Recent studies from the Florida Health Department shows an increase in infant mortality in black women. In Leon County the rate has increased to 14 infant deaths to every 1000 births for black women. “There isn’t just one particular reason for the rise in infant mortality for African American women, […]

In an attempt to unite and battle any negative feelings black students from Florida State University and Florida A&M University students have for each other, The FSU Black Student Union held an informative forum titled, “Across the Tracks: The Difference between Me and You,” Monday night. From mentioning FAMU’s tardiness […]

Albert Chester II, a senior starting quarterback for the FAMU football team, left the team three days after the game against Tennessee State, and four days before the game against Winston-Salem. Chester confirmed his departure with the Tallahassee Democrat minutes after practice Tuesday evening. He did not attend the practice, […]

Located in the back of student parking services is an ordinary looking portable with a sign that has LDEC in bold letters. The portable may seem ordinary but there are some extraordinary things going on inside. LDEC, which is an acronym for Learning Development Evaluation Center, is a learning center […]

Students, faculty and staff of Florida A&M University are now able to request a copy of the universities annual crime report. Requests, however, are currently available for this year and the previous three years. The service is provided by the U.S. Department of Education. Under the federal law, it is […]

Florida A&M University School of Graduate Studies, Research & Continuing Education Minority Biomedical Research Support Program along with Florida Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in STEM presented the Graduate Feeder & Research Forum on Tuesday. This year’s theme was “Making Research Work for You.” The forum was help […]

During the hour-long 37th Student Senate meeting Monday, Student Government Association President Monique Gillum and Kyle Washington of the Dynamic Supremes were present to request activities and services funding. Representatives of four campus organizations informed the senate of upcoming events for which their organizations needed funding. Gillum asked the senate […]

The Tom Joyner Foundation, which is an institution that helps raise money for historically black colleges and universities, has chosen Florida A&M University as school of the month for January 2008. The foundation will solicit funds starting now until the end of January. Many of FAMU’s faculty, students and staff […]

In the beginning we traveled with Jill Scott on a quest to find love. In 2004, she found love and listeners discovered how ‘Beautifully Human’ she’s become. It’s hard to believe that it’s been three years since the release of Jill Scott’s sophomore studioalbum “Beautifully Human: Words And Sounds Vol. […]

Keyshia Cole’s sophomore album “Just Like You” is based on problems that come with relationships. Straying away from her previous platinum-certified debut album “The Way It Is,” Cole has a big name producers like Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Bryan-Michael Cox and Scott Storch just to name a few. The album starts […]