Before turning the lights down, gang expert Carter Hickman warned the scattering of young men in the room: “The things that I am going to show you tonight I do not want you to let go to your head like you can beat the system.” He assured the audience that […]

Florida A&M’s Board of Trustees agreed to change the name of the university’s restructured College of Arts & Sciences. Trustees voted unanimously on the names College of Science & Technology and College of Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities.  COST will house science departments — chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics — and […]

TALLAHASSEE–All but four of Florida A&M’s Board of Trustees present Thursday expressed their disapproval of President James H. Ammons’s handling of the “crisis” that followed Robert Champion’s hazing death in November. Ammons said he hear the board “loudly and clearly” and that he would work to repair the university’s image.  Trustee William […]

HONOLULU (AP) – Filtering the sun’s light to a minuscule fraction of its true power allowed sky-gazers over the world to watch a silhouetted Venus travel across Earth’s closest star, an extremely rare spectacle that served as a reminder of how tiny our planet really is. After all, the next […]

Florida A&M recently appointed longtime administrator Michael Thompson as the new dean in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Until last week, Thompson had been the assistant dean for Clinical Affairs and professor of pharmacy practice. He has worked for the university since 1981 when he started as an associate […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida A&M University is proposing sweeping changes to its famed Marching “100” band. FAMU President James Ammons on Monday said he wants to limit the band to full-time FAMU students. Ammons also wants to put in more rigorous academic requirements and a four-year limit on how […]

Farm lovers swarmed Florida A&M’s third-annual Farm Fest agricultural exhibition by the dozens on Saturday for tours and produce. Held at FAMU’s Research Extension Center in Quincy, Fla., Farm Fest featured walking and riding tours through the 267-acre facility, exhibits from organic food providers and demonstrations from growers and veterinarians. People milled about the farm, watching […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Multiyear budgeting was one of the first ideas to pop up for discussion as Gov. Rick Scott’s panel on overhauling state colleges and universities began its work Wednesday. Whether the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Higher Education Reform recommends that or any other proposals, though, will […]

Florida A&M alumna Ebonee Monique has been named the winner of the 2012 Black Enterprise $10,000 Elevator Pitch contest.. She owns boutique ghostwriting firm Mama I Want to Write. The contest, which took place during the annual Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference in Chicago, IL May 23-26, 2012, gave top 10 […]

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) – President Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the men and women who have died defending America, saying the country must strive “to be a nation worthy of your sacrifice.” He said the war in Iraq has ended after nine years and is “winding down” in Afghanistan. […]