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Keith Pough, linebacker for Howard University, was awarded the Pat Tillman Award at the East-West Shrine Game® banquet Friday evening. The award is presented annually to the player who demonstrates courage, perseverance and talent throughout the week leading up to the game and recognizes his overall achievements and conduct. “Keith exemplifies the qualities we look for in the award winner,” [...]

The Lady Pirates took turns at the free-throw line in the last minute of play against Morgan State on Saturday at Hampton University’s Convocation Center. Beating Morgan State 66-60, HU (13-5, 4-0 MEAC) will maintain its No. 1 spot in the conference. The Lady Pirates had a slow start and allowed Morgan State to lead 25-23 at halftime. Morgan State [...]

Adrian Powell had 23 points and seven rebounds to lead North Carolina A&T to a 61-37 victory over Howard University in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game on Saturday. The Aggies led 22-11 on a 3-pointer by Powell midway through the first half, and after Simuel Frazier’s jumper made it 22-13, A&T scored the final 16 points of the period for [...]

The Root‘s contributing editor, Helena Andrews, wrote a humorous yet touching account of her experience midnight of Jan. 13, 2013: Delta Sigma Theta’s celebration of 100 years of collective strength to promote academic excellence and to provide assistance to under-served communities. Check out her story, and if you’re a Delta woman, share your own by commenting. (The Root) — I [...]

Baltimore, MD–Mike Phillips scored a team-high 15 points to lead four players in double as Howard University defeated Coppin State, 70-60 in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men’s game at the Physical Education Complex.  The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Bison. Howard (4-12, 1-1 in the MEAC) took the early lead and never trailed, en route to a [...]

Howard University head women’s volleyball coach Shaun Kupferberg is proud to announce the addition of four student-athletes to the 2013-14 Lady Bison roster. “I am very proud that these ladies are joining our current team to lead us into the future of Bison volleyball.  When people think of Howard, they think of excellence and this is a great step in [...]

With the increased popularity of mobile devices on campus, having particular apps is an important asset for increasing student and community engagement. Thus why Howard University recently launched its own Howard Mobile app, which lets members of the Howard University community stay connected to university life information and services with the touch of a button. Some features of the Howard [...]

The HBCU Buzz Show is excited to have Tradition Ever Since as guests on the Tuesday November 13th show! Check out and purchase their one of a kind products at: http://www.traditioneversince.com   Full article to follow.

Austin D. Lane, 79, who retired from Howard University in 1986 as dean for special student services, died Oct. 27 at a nursing home in Oxford, N.C. He had complications from diabetes and dementia, said a nephew, Robert B. Lane Jr. Austin David Lane was a native of Raleigh, N.C., and a 1958 business administration graduate of North Carolina A&T [...]

It’s always hard for fans when the hosts of “106 & Park” change. Though AJ and Free, the original hosts, left the show in 2005, a Google search of the words “Bring AJ and Free back” will prove that some fans still have not let go. Big Tigger and Julissa filled in for a while, but in 2006 Rocsi Diaz [...]

The debates are over, and if you’re still unimpressed with candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, I have a suggestion. With two weeks remaining before the November 6 vote, the people seem to have a general idea of what the Democrat and Republican candidates can offer as Commander in chief, but perhaps you’ve heard of the other five candidates running [...]

Over the years, the Howard University Homecoming Fashion Show has drawn the likes of Venus and Serena Williams, actor and alum Lance Gross, and America’s Next Top Model Cycle 2 contestant Camille McDonald. The beauty of the fashion show is that the crowd itself is a fashion show completely independent of the main event. Don’t get it twisted—the true attraction [...]

District of Columbia police are investigating a stabbing near Howard University’s campus during homecoming weekend. WRC-TV reports a man was stabbed in the stomach early Saturday morning. He was taken to a hospital and was reported to be conscious and breathing. Howard spokeswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton says the incident did not occur at a Howard University event and did not involve [...]

One week from today, thousands of students, alumni and curious hip-hop fans will pack Howard University’s main quad for Yardfest, the free day-long concert that has become a centerpiece of Howard Homecoming celebrations. Yardfest has become a rite of passage for aspiring music stars: P. Diddy, Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nelly, Ludacris, Shaggy, Wale and Young Jeezy have all appeared there. [...]

So the Henrico County School Board is soliciting names for “a west area elementary school” to open next year? Consider this a nomination. How about naming that new school on Pouncey Tract Road in honor of Dr. William Ferguson Reid? Reid, who has lived on Francistown Road in western Henrico since 1965, remains a seminal figure in Virginia history — [...]

Howard University Hospital and its nurses union are returning to the negotiating table this week, forestalling a picket line that had been slated for Tuesday amid a long-running dispute with management. The hospital agreed to start discussing a new contract in June with the nurses, more than a year after the previous pact expired. But little progress had been made, [...]

Keith Pough of Howard University has been named the Co-Defensive Player of the Week by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. A 6-3, 240-pound red-shirt senior linebacker from Orangeburg, SC, Pough had one of the best games of his productive career in the Bison’s 17-10 win over Florida A&M University this past Saturday. He tallied a game-high 17 tackles, 12 of them [...]

The Aurora theater shooting was nearly 3 months ago.  A Concordia College student was there when it happened. Andrew Bowers is an Aurora native.  He says he, his girlfriend, and some friends were out for a fun night. He says they were seated just 20 feet from the shooter. Miraculously, they all made it out unhurt. For millions of people [...]