University of the District of Columbia

The Ms. Senior DC is not a beauty contest, says Frances Curtis Johnson, who took home the crown in 2017. It’s about elegance, sophistication, poise and maturity.

Looking for a job? NBC4 presents the “Working 4 The Community” job fair this Friday in D.C.

A 12-inch water main ruptured on Connecticut Avenue near Van Ness Street NW. DC Water says it may take until midnight to finish repairs and fully restore water at the University of the District of Columbia’s campus.

The annual Ms. Senior DC Pageant offers women age 60 and older the opportunity to show off their talent and share their story.

Dr. Peter Plourde, also known as Professor Lyrical, is combining education with his passion for rapping. He says he uses rap to explain math to his students at the University of the District of Columbia. News4’s Nicole Jacobs reports.

WMATA, health care companies, law enforcement and — yes, indeed! — NBC4 are looking for qualified candidates at a job fair Friday at the University of the District of Columbia Student Center. News4’s Mollette Green checks in with some employers who are ready to hire.

Empty your bellies and block off your calendars: another restaurant week is here. Only this time around, the focus is not just on the food, but also the chefs and business owners behind it.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with the death of an 18-year-old who was preparing to start college this fall.

A 17-year-old is being charged with premeditated murder in the shooting of an 18-year-old who was preparing to start college this fall.

TaQuan Pinkney had plans to start college at the University of the District of Columbia this fall and was his sister’s best friend. Then, he was shot and killed Sunday while going to buy a soda. News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke with Pinkney’s heartbroken mother.

TaQuan Pinkney had plans to start college at the University of the District of Columbia this fall and was his sister’s best friend. Then, he was shot and killed Sunday while going to buy a soda. News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke with Pinkney’s heartbroken mother.

For the first time, Black Restaurant Week is coming to the District. This fall, D.C. will join a national movement that celebrates black-owned restaurants, as well as black culinary talent. Restaurants will offer discounted lunches and fixed-prices for dinner from Nov. 4 – 11.

A new law to help a quadriplegic attorney keep both his job and his nursing care passed on the last day of Maryland’s legislative session Monday.

A new law to help a quadriplegic attorney keep both his job and his nursing care passed on the last day of Maryland’s legislative session Monday. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports.

Why should a quadriplegic attorney in Maryland have to choose between his job and nursing care? News4’s Scott MacFarlane has the story.

A quadriplegic faces the prospect of losing either his job or his full-time nursing care because of a loophole in Maryland law.

A police investigation found officers used appropriate force in detaining two men on a sidewalk in the Capitol Hill neighborhood last month, Police Chief Cathy Lanier said, but an attorney for those men called the report a “whitewash.”

News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald reports on the response to a new internal investigation by D.C. police into the controversial and forceful stop of a local college student, video of which sparked widespread outrage.

A D.C. Council member wants to rename the city’s only public university after the late former mayor Marion Barry.