2020-11-25 15:40
The FAMU women's basketball team who finished the 2019-20 season with a 6-21 record (4-12 MEAC) have decided not compete during the 2020-21 season citing an abundance of caution about the CO… Read More
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2020-11-24 13:40
FAMU again has experienced a sharp increase in the number of positive COVID-19 cases among students. For the week ending Nov. 20, 66 students reported testing positive, along with three empl… Read More
2020-11-22 16:39
FAMU is one of five HBCUs that will participate in a $5 million initiative with Dow Inc., a global chemical producer, to create more Black STEM graduates. Dow's portfolio of… Read More
2020-11-21 05:02
FAMU has received a $1 million grant from Bank of America for scholarships and to achieve student success goals. The $1 million will be paid out over four years and is a part of t… Read More
2020-11-19 20:04
Work crews this week installed a more than 1,500-pound, 42-foot bronze rattler in front of new FAMU Center for Access and Student Success (CASS) Building on Wahnish Way. The seven-times life… Read More
2020-11-18 15:11
The FAMU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health (CoPPS, IPH) has launched the "Call the Shots" campaign to urge faculty, staff, students and the communit… Read More
2020-11-17 12:47
FAMU reported its highest number of COVID-19 infections in a single week. For the week ending Nov. 13, 2020, FAMU reported 49 positive cases among students, and 1 positive among employees, c… Read More
2020-11-16 05:04
FAMU announced in October that it would be offering more face-to-face instruction in the spring semester, about the same time Governor Ron DeSantis made his position clear; he… Read More
2020-11-15 16:37
Before Kamala Harris and Stacey Abrams broke barriers in the country's political landscape, they thrived at historically Black colleges and universities. Students an… Read More
2020-11-14 06:01
FAMU is reinstituting a curfew for students living on campus, beginning midnight Saturday until further notice. The move comes as the nation has seen a surge in new COVID-19 cases. &nbs&hell…Read More
2020-11-12 14:14
Given the increased rise of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., FAMU has decided to forego its plans to play its delayed fall 2020 sports schedule this spring, the university announced in a release… Read More
2020-11-10 15:19
The FAMU Freshman Class of 2000 recently made a $273,447.46 gift to the university to celebrate their 20threunion, during what would have been homecoming week last month. Three hu… Read More
2020-11-09 15:00
Tanya TatumThis week the FAMU Cooperative Extension Program, within the College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, will host a virtual “chat and chew”. The topic of con… Read More
2020-11-08 15:40
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris made history Saturday, as the first Black woman projected to be elected as vice president of the United States, shattering barriers that have kept m… Read More
2020-11-07 18:01
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has been elected the nation’s 46th president in a repudiation of President Trump powered by legions of women and Black voters who rejected his handling… Read More
2020-11-06 17:53
Darren Evans, PharmD, MPH, C.Ph, a second-year student in the FAMU School of Allied Health Sciences' master of health administration program, has accepted an administrative fellowship with t… Read More
2020-11-05 12:57
University admissions officers across the nation are hard at work now building their 2021 freshman classes, as top high school seniors are fielding various offers and choosing colleges. &hell…Read More
2020-11-04 17:31
Leon County Commissioner Bryan Desloge, who just a few months ago voted against FAMU’s Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency request for $10 million to repair Bragg Stadium, lost his… Read More
2020-11-03 13:57
Today is election day. You have no doubt seen and heard tons of campaign ads from candidates. You've been mailed. You've been called, and you've probably been texted too.Th… Read More
2020-11-02 12:52
Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Democratic nominee for President Joe Biden, attended a Souls to the Polls Rally on Sunday, along with civil rights Attorney Ben Crump and the fami… Read More
2020-11-01 14:26
The pandemic versus the economy defines the presidential contest in two key battlegrounds, with Florida holding firm to its toss-up status while Joe Biden leads slightly in Pennsylvania in t… Read More
2020-10-31 14:43
FAMU golfer, Mulbe Dillard IV, was named the top golfer in the inaugural Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA) Tour Collegiate Rankings, announced by PGA Tour University a… Read More
2020-10-30 16:57
The NCAA is set to suspend the enforcement of its Academic Progress Rate rule, a metric that accumulates the academic progress of athletes over the previous four years. The NCAA pe… Read More
2020-10-28 15:56
Yesterday, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Kenward “Kenny” Stone to the FAMU Board of Trustees. Stone, of Savannah, has served as the co-chie… Read More
2020-10-27 13:50
Brian Rice, a graphics design graduate of FAMU, has been named VP, Chief Brand and Design Officer at 3M Company, a multinational conglomerate whose business units units include wor… Read More
