Netflix released the official trailer for A Different World, giving fans their clearest look yet at the return of one of television’s most influential fictional HBCU campuses. The series is set to arrive on Netflix on Sept. 24, bringing a new generation of students to Hillman College. The trailer introduces viewers to a new class trying to
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By Hayya Shah The Howard University College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) continued its commitment to broadening participation in AI and robotics this summer through two impactful educational initiatives that engaged learners and educators at different stages of the pipeline. The first program, the Robotics and Automation Outreach Program (RAOP), prepares grades 5-12 educators to
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By Erika Edwards The number of parents in the U.S. choosing not to vaccinate their children rose dramatically in the last school year, according to data released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All states require certain vaccines for children entering public school. During the 2025-26 school year, 4.2% of kindergartners, about 155,000 kids, had
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“I’m definitely not really over that,” Clark said. While administrators prefer that students, faculty and alumni focus on the school’s new academic year, much of the community’s attention is still trained on the unenrollment debacle. More than 500 incoming first-year students were unenrolled for missing a July tuition payment deadline, the university said. About 200
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Stillman College is bringing football back to Tuscaloosa, restoring a program that had been dormant for years. “Football has a special place in the history and spirit of Stillman College,” President Dr. Yolanda W. Page said in a statement. “As we celebrate 150 years of educating students and transforming lives, we are also looking boldly toward
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By Howard Newsroom Staff Howard University and the J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation recently announced a $10 million endowed scholarship fund at Howard to support students pursuing leadership excellence in hospitality and other fields. The scholarship fund is designed to expand choice and opportunity, enabling recipients to focus on their studies, complete their degrees, and pursue
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By Jamaal Abdul-Alim When Dr. Karrie G. Dixon became the 13th chancellor of North Carolina Central University in the summer of 2024, the institution’s finances were a mess. A state audit would later reveal just how bad the bookkeeping had been. It found $45 million in financial reporting errors for the fiscal year prior to
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North Carolina A&T has named Katreshia Louis-Verrett as its new director of athletics, confirming a move HBCU Gameday first reported more than two weeks ago. The university announced Friday that Louis-Verrett will begin her new role on Sept. 1. She will oversee 17 intercollegiate programs, more than 300 student-athletes and nearly 50 coaches and staff
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A Clark Atlanta University alumna is headed to the Miss USA stage after capturing one of the country’s most prominent state pageant titles. Acacia C. McBride, a graduate of the Atlanta HBCU, has been crowned Miss California USA, earning the opportunity to represent the state at Miss USA. For McBride, the victory represents the culmination
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Texas Southern University’s Board of Regents will decide Wednesday whether to approve Ashley Robinson as vice president and director of athletics and Corey Lowery as head men’s basketball coach, two of the most consequential hires in the athletic department. But one of President James W. Crawford III’s recommendations reaches the full board without the support of either
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