledge to ...

Andre De Santos is a Latino student attending an HBCU. He said he hopes to bridge the divide that is often wedged between the two communities. (Nolan Baynes II/The Hilltop) “I don’t believe the Howard ...

A map of the Democratic Republic of Congo, created on MapChart. As the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) braces for what’s said to be a contested presidential election next month, high rates of ...

Dr. Marcus Hotelling, the president of the Association of University and Counseling Center Directors, says the student-to-counselor ratio within Howard’s UCS is low. “Even by outdated measures, a ...

Howard University Ice Skating Team preparing for the upcoming season at the Gardens Ice House. (Photo courtesy of Gabrielle Francis) History has been made at Howard, as several Howard students have ...

Yet, the presence of influencers has people questioning whether it caused the event to skew away from being dedicated to preserving fashion and fashion history, to becoming an event used to generate ...

Thousands gather in Washington, D.C., for pro-Palestinian protests. (Photo courtesy of Amerah Laban) For the past two weeks, Amerah Laban’s eyes have rarely strayed from her phone. Following the Oct.

Haiti’s democratic institutions have been systematically dismantled since the earthquake in 2010, according to The Guardian. Whereas the city of Port-au-Prince normally would have elected a mayor, ...

Protesters hold a pro-Palestine protest banner. (Jacob Hanesworth/The Hilltop) Amid an upsurge of protests on college campuses regarding the Israel-Gaza conflict, Howard University has maintained its ...