Monday, August 3, 2020
Before you plan on getting COVID-19 tested, grab a snack, some water and something to keep you busy for a few hours. With coronavirus cases sky-rocketing in Florida, Tallahassee residents are frantically trying to get tested. However, most testing sites have restrictions. At the CVS testing locations, patients have to […]
Florida A&M’s Bragg Memorial Stadium could face severe damage from Formosan termites. A student research club is credited with discovering the termites and its efforts may prevent further damage to the aging stadium. The club is part of Teaching Our Youths Science, an outreach organization on campus. It began four years […]
The Sunshine State has a new moniker — Epicenter of the Coronavirus. Last week, Florida broke the country’s record for new daily coronavirus cases, surpassing New York. As of Wednesday, there have been more than 300,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Florida, with more than 10,000 cases added that day. This […]
The city of Tallahassee has a new attraction — and it’s generating a lot of buzz. Last week,a Black Lives Mattermural was painted on the pavement at the intersection of Gaines Street and Railroad Avenue. It is an intersection between two cultures, FAMU and FSU. The mural was installed in […]
LAKE BUENA VISTA — After being shuttered for nearly four months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the magical amusement park Disney World has recently fully reopened with new safety protocols in place. The reopening took place during the same week that Florida set the United States’ coronavirus record for the […]
As the number of COVID-19 cases in Florida continues to increase, Florida A&M University announced that it will be launching the “Protect the FAMUly” campaign as a way to share safety and reopening information with faculty, staff, students, parents, alumni and other stakeholders. News of the campaign came as the […]
On Tuesday afternoon, the Trump administration rescinded a policy that would have taken away visas for international students whose classes have moved completely to onlineas a result of the coronavirus pandemic. This reversal by the federal government has canceled plans by the United States’ Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency to […]
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Council of Presidents and Chancellors officially decided earlier today to cancel all fall 2020 athletic events. Two weeks prior to this decision the SIAC, Ivy League and CIAA announced their decisions to cancel football for this fall as well as other intercollegiate sports. If this decision […]
Florida StateUniversity’s women’s soccer team captured the NCAA national championship in 2018, Florida A&M’s women’s cross-country team also has enjoyed howling success, winning 10 consecutive conference championships from 2009 to 2018. Chances are you weren’t aware of these accomplishments because there is little to no media coverage for women’s sports. […]
Dean Deidré Keller of Florida A&M University’s College of Law announced recently that all classes will be taught online for the fall semester. Many students are asking if this is the best choice for them considering how difficult aw school can be. The surging COVID-19 pandemic has changed how many […]