2020-10-26 14:32
FAMU President Larry Robinson was recently appointed to the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative Leadership Council, a bipartisan group of senior leaders who work with local, state, a… Read More
2020-10-25 17:18
NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker, this week became the first Black woman to moderate a presidential debate since 1992. Welker, who at 44 years old was the younges… Read More
2020-10-24 15:41
Had it not been for COVID-19, most Rattler Alumni from near and far have made their way home this weekend to FAMU for homecoming.There would have no doubt been on shortage of Rattler Pride t… Read More
2020-10-23 12:47
FAMU's men's and women's basketball teams will play a 2021 basketball schedule consisting of only conference games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mid-Eastern Athletic… Read More
2020-10-22 16:29
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference yesterday released its spring football schedule yesterday. The football season is currently scheduled to start on Feb. 20, with the regular sea… Read More
2020-10-21 15:24
Florida shattered its opening day record for in-person early voting Monday, with at least 350,000 people casting ballots and election officials continuing to count statewide late into the ni… Read More
2020-10-20 11:57
FAMU football has hired Chris Klenakis, a former Louisville assistant, to its staff to coach the offensive line and serve as run game coordinator. Klenakis has had previous coachin… Read More
2020-10-19 14:25
Former FAMU Chief Financial Officer and VP of Administration Wanda Ford has filed a whistleblowers lawsuit against the university claiming retaliation after her sudden re… Read More
2020-10-18 14:20
Elijah Rutland, the 21-year-old, FAMU graphics design major from Macon, GA, recently was commissioned by the NFL to commemorate his favorite moment from Week 5 of the NFL in art. … Read More
2020-10-17 12:00
While in person homecomings across the nation have been cancelled this year and there are certainly no shortages of virtual HBCU homecoming participate in from week to week, YouTube is joini… Read More
2020-10-15 12:20
FAMU Alumnus Ibram X Kendi, a New York Times best-selling author has been included on TIME Magazines’100 Most Influential People of 2020 list. Kendi, director… Read More
2020-10-14 04:18
FAMU has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to create a COVID-19 testing and processing laboratory facility for its students, faculty, and staff.&nb&hell…Read More
2020-10-13 04:03
Alumni, and undergraduate, members of the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated® became the first member of the “Divine Nine” to accept the… Read More
2020-10-12 20:19
Renowned contemporary gospel recording artist Tye Tribbett, was on campus recently shooting a music video featuring the FAMU Concert Choir and the Marching 100. Tribbett teased the shoo… Read More
2020-10-11 10:48
FAMU alumnus Gregory E. Deavens has been named President and CEO of Independence Health Group in Philadelphia, the leading Blue Cross affiliate in southeastern Pennsylvania.&n&hell…Read More
2020-10-10 15:51
FAMU lifted its campus curfew, Friday, since the COVID-19 positivity rate has declined and remained at low level. “If there is a spike, the University reserves the right to… Read More
2020-10-09 09:04
The FAMU National Alumni Association (NAA) raised more than $500,000 as a part of its Founders’ Day weekend fundraising activities. The response has been so positi… Read More
2020-10-08 09:59
Less that 60 days old, the new FAMU Towers (North) building flooded recently forcing students to temporarily relocate. The new $56 million 700 bed dorms, which was completed in August… Read More
2020-10-07 04:05
A recent systemic inequities study by the JPMorgan Chase Institute found that Black student loan borrowers are twice as likely as white borrowers to be projected to never be able t… Read More
2020-10-06 12:50
Rattler football fans want upgraded restrooms, upgraded/new seating, and upgraded concessions according to a new survey conducted by Downs & St. Germain Research and the Tallahassee/Leon… Read More
2020-10-05 14:06
FAMU has canceled its scheduled Spring Break in 2021. This decision was made to protect the health and safety of students, faculty and staff. The new semester will begin on Wednesday, J… Read More
2020-10-04 04:22
Vincent Evans, a 2011 FAMU political science graduate, who serves as the national political director for U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, the running mate to Democratic Presidential nominee Joe B… Read More
2020-10-03 14:08
Today, we celebrate FAM'Us 133rd Founders' Day with a wreath laying at 10:10 a.m on the University Quadrangle.What is now FAMU was founded on October 3, 1887 with two instructors and 1… Read More
2020-10-02 14:28
Sybil Crum, a 1994 FAMU graduate, has been promoted to vice president, Disneyland Resort Marketing & Commercial Strategy.Crum will start her new role on October 10 and will be reloc… Read More
2020-10-01 12:07
FAMU, yesterday, held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly opened 700-bed FAMU Towers residence halls complex. “The FAMU Towers represent a positive direction in resident… Read More
