University News and Publications

This Fall Fisk University unveiled numerous campus upgrades including a brand new fitness center for the student union. The new fitness center is located in Spence Hall…

The Americana Music Association will present musical pioneers The Mavericks, Keb’ Mo’ Trina Shoemaker, Carla Thomas, and the Fisk Jubilee Singers® with Lifetime Achievement Awards during the Association's 20th Annual…

Gift to support the development of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Risk Management Institute NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 7, 2021 – Fisk University is thrilled to announce a $2,500,000…

Throughout this year, the Fisk Jubilee Singers® have celebrated their 150th anniversary and what a year it has been!…

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - AUGUST 2021.Fisk University announces the release of a limited-edition commemorative book, Heritage & Honor: 150 Year Story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The Fisk Jubilee Singers' storied…

  The John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library launched a new integrated library system (ILS) from Ex Libris this semester to make discovering, organizing, and accessing library resources easier…

Brown Becomes First Visiting Diane Nash Descendants Of The Emancipation Chair At The Elite HBCU NASHVILLE, Tenn. — August 18, 2021 —Esteemed Professor Dr. Karida Brown of UCLA, and Director…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — August 3, 2021 — This fall students at Fisk University will attend in-person classes at one of the first virtual reality (VR) campuses in the nation. Fisk…

In light of this past year and the extraordinary challenges and hardships everyone has experienced, Fisk University has opted to preserve all institutional scholarships and disregard any existing criteria for…

The Tennessee Department of Health announced Fisk University as one of the grant recipients for a $38.8 million award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to address…