Dillard University hosted its 2026 Spring Fest concert on April 8 with New Orleans native and rising star La Reezy headlining. The concert featured opening performances by Tr3TakeFlight, QthaPlaya,...

Social media personality and food critic Keith Lee made a historic visit to Dillard University on Feb. 13, 2026, drawing excitement across campus. This was Lee’s first time visiting an HBCU, so students...

New Orleans has a creative spirit that people from the city are shaped and molded by. For New Orleans native, Ronnesha Ewing, a Dillard University visual arts major, there was something about art that...

Dillard University’s Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) team took home the silver in the National Qualifying Tournament on Saturday. The team will head to the National Championship Tournament, held...

When Kambria Dotson works, the world around her fades away. Fabric rests across her lap, sketches spread beside her, and her sewing machine starts up for the next project. The Dillard University junior...

This past fall, Brandis Griffith Friedman, a Dillard University Alumna and an anchor for Chicago Tonight on Chicago’s PBS station, WTTW, released her new documentary “Opportunity, Access, & Uplift”:...

October’s Artist of the Month, Santino Castillo, is a senior visual arts major, better known by his nickname “Tino.”  In 2021, Castillo started photography in his freshman year at Dillard University,...

A Southside Chicago native, graduate of both Northeastern Illinois University and the University of Toronto, and head of the Ray Charles Program at Dillard University, Zella Palmer is an individual who...

Take one step onto Dillard’s campus, and before you know it, you might hear the name “Madame Director.” London Williams, a senior at Dillard University from Indiantown, Florida, earned this title,...

A Journey Rooted in Service and Growth Dwanna Toney recently celebrated her fourth year at Dillard University, where she has been a driving force behind the Center for Career and Professional Development. Originally...

Bryson Payne, born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, discovered his passion for art at a young age. Although he spent much of his childhood playing a variety of sports, creativity remained the constant...

Kristina Ousley, a 2016 graduate of Dillard University, is the first Dillard alumnus to be awarded the Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship.   Ousley was chosen to work in the 2025-2026 cohort...