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In the heart of New York City’s Chinatown, several meticulously crafted wooden frames hang in the window of Leroy Street Studio, displaying a variety of patterns and shapes. It’s more than an art exhibit — this is the work of Howard University third-year architecture students. 


Last Friday, about thirty of them boarded a charter bus for the three and a half hour ride to New York City. After a long day of sightseeing and fighting sharp January wind, the bus approached the corner of Allen and G...

Naesoj Ware, president of the 65th Howard University Student Association (HUSA) announced earlier this month that she was resigning from her position. The next day she said it was all a hoax, but according to her, the announcement was never supposed to leave the room. 


On Tuesday, Nov. 4 HUSA held its monthly general body meeting and at the end, Ware informed the audience of department directors, sub department leads and HUSA staffers of her  unexpected decision. 


That night of the announc...

Dear Bison Community,


For over 100 years, The Hilltop has written stories by Howard students, for Howard students. Our primary audience is the Howard community, the HBCU community and the Black community. As such, each story we choose to write is in the interest of these groups. When students were robbed at gunpoint on campus in January, we covered the incident. When a student died as a result of a car crash that occurred on April 11, 2024, we covered that. When a student won a scholarship fr...

The start of a new month brought a new leader to Howard University, as former president Wayne A.I. Frederick returned as interim while the Board of Trustees searches for a permanent successor.


Frederick served as the 17th president of Howard from 2014-2024. He holds three degrees from Howard, earning a Bachelor of Science in Zoology in 1992, a Doctorate in Medicine in 1994 and a Master of Business Administration in 2011.


On the morning of his third day back, he met with student leaders to...