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Grant Valentine, a 2025 graduate of the School of Engineering, congratulates a classmate amid degree conferring at Howard University's 157th commencement ceremony on May 10. (Jacques Benvoli/The Washington Informer)

Howard University’s Class of 2025: Emerging the Next Leaders of the New Age Renaissance

by Jada Ingleton May 12, 2025May 13, 2025

Howard University celebrated its largest graduating class ever, with over 3,000 graduates, including Deanna Hayden, a Ph.D graduate who has dedicated her life to championing the Black experience, hearing from award-winning actor and literacy advocate LeVar Burton.

The student leaders of the Howard University #BlackburnTakeover protest pose with attorney Donald Temple (left) after a press conference on Nov. 15 announcing the end of the monthlong protest. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

Blackburn Takeover at Howard University Finally Comes to an End

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 17, 2021December 21, 2021

Tents set up in front of the Blackburn University Center on the campus of Howard University (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

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Student-Led Blackburn Takeover Makes Headlines Nationally and Abroad

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. November 10, 2021December 21, 2021

Howard University senior Aniyah Vines stands with a classmate holding up a sign at the university's Blackburn Center during a student sit-in on Oct. 13. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

HU Alumnae Support and Provide Context for Blackburn Takeover

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. October 20, 2021December 21, 2021