2020-09-30 13:06
Tuesday night’s presidential debate was laden with sarcasm and cross-talk that obscured any listeners’ hopes of sorting through clear policies or civil discourse. Pres… Read More
2020-09-29 12:45
Florida is one of only two states in the nation that hasn’t dropped the SAT/ACT test as a requirement for admission to a state university during the pandemic, according to FairTest: Th… Read More
2020-09-28 04:29
Stadium repair TL (click to enlarge) While city and county staff work out the terms of a formal grant agreement to transfer the $10 million in Blueprint funds to FAMU, the university ca… Read More
2020-09-26 15:04
When, and if, MEAC football returns this spring as scheduled, the conference champion will be granted an automatic berth in the FCS playoffs. With no Celebration Bowl on tap for t… Read More
2020-09-25 14:18
With many companies recently making new or increased commitments to a wide range of diversity measures, they must commit to building stronger relationships with historically Black colleges a… Read More
2020-09-24 04:38
The College Board said Tuesday that about 334,000 students registered for the Sept. 26 SAT and 363,000 for the Oct. 3 SAT and SAT Subject Tests, but testing site closures mean at least 183,0… Read More
2020-09-23 18:30
The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering vaulted 51 spots to reach No. 69 among all doctoral granting undergraduate engineering schools in the U.S. and 37 spots to No. 40 among public universitie… Read More
2020-09-22 04:03
Every, since Florida begin discussing shifting to a “Performance-Based Funding” model in 2013, FAMU alumni, and this blog, have been looking at the metric “cross eyed&rdquo&hell…Read More
2020-09-21 13:55
Eric Gillman, a 2004 FAMU MBA graduate, has been named an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC), one of the big four accounting firms. The Fort Lauderdale native has been wi… Read More
2020-09-20 15:07
On Thursday, Tallahassee City and Leon County Commissioners sitting at the board of the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency approved a $10 million funding request from FAMU to make much neede… Read More
2020-09-19 17:20
FAMU has developed a self-assessment checklist for students, faculty, and staff to screen themselves once each day prior to coming to campus or attending classes. The… Read More
2020-09-18 04:05
The Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency, on Thursday, voted to allocate $10 million to FAMU to make critical repairs and improvements to Bragg Memorial Stadium. The $10 million will be t… Read More
2020-09-17 14:30
This afternoon at 3 p.m. Tallahassee City Commissioners and Leon County Commissioners will meet virtually asthe&nbs&hell…Read More
2020-09-16 13:07
A report (pg 333) by the FSU Center for Economic Forecasting & Analysis, in Partnership with the Tallahassee-Leon County Office of Economic Vitality (OEV), estimated that the… Read More
2020-09-15 14:35
FAMU is again the highest-ranked public historically Black college and university (HBCU) in the nation, according to U.S News & World Report 2021 Best Colleges ranking of Top Public Univ… Read More
2020-09-14 13:38
This Thursday, City of Tallahassee and Leon County Commissioners will meet again as the board of the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency to vote on FAMU President Larry Robinson’s… Read More
2020-09-13 13:27
Eunsook Lee, a professor of molecular neuroscience and neurotoxicology in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health, has secured a $2.4 million R01 fede… Read More
2020-09-12 15:11
FAMU grad Mareena Robinson Snowden made headlines in 2017 when she became the first black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Si… Read More
2020-09-11 13:00
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, the world’s pre-eminent distributor of beverage alcohol, has created a new endowed scholarship fund at FAMU. The fund will grant four s… Read More
2020-09-10 13:15
Elijah Rutland, a fourth-year graphic design student and Jazmin Johnson who studied “film” at FAMU have been selected to participate in the inaugural&n&hell…Read More
2020-09-09 05:35
BOG asks FAMU to reduce budget by $10.3 million, with more to come.The coronavirus pandemic is forcing FAMU and other schools in the State University System to reexamine its budget, as the s… Read More
2020-09-08 01:24
Woody McClain (l) and Mary J. Blige on Power Book II: GhostRattlers who have been following the drama on the hit TV show Power on STARZ for the past six seasons, got a real treat when they t… Read More
2020-09-03 12:38
Two FAMU football players, R- sophomore wide receiver Xavier Smith and junior kicker Chris Faddoul , were named 2020 STATS Perform FCS Preseason All-Amer… Read More
2020-09-02 04:33
August 29 was supposed to be the day that 400,000 students took the SAT college entrance exam. But COVID-19 forced the closure of thousands of test sites, leaving nearly half the potential t… Read More
2020-09-01 15:31
The FAMU (BS) computer science program has been fully reaccredited with "no concerns or weaknesses" by the Computing Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering… Read More
2020-08-31 13:33
While the campus is a much quieter place with fewer students scurrying around, enrollment hasn't significantly been affected.The threat of the coronavirus and uncertainty about how campuses… Read More
