BRIEFS James H. Ammons will resign as president of Florida A&M University on October 11, he told university trustees in an e-mail last week. On the same day, the parents of a university band member who died in a hazing incident last fall filed a lawsuit against the institution. Richard Florida, a University of Toronto professor known for his ideas about "the creative class," will be a global research professor for the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies. He will teach a three-week course on global cities at NYU Abu Dhabi next January, at the New York campus i...