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Fisk University will be celebrating the new academic year with The Annual Opening Convocation year as we welcome the class of 2024, and recognize the start of their journey at…

On July 20, 2020 Officials from Fisk University signed a historic agreement with Austin Peay University. The partnership aims to undertake cooperation in the area of admissions and enrollment of…

Dr. Saumya Ramanathan Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Fisk was recently awarded an almost half-million-dollar grant ($493,036) from the National Science Foundation for an “Excellence in Research”…

Fisk University, announced it has received a $20,000 donation from the Tractor Supply Company Foundation, the charitable arm of the nation’s largest rural lifestyle retailer, to advance opportunities for minorities…

Monday, Aug. 10, Fisk University learned that allegations unrelated to our school had been made against University President Kevin Rome, Ph.D. As this is a personal matter not connected to…

Fisk University is currently engaged in planning for the 2020-2021 academic year and announced that the University will resume modified on-campus instruction this Fall. Fisk values the important role of…

Fisk University announced today that it will be naming its recently launched institute for social justice after the late Congressman and Fisk alumnus John R. Lewis. “Nothing could be more…

In 1956, Jessie Carney Smith began working as a clerk-typist for the English and religion departments at Fisk University. She later transferred to the library and continued working as a…

John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) Civil Rights Leader, Congressman, and Fiskite John Robert Lewis, beloved Civil Rights Leader, Congressman, and Fisk Graduate, Class of 1967, will forever be a part of…

  This month Cosmopolitan Magazine released a list of the top 50 Most Beautiful College Campuses in the country naming Fisk University #18. Fisk is ranked along with a wide…