Friday, July 4, 2025
Florida A&M University alumna Simone Symonette founded Pressure Center, now a booming press-on nail business. Since the beginning of spring break, as COVID-19 took a toll on the United States, many people pursued businesses to help with everyday needs. Symonette launched her business on Feb. 1. “I initially started doing my nails […]
Thousands of students are returning to Tallahassee for the upcoming school year, and that means apartment complexes around town need to be ready for the annual infusion of new tenants — especially this year, with the coronavirus pandemic spiking in Florida and Leon County experiencing a surge of new cases. […]
Several fall sports have been canceled in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, which shows no signs of slowing down. But not the Florida State University football program — even though a mile away Florida A&M University announced earlier this month that it was suspending all fall athletics, including football. […]
Students and locals have been raving on social media about a fairly new smoothie spot called Smoothie Time. It’s been open for about a year but I just started hearing great things about it. I was curious about the hype so I decided to make a visit to see what […]
On July 8, Florida A&M University sent out an email informing students, staff and faculty about Adetosoye Oladokun, a FAMU graduate who was reported missing in the Washington area. This email and the all-out blitz on Twitter and other social media possibly helped find Oladokun, because he was located just […]
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 […]
Students, parents, faculty and staff tuned into FAMU Housing’s virtual town hall on Wednesday as they got details on revised move-in procedures for the fall 2020 semester amidst the coronavirus outbreak. University housing staff told new Rattlers about changes they will see in the residence halls this school year. Associate […]
Florida A&M and the state’s other 11 public universities will reopen next month with new restrictions and guidelines after switching to remote instruction in late March due to the coronavirus pandemic. FAMU students have mixed feelings about returning to their beloved university and adjusting to the “new normal.” In May, […]
The Florida Education Association, the union that represents more than 125,000 public school teachers in Florida, announced on Monday that it had filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Department of Education. This comes after rising cases of COVID-19 in Florida failed to stop leaders from ordering […]
Jacqueline “Jack” Porter has served in a number of community roles in Tallahassee. Now she is ready to take on a new position, hoping to be elected to Seat 1 on the City Commission. Porter, 27, received master’s degrees in urban and regional planning and in public administration and policy from […]