Education

Horticulture Innovation Lab Aims to Empower Smallholder Farmers

By Matt Marcure and Cynthia M. Portalatin 

Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Center for International Agricultural Trade Development Research and Training (CIATDRT) will help lead global efforts to advance production, handling, and consumption of fruits and vegetables as part of a five-year $15 Million award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for its Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture. [Read more…] about FAMU to Lead Project as Part of Global Consortium for $15 Million Horticulture Research Program

Florida A&M University (FAMU) alumnus movie mogul Will Packer will kick-off the Friday, October 29 Homecoming 2021 festivities with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Performing Arts Amphitheater that will be named in his honor. [Read more…] about FAMU Alumnus Will Packer Headlines Friday Homecoming Events with Naming of the Performance Arts Amphitheater, ESPN First Take, Kevin Hart & The Plastic Cup Boyz

Florida A&M University alumnus comedian/actor Roy Wood Jr. is expected to leave the audience in stitches when he addresses the 2021 Homecoming Convocation at the Al Lawson Multipurpose Center and Teaching Gymnasium at 10:10 a.m. Oct. 29. [Read more…] about FAMU Announces Actor/Comedian Roy Wood Jr. As Homecoming Convocation Speaker

Florida A&M University (FAMU) launched a new, redesigned website, FAMU.edu, this week aimed at engaging prospective students while serving the needs of current students, faculty and staff, alumni and other stakeholders. [Read more…] about FAMU Launches New, Redesigned Website, FAMU.edu

Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative (MMERI) will host a discussion on “The Future of Cannabis Use in Sports,” at noon on Thursday, September 23. [Read more…] about FAMU MMERI To Host Virtual Forum on The Future of Cannabis Use in Sports

Florida A&M University (FAMU), in partnership with Macmillan Learning, will host the fourth Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Rhetoric & Composition Symposium. [Read more…] about FAMU To Host Fourth HBCU Symposium to Explore Transdisciplinarity and Rewriting Black Futures Beyond the Margin

Florida A&M University (FAMU) Board of Trustees (BOT) voted to extend President Larry Robinson, Ph.D.’s contract to December 2022. [Read more…] about FAMU BOT Extends President Robinson’s Contract, Re-elects Chair Kelvin Lawson