Dillard alumna and Harlem Globetrotter Ariel "Mighty" Mitchell will be playing at the Reliant Arena in Houston, Texas beginning on Jan. 26. She is the first female Globetrotter to play in Houston in 20 years. 

Dillard alumnus and "Supertrotter" Billy Ray Hobley is also mentioned. 

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The 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Week of Peace includes several events at Dillard University. Beginning with a discussion from the Alphas on Wednesday, Jan. 15, Dillard will be home to this year's City of New Orleans Memorial Service on Sunday, January 20, a special lecture series featuring Tavis Smiley and Cornel West on Monday, January 21, followed by the MLK Convocation on Tuesday, January 22.

Read more about it in The Advocate...

Dillard University will host a special jazz concert in Lawless Chapel on Friday, January 18, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Jazz Journey Series from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation continues with star-studded performers including gospel singer Barbara Morrison, Grammy-nominated singer Gregory Porter and New Orleans trumpeter Warren Jones.

Read more about the concert on nola.com...

Dillard University welcomes a large group of students from Brazil for the next three semesters under the HBCU-Brazil Alliance. The alliance, established by the federal government, seeks to increase cooperation in STEM disciplines between Brazilian universities and historically Black colleges and universities in the United States.

Dr. Kimya Dawson-Smith in the Office of International Students & Study Abroad Programs has spearheaded the program.

Read more about in the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education...

and on WDSU... 

 in the Diverse Issues in Higher Education...