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July 14, 2022
Billy Ray Hobley died in 2002, but played with the Globetrotters for 22 years and was known as “Supertrotter.”
May 31, 2022
Lewis, the famed artist, activist, historian and mentor to dozens of Black creatives, died Friday of renal failure in Torrance.
May 19, 2022
A Dillard University graduate was awarded with her degree in her hospital room on the same day she delivered a…
May 16, 2022
Baker Barnes, who has served as Dillard University's athletic director for the past 16 years, is moving on to her…
November 23, 2021
A historically Black university in New Orleans says a $5 million gift will create civil rights and public interest internships…
March 17, 2021
Peachtree Providence Partners founding member Milton H. Jones Jr. has been elected to chair the support organization's board of directors.
February 7, 2021
PJ Morton will teach master classes in songwriting, music publishing, studio production and talent management at the New Orleans school.
September 17, 2020
New Orleans college heads Walter M. Kimbrough and C. Reynold Verret say their efforts "will help find ways to better…
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April 9, 2018
The Grammy Award-winning artist has been asked to deliver this year’s commencement address to graduates of Dillard University in New Orleans.
May 29, 2017
One of the smallest historically black colleges in the U.S. boasts a huge accomplishment: pound for pound, tiny Dillard University…
April 13, 2017
Dillard University announced that Janelle Monáe would be delivering the commencement address to its graduating students.
November 4, 2016
Six people were arrested after students at Dillard University protested a debate, which included former Ku Klux Klan leader David…
May 11, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Denzel Washington knows how to deliver a good speech. Washington delivered the commencement speech Saturday to graduates…
February 12, 2013
theGRIO'S 100 - The Atlanta native is the current president of Dillard University. Prior to this role, he served as…