Dance Theatre of Harlem Ignites Hampton’s Terpsichorean Dance Company
The arrival of Dance Theatre of Harlem Artistic Director Robert Garland to work with the University’s Terpsichorean Dance Company marked a moment layered with meaning. It was a convergence of two pioneering institutions whose very existence reshaped the possibilities for Black dancers in America.
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Hampton University Student Joins PPIA 2026 Junior Summer Institute Fellowship and Advances the Future of Public Leadership
The Public Policy & International Affairs Program (PPIA) announces the selection of the 2026 Junior Summer Institute Fellows, an extraordinary cohort of emerging leaders chosen through a highly competitive national application process.
The Futurization of Film: How Film Studies Director, Professor Brarailty “Rel” Dowdell is Shaping the Next Era of Storytelling
Professor Brarailty “Rel” Dowdell is leading a cinematic vanguard while defining Hampton’s place in entertainment and the study of film.
Two Professors Awarded Prestigious ACLS Fellowship, Grants for Transformative Humanities Research, Campus Initiatives
Hampton University is proud to announce that two members of its faculty have been selected as recipients of the highly competitive 2025 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) HBCU Fellowships and Grants. These awards, designed to advance humanistic scholarship and teaching at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, highlight the strength and innovation of Hampton’s academic community on a national stage.
[The Hampton Script] The Spirit in the Stitch: How Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Channels Ancestral Memory, Black Mysticism in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners
In an exclusive interview, Ruth E. Carter breaks down how the Southern spirit and personal truth shaped her costume design for Ryan Coogler’s haunting Southern epic, Sinners.
Hampton University Choirs to Embark on London Tour, Commemorating 95 Years Since composer R. Nathaniel Dett’s Historic 1930 Journey
The Hampton University Choirs will travel to London from June 24–30, 2025, in celebration of the 95th anniversary of a landmark moment in both university and music history: the 1930 European tour led by renowned composer and former Hampton director of music, R. Nathaniel Dett.
School of Liberal Arts & Education Professor’s One-Woman Show Helps Students Take Center Stage in France
Hampton University is once again preparing to send a group of talented student-performers abroad for a transformative international arts experience, thanks in part to the return of “Rising of the Necessary Diva,” a one-woman show by Assistant Professor of Music Dr. Tiffany Renée Jackson.