2020-08-30 19:03
FAMU head football coach Willie Simmons joined members of his football team, and other students, on a “We Have No Choice: March for Justice” on Saturday morning to brin… Read More
2020-08-29 18:07
Chadwick Boseman, the Howard University grad, who found fame as the star of the groundbreaking film “Black Panther” and who also portrayed Jackie Robinson, James Brown… Read More
2020-08-28 14:56
A group of researchers from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering have been awarded a $659,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study 3D printed composites that could be used to pr… Read More
2020-08-27 13:51
The Hansel Tookes Student Recreation Center (HTRC) reopened yesterday for the fall semester with a new plan in place that takes into account our new reality during the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbs&hell…Read More
2020-08-25 18:14
To help protect FAMU faculty and students from the COVID-19 virus and reduced the chances for a campus outbreak the university has taken several new measures. On Saturday, t… Read More
2020-08-24 04:48
Marissa Stubbs, a senior broadcast journalism student at FAMU, has been chosen as one of six journalism and communications students from HBCU’s to participate in ESPN’s /The Unde… Read More
2020-08-23 15:49
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, of which FAMU is a member, has release a plan to play its fall sports schedule in the spring semester if the COVID-19 pandemic permits.The plans include… Read More
2020-08-22 21:45
FAMU curfew designed to reduce off-campus parties like this one from last fall.FAMU is among a growing number of U.S. colleges putting in place efforts to limit students from participating i… Read More
2020-08-21 07:46
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a FAMU journalism grad, used a prime-time address at Thursday’s Democratic National Convention to honor the life and legacy of the late Congressman… Read More
2020-08-20 04:24
FAMU grad Melvin Carter, Mayor of St. Paul, MN, announced to the nation Tuesday night, that Minnesota’s Democratic National Convention delegates cast 36 votes for Sen. Bernie Sanders a… Read More
2020-08-19 12:30
FAMU grad U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, D-Fla., had an easier time in his primary this year than he did in 2016 or 2018.Lawson was elected to Congress in 2016 after beating scandal-plagued U.S… Read More
2020-08-18 15:15
The FAMU School of Journalism and Graphic Communication (SJGC) won multiple Society of Professional Journalism (SPJ) Sunshine State Awards. The ceremony was held virtually on Saturday, Augus… Read More
2020-08-17 04:00
FAMU, and Florida’s other public universities, are headed for a financial cliff, and it's anybody's guess how far they will fall. Most are already reeling after losing millions of… Read More
2020-08-16 16:54
Seth Ablordeppey, Ph.D., professor and eminent scholar chair in biomedical sciences, in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Institute of Public Health, recently received a pa… Read More
2020-08-15 15:18
FAMU students began moving into the campus dorms, for the first time since being forced to leave in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fall 2020 move-in process is a bit diffe… Read More
2020-08-14 05:25
FAMU’s much anticipated new Center for Access and Student Success building will not open with in the fall of 2020 as expected, because of “construction delays related to COVID-19… Read More
2020-08-13 14:26
Karam Soliman, Ph.D., and Kinfe Redda, Ph.D., professors in the FAMU College of Pharmacy, recently published an article on “The Antiproliferative Effects… Read More
2020-08-12 12:35
The FAMU early voting site for the primary elections is will be open in the H. Manning Efferson Student Union Multipurpose Room C, 1628 South Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 10 a.m. to 6 p.m… Read More
2020-08-11 12:23
FAMU journalism grad Tia Mitchell, Atlanta Journal Constitution Washington Bureau Chief, interviewed former Vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, along wi… Read More
2020-08-09 15:58
Vincent Evans, a 2011 FAMU political science graduate of FAMU, who established himself as the “go-to-guy” for winning campus campaigns has been tapped by presumptive democratic c… Read More
2020-08-08 15:16
When the Lady Rattler softball team returns to play in 2021 they will be greeted by a brand new state-of-the-art AstroTurf playing surface. Installation of the new playing s… Read More
2020-08-07 17:02
The FAMU-Bond Community Health Center Bragg Memorial Stadium COVID-19 Testing site began testing for COVID-19 antibody earlier today. The test is open to the general and is f… Read More
2020-08-06 12:35
While the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, of which FAMU is a member, has suspended fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FAMU football team is searching for a way to still play foot… Read More
2020-08-05 16:42
Shelby Chipman,Ph.D, Director of Marching and Pep Bands at FAMU, told WCTV-TV, yesterday, that despite the suspension of falls due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, that “the Marching… Read More
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