Howard University
Historically black university in Washington
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| February 2025 | Howard University becomes the first HBCU to achieve Research One (R1) Carnegie Classification. |
| 2024 | Completed the season with an overall record of 18-14 and a 9-5 conference record, finishing in a three-way tie for second place in the MEAC. |
| 2024 | Howard Law's ranking dropped to 125th due to significant changes in the U.S. News & World Report ranking methodology. |
| March 2024 | Howard Bison won the MEAC tournament championship by defeating Morgan State, Norfolk State, and Delaware State, securing the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. |
| March 2024 | The team was seeded No. 16 in the West region of the NCAA tournament and participated in the First Four, where they lost to Wagner. |
| 2023 | Won the MEAC tournament by defeating South Carolina State, Maryland Eastern Shore, and Norfolk State. |
| 2023 | Kenny Blakeney began his fifth year as head coach of the Howard Bison men's basketball team, leading the team during the 2023-24 NCAA Division I season. |
| 2023 | Finished the season with a 19-12 overall record and 11-3 in MEAC play, securing first place in the conference standings. |
| 2023 | Howard University School of Law was ranked 98th out of 192 law schools by U.S. News & World Report in their annual rankings. |
| 2023 | Larry Scott continued to coach the Howard Bison football team in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, maintaining a strong conference record of 4-1 for the second consecutive year. |
| 2023 | Howard Bison football team participated in the Celebration Bowl in Atlanta, GA, losing to Florida A&M with a score of 26-30. |
| 2023 | Selected by the Department of the Air Force to lead a research center on tactical autonomy technology for military systems. |
| 2023 | Howard University issued a $300 million tax-exempt bond to address housing issues and renovate campus facilities. |
| March 2023 | Competed as the No. 16 seed in the West Region of the NCAA tournament, ultimately defeated by No. 1 seed Kansas in the first round. |
| March 2023 | Received the MEAC conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, marking Howard's first tournament appearance since 1992. |
| 2022 | The team was upset by No. 7 seed Coppin State in the quarterfinals of the MEAC tournament, despite being the No. 2 seed. |
| 2022 | Howard Bison men's basketball team completed their previous season with a 16-12 overall record and 9-5 in MEAC conference play, finishing in second place in the conference. |
| 2022 | Howard Bison men's basketball team began their season under fourth-year head coach Kenny Blakeney, playing home games at Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C. as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). |
| 2022 | Howard University signed Mason Christian, a forward transfer from James Madison Dukes, during the 2022 recruiting period. |
| 2022 | Howard University signed Brandon Franklin, a defender transfer from Duquesne Dukes, during the 2022 recruiting period. |
| 2022 | Howard University signed Barkan Killic, a defender transfer from Arkansas Rich Mountain, during the 2022 recruiting period. |
| 2022 | Howard Bison men's soccer team competed in the NCAA Division I men's soccer season under the leadership of eight-year head coach Phillip Gyau. |
| 2022 | Of the 160 graduates in the Class of 2022, 78% obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment nine months after graduation, which was comparable to the national average of 77% for ABA-approved law schools. |
| 2022 | Howard University School of Law had an acceptance rate of 31%, receiving 1,813 applications. 160 out of 565 admitted students enrolled, with a median LSAT score of 154 and median GPA of 3.49. |
| 2022 | Larry Scott led the Howard Bison football team in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, achieving a conference record of 4-1 for the season. |
| October 2022 | The Disney Storytellers Fund expanded to include other Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) campuses. |
| July 2022 | Walt Disney Company established the Disney Storytellers Fund at Howard University's Cathy Hughes School of Communications and Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, providing undergraduate students with stipends up to $60,000 and mentorship to support Black storytellers. |
| March 2022 | Howard University announced a $785 million investment to construct new STEM complex, academic buildings for the Chadwick Boseman School of Fine Arts, and the Cathy Hughes School of Communications. |
| 2021 | Howard University School of Law offered 126 courses beyond the first-year curriculum in the 2021-22 academic year, demonstrating the breadth of legal education available to students. |
| 2021 | Howard University received 29,391 applicants for the incoming freshman class, with 10,362 (35%) being accepted. |
| October 2021 | Students protested substandard living conditions in campus residential buildings during the Blackburn Takeover, demanding improvements and board representation. |
| August 2021 | Howard University School of Law enrolled 464 J.D. students for the 2021-2022 academic year, with 100% enrolled full-time and the student body composition being two-thirds women and over three-fourths identifying as Black or African-American. |
| May 2021 | University announced the re-establishment of the College of Fine Arts, naming it the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, led by Dean Phylicia Rashad. |
| March 2021 | Vernon Jordan passed away, after whom the law school library was subsequently named. |
| 2020 | Andres Gomez played for Howard Bison men's soccer and was also associated with Nykoping team during this year. |
| 2020 | 82% of first-year students at Howard University received need-based financial aid. |
| July 2020 | Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $40 million to Howard University, the largest single donation in the university's history. |
| 2018 | Google expanded the Tech Exchange program from a three-month summer program to a full academic year program, including 15 additional minority-serving institutions like Florida A&M, Prairie View A&M, and Fisk, alongside Howard University. |
| 2018 | Nearly 1,000 students held a nine-day sit-in protesting financial aid fraud and demanding administrative changes, which led to an investigation by the Department of Education. |
| 2017 | Howard Law recovered its ranking, climbing back to 32nd on the National Law Journal's 'Top 50 Go-To' list. |
| 2017 | The Bison STEM Scholars Program was renamed the Martha and Bruce Karsh STEM Scholars Program (KSSP) after receiving a $10 million donation from the Karsh family foundation. |
| 2017 | Google Inc. established a pilot residency program named 'Howard University West' on its Mountain View, California campus to increase representation of underrepresented minorities in the tech industry. |
| 2017 | Howard University established the Bison STEM Scholars Program to increase representation of underrepresented minorities in high-level STEM research careers, offering full scholarships for students pursuing PhD or MD-PhD degrees in science, engineering, technology, and mathematics. |
| September 2 2017 | Howard Bison football achieves its first FBS victory by defeating UNLV Rebels 43–40 at Sam Boyd Stadium, securing the biggest point-spread upset in college football history as a 45.5-point underdog. |
| 2016 | Howard Law's ranking dropped to 37th on the National Law Journal's 'Top 50 Go-To' list. |
| 2016 | Howard University completed the Interdisciplinary Research Building (IRB), a multi-story, 81,670 square foot state-of-the-art research facility that cost $70 million. The building was designed to enhance collaborative and innovative research on campus. |
| 2016 | Yardfest, a cherished homecoming tradition, returned after a two-year hiatus, resuming its place in the university's cultural celebrations. |
| May 2016 | President Barack Obama delivered the commencement address, encouraging graduates to become advocates for racial change. |
| 2015 | Howard Law improved its ranking, climbing to No. 22 on the National Law Journal's 'Top 50 Go-To' list. |
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