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DU is ready for Mardi Gras

Aretha McKinney • February 18, 2023

Historian: N.O. tourists don’t consider local blacks’ challenges then and now

Jorden Hampton Editor-in-chief • October 9, 2021

Screenshot by J’Brionne Helaire/Courtbouillon A screenshot shows the cover shot prior to the start of the program. NEW ORLEANS(October 9, 2021)- Tourism’s crucial role to New Orleans economy is...

Who is America? To whom does it belong?

February 19, 2021

Caption NEW ORLEANS (February 19, 2021) – A recent virtual panel on the transition from the Trump administration to that of President Joe Biden offers a telling reminder of the damage...

Census 2020: Make sure you are counted

John Lawson II • April 21, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (April 20, 2020) – With the 2020 Census under way, it is very important that everyone ensures they are counted, especially children, college students and people of color, according...

Brother-and-sister singing sensation expands beyond Dillard University

Cheryl Daniel • April 20, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (April 20, 2020) – The Dillard University community knows sophomores David and Lauren Rhodes for their stunning duets, but the brother-and-sister duo is expanding their brand and reach...

‘New-age griot’ sees history as the intersection of life’s work

Sherick Boone • April 20, 2020

Malik Bartholomew, DU librarian, also entrepreneur with Know NOLA Tours NEW ORLEANS – (April 20, 2020) – History is the intersection for Malik Bartholomew’s life as a librarian here...

‘Stay home, save lives’ important to heed for millennials, Gen. Z members

John Lawson II • April 2, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (April 3, 2020) – With now more than 10,000 cases detected and 370 deaths in Louisiana – and more than 5,000 of them detected in Orleans and Jefferson parishes alone –local...

COVID-19: The numbers have faces, so do your part

Cheryl Daniel • April 2, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (April 3, 2020) – Cough. Wash hands. Sneeze. Wash hands. Touch surface. Wash hands. High-five? Don’t do it. Wash hands. A virus like no other in recent history is sweeping across...

Love letter to New Orleans: Out-of-state students discuss good, bad, ugly

Justin A. Baker • November 1, 2019

NEW ORLEANS (October 31, 2019) – Relocating to another state can be difficult, but that’s what nearly half the student population here at Dillard has done and found the flip side to be fun...

New Orleans to host 32nd annual UNCF Walk-Run on Oct. 12

September 27, 2019

Note: This story has been updated to include how much was raised last year and to correct the number of DU students participating. NEW ORLEANS (September 26, 2019) – Dillard University is hoping...

20 students selected for Pre-Law LEAD in 2019

Toenisha Hudson • November 30, 2018

NEW ORLEANS (Nov. 30, 2018) – Twenty students – including 13 from Dillard – have been selected to participate in the Pre-Law LEAD program for 2019, according to Adria N. Kimbrough, pre-law...