
Tarah Jean
Higher Education Reporter at Tallahassee Democrat
Philippians 4:13 | Higher Ed Reporter for @TDOnline
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1 week ago |
eu.dispatch.com | Arianna Otero |Jim Rosica |Jeff Burlew |Alaijah Brown |Elena Barrera |Tarah Jean
Two people are dead and at least six people are injured on Florida State University's campus Thursday after a gunman opened fire. The first reports of a shooting came in around noon. At around 3:30 p.m., the university was telling the campus community "law enforcement has neutralized the threat" but warned that multiple buildings were still "active crime scenes."This is a developing news story and is being updated continuously. New items are posted below.
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1 week ago |
usatoday.com | Arianna Otero |Jim Rosica |Jeff Burlew |Alaijah Brown |Elena Barrera |Tarah Jean | +1 more
The 20-year-old son of a Leon County sheriff's deputy used his mother's gun to go on a shooting rampage on Florida State University's Tallahassee campus Thursday, killing two people and wounding six others, law enforcement officials said. The alleged shooter was himself shot and taken to a local hospital. The surviving student victims were listed in fair condition. The first reports of a shooting came in around noon, sirens wailed for about an hour afterward.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Tarah Jean
Several of Florida State University’s graduate and professional programs ranked among the best in the country in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 “Best Graduate Schools” edition.
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2 weeks ago |
tallahassee.com | Tarah Jean
Several Florida State University graduate programs ranked highly in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”FSU College of Medicine's primary care program earned a Tier 2 placement, while its research program landed in Tier 3. FSU's law, nursing, and business real estate programs ranked first among Florida's public universities.
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3 weeks ago |
tallahassee.com | Tarah Jean
Florida A&M University's pharmacy school had a $16.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health terminated. The termination comes amid federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump. FAMU interim President Timothy Beard says the university is appealing the decision. Florida A&M University’s pharmacy school is looking for much more support than usual during this year's FAMU Day of Giving after a $16.3 million grant was terminated amid the latest string of federal funding cuts.
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