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Elevating Environmental Protection and Our Priorities
Climate vulnerability disproportionately affects African American communities. One way to change this? At the polls.
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Research Month Celebrates Howard’s Interdisciplinary, Social Equity Focused Investigations — Along with a New Milestone
With more than 20 partners representing a “who’s who” of businesses and institutions, the ongoing events connect researchers with grants, helping earn the University a first-ever distinction.
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Bison Bookshelf Spring/ Summer 2024
Books written by the Howard community
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Encouraging the Black Vote
Voter suppression is a systemic problem. It takes building a community, coordinating political action, and fighting for our needs and wants to overcome it.
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In Their Shoes: What Election Issue is Most Important to You?
The Howard community weighs in on the election issue they’re most passionate about.
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Zoom University
Despite spending freshman year at home, one graduating senior remembers finding a community at Howard, online.
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Your Opinions Count!
Howard University is making sure Black voters’ voices are recorded through the Howard Initiative on Public Opinion.
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In Memoriam Spring/ Summer '24
Remembering Bison we lost.
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Letter from the Editor - Winter 2024
We decided to show everyone the duties of our new president, Ben Vinson III, specifically on a Monday in November ahead of Thanksgiving.
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A Centennial of Writers: The Hilltop Celebrates 100 Years of Storytelling
The Hilltop, the oldest Black collegiate paper in America, will celebrate 100 years of publication on January 22, 2024. The entity, founded by Zora Neale Hurston and Louis E. King, continues to serve as the voice and record keeper of Howard University.