Presidential Statements 2022-2023

Dear Howard University Community,

Last night, Howard University was once again the target of a bomb threat. This was the second such threat made against our institution in the past two weeks – and one of many bomb threats we have received since February of this year.

Dear Howard University Community,

Last night, Howard University was once again the target of a bomb threat. This was the second such threat made against our institution in the past two weeks – and one of many bomb threats we have received since February of this year.

I want to extend my appreciation and admiration, especially to our students, for your continued understanding during the great difficulty of bomb threats against our campus. For the second time in 48 hours, students have had to evacuate residence halls during the late hours of a school night. People who love and care about them, parents, university employees, alumni, and so many others, have had to wrestle with anxiety about the veracity of another terroristic act.

I want to extend my appreciation and admiration, especially to our students, for your continued understanding during the great difficulty of bomb threats against our campus. For the second time in 48 hours, students have had to evacuate residence halls during the late hours of a school night. People who love and care about them, parents, university employees, alumni, and so many others, have had to wrestle with anxiety about the veracity of another terroristic act.

When I became interim president of Howard University in 2013, one of my first priorities was to talk to as many students as I could from across all our schools and colleges. During the course of those conversations, I was struck by how many of our students had multiple majors and minors, oftentimes in seemingly divergent areas of study. I encountered students who studied biology and African studies, chemistry and classical civilizations, political science and playwriting – there was seemingly no end to the possible permutations of subjects our students were selecting.

Dear Howard University Community,

Dear Howard University Community,

I am devastated to report that my colleague and dear friend, Dr. Lori Wilson, associate dean for faculty development and diversity, professor of surgery, and chief of surgical oncology at Howard University School of Medicine, has passed away this morning.

Dr. Wilson was a remarkable person. She was an innovator and trailblazer. She was an advocate and a servant-leader. And, for many years, she was a breast cancer survivor.

When Nikole Hannah-Jones announced that she would be joining the Howard faculty in the Summer of 2021, she explained that her decision was guided by a simple ethos: “Come home to train your own.”

The COVID-19 pandemic helped us recognize just how small the world has truly become and how interconnected we all are. What happens on one side of the world affects all of us. The greatest challenges we face – from climate change to economic insecurity to the threat of another deadly disease outbreak – must be addressed and solved collectively and with a global mindset. 

In his acclaimed “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. cautioned us all: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Office of the President

Update on Recent Bomb Threats

Update on Recent Bomb Threats

East and West Towers Bomb Threat Update

East and West Towers Bomb Threat Update

Mission Over Major

Chairman Laurence Morse (B.A. ’73) Honored by International Student House of Washington, D.C.

Howard University Mourns the Passing of Lori L. Wilson, M.D., FACS

Come Home to Train Your Own

A Global Howard

Commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2023