Saturday, September 21, 2024
There’s a new student organization on campus: the FAMU chapter of the Florida Farm Bureau (FAMU-FFB). FFB represents farm owners who produce all 300 of the state’s agricultural commodities, regardless of their scope of operations or location. This organization, announced Tuesday by FAMU INFO, will be a major benefit for […]
Since August, the U.S. unemployment rate has fallen from 10.2% to a steady-high 8.4% as hiring slowed down. 22 million jobs have been lost following the COVID-19 outbreak. On Aug. 29, the number of new unemployment claims fell to 39,335 – the lowest since the beginning of the pandemic. More […]
Caitlyn Davis is a Florida A&M University alumna who became an entrepreneur during her time on “the Hill.” Several years later the Atlanta native’s business still influences students at FAMU and at around other universities. She launched her first business in 2017 while running for Miss FAMU. Davis created an apparel […]
Mogus D. Mochena, a physics professor at Florida A&M University, recently was awarded a $350,000 National Science Foundation grant. The award is based on his project, “EIR: First Principles Defect Engineering of Plasmonic Diluted Magnetic Semiconducting Oxide Nanocrystals.” Mochena’s research focuses on semiconductor nanostructures. The electronics industry is built on […]
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 […]
Makur Maker, a 5-star basketball recruit, made history last week when he announced that he was going to further his career playing for the Bison at Howard University. In so doing, he passed up offers from powerhouse programs such as UCLA, Kentucky and Memphis. Maker became the first 5-star prep […]
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference recently announced that Alelee Figueroa, 22, a May graduate ofFlorida A&M University, has been named the league’s Woman of the Year for 2019-2020. Since this announcement, the track and field champion has been overwhelmed with text messages of congratulations as she celebrates her achievement. “An honor […]
Over the past month, since George Floyd was killed by a white Minneapolis police officer on May 25, protesters have come together almost every day to use their voice to bring awareness to the Black Lives Matter movement. Millions of people have gathered in cities large and small — including […]
It didn’t taken long for Jada Stevens to make an impact at Florida A&M University. Stevens, a first-generation Rattler from Cleveland, has been demonstrating leadership skills almost from the moment she set foot on campus. “Jada has not let up when it comes to showing her leadership skills around SBI […]