Howard University

WHUR’s Summer of Meals campaign is in its final weeks of helping feed kids throughout the summer. If a listener was the ninth caller, they qualified for a $1,000 Giant gift card. News4’s Molette Green reports. 

Howard University in Washington, D.C., is well known for producing luminaries like Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and author Toni Morrison. Now its students and alumni are turning attention to the person who could become their most famous graduate: Vice President Kamala Harris.

As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to accept the Democratic nomination for president, her alma mater buzzes with excitement. News4’s Dominique Moody reports from Howard University.

Howard University alum, Sydney Satchell is preparing for her big debut at the 2024 Paris Paralympics as part of Team USA sitting volleyball.  Satchell always dreamed of competing at the Olympics. She played lacrosse during her college career, hoping to be the first Black woman on the U.S. lacrosse team.  Shortly after graduating from Howard, she got into a car…

Sydney Satchell, a Howard University alum, competes with Team USA seated volleyball at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. She began this journey after a car accident that led to the amputation of her leg.

The Move-In Day Mafia helps students at HBCUs who have aged out of foster care without being adopted. News4’s Derrick Ward reports. (CORRECTION, Aug. 12, 2024, 2 p.m.: Howard’s president is Ben Vinson III, not Benjamin Vinson as stated in this report.)

Bloomberg Philanthropies is donating $600 million to four HBCU medical schools, including Howard University’s College of Medicine. News4’s Dominique Moody shares how the donation will increase the number of Black physicians and reduce health inequalities for Black patients and their families.

Four historically Black medical schools, including Howard University, will receive a $600 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies, according to a press release on Tuesday. The four medical schools are Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science, Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College and Morehouse School of Medicine. The company will also provide seed funding to support the…

Professor Ravi Perry, a political science professor at Howard University, joined News4 to talk about what led up to President Biden dropping out of the presidential race, Vice President Harris as a front-runner and how she needs to secure the Democratic nomination. 

A group of track and field athletes, both recent graduates and current students, is trying to make a splash at the U.S. Olympic trials. News4’s Jummy Olabanji has the story. 

Howard University took back an honorary degree given to hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs.

The Williams-Franklin Foundation will host their fourth annual golf tournament fundraiser in order to raise scholarship money for HBCU students. Co-founder Lashelle Franklin shares how her education at Howard University inspired her. News4’s Molette Green reports.

News4’s Tommy McFly hit the track with Olympian David Oliver at Howard University to learn how to run the hurdles. Credits: Producer Haleigh Hoffman and photojournalist Nick Leimbach

Cassie Ventura is breaking her silence. After Sean “Diddy” Combs apologized over the weekend on social media for his self-called “inexcusable” behavior during a 2016 hotel surveillance video, in which the rapper appeared to assault his ex-girlfriend, the “Me & U” singer released a statement on Instagram on May 23.

A graduation ceremony for nursing students at Howard University ended abruptly Thursday after the auditorium reached capacity.

A graduation ceremony for nursing students at Howard University ended abruptly Thursday after the auditorium reached capacity. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

“I get to share my work with the rest of the world!” Howard student and future journalist Trinity Webster-Bass said. News4’s Walter Morris reports from the “1619: The College Edition” event.

A local college community is in mourning after a freshman was struck and killed on Howard University’s campus. News4’s Walter Morris spoke to students at a memorial.

Hundreds gathered at Howard University on Monday to remember a student who was fatally struck by a car on campus last week.  

News4’s Molette Green is working for the community with advice from the director of Howard University’s Student Health Center for women of color.