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Rattlers will celebrate Florida A&M University Homecoming this weekend with a series of virtual and in-person events designed to recharge the FAMUly spirit after months of battling the global pandemic. [Read more…] about FAMU Celebrates Homecoming With Virtual Events This Weekend
Florida A&M University (FAMU) Medical Marijuana Education and Research Initiative (MMERI) will host Conversations on Cannabis – What’s New in Florida – Virtual Forum on Monday, October 26 at 7 p.m. [Read more…] about FAMU MMERI To Host Conversations on Cannabis Virtual Forum
Bucking national trends caused by COVID-19, UT’s total enrollment — including graduates and undergraduates — remained stable at 9,605 – down only two-tenths of a percent from last year’s total of 9,628. [Read more…] about The University of Tampa Enrollment Stays Stable at Just Over 9,600 Students
The U.S. military is turning to interdisciplinary teams of students from Florida Polytechnic University to help solve some of its most pressing challenges. [Read more…] about National security partnership has Florida Poly students solving military problems
Florida A&M University (FAMU) placed second in the 2020 Moguls in the Making, a Shark Tank style business plan pitch competition that offers 50 historically Black college and university (HBCU) students an opportunity to learn and practice vital business skills. [Read more…] about FAMU Students Place Second in ‘Moguls In the Making’ Competition
By Trisha Radulovich
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering faculty members are part of a new Florida International University (FIU)-led consortium of universities, private and public partners, who received a $4.9 million grant from the Department of Energy to help fill the need for more diversity in the STEM workforce. [Read more…] about FAMU-FSU Engineering Partners with ASTERIX To Build Pipeline Of Diversity In STEM Workforce
Tarpon Springs Elementary School today received a $5,000 check presented by Speaker-designate Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, and Spectrum in an effort to help close the digital divide in Pinellas County. [Read more…] about Florida House Speaker-designate Sprowls Partners with Spectrum to Help Local School Close Digital Divide
Florida A&M University (FAMU) received $1.5 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to operate its own COVID-19 testing lab and serve as a hub for other historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in Florida. [Read more…] about Gates Foundation Announces $1.5 million Support For FAMU COVID-19 Testing Lab
The Florida A&M University curfew will be lifted today, Friday, October 9, 2020, since the positivity rate has declined to a manageably low level. [Read more…] about FAMU Lifts Student Curfew
Florida A&M University (FAMU) will expand its COVID-19 testing capabilities two-fold as the latest academic institution that joins a growing list of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) benefiting from Thermo Fisher Scientific’s $25 million donation of diagnostic equipment, test kits and related supplies. [Read more…] about FAMU Doubles COVID-19 Testing Capabilities by Joining Thermo Fisher Scientific Initiative for Historically Black Colleges and Universities
