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Florida State University hosted the 22^nd annual Jon C. Dalton Institute on College Student Values. The theme of this year’s conference focused on ‘social entrepreneurialism’ and featured several keynote speakers.

A Florida State University researcher found that African American children tend to be diagnosed later in life for Autism than white children. Dr. Martell Teasley, an Associate Professor of Social Work at FSU, co-authored a research paper on the subject with two other professors.

Philanthropists Al and Judy Dunlap have pledged $5 Million dollars to help build an indoor practice facility for the Seminole Football Program.  The facility will rival other indoor facilities at major universities across the nation.

Joyce Ehrlinger, an assistant professor of psychology, has long been fascinated with individuals identified among psychologists as “maximizers.” Maximizers tend to obsess over decisions — big or small — and then fret about their choices later. “Satisficers,” on the other hand, tend to make a decision and then live with it.

Florida State University officials unveiled their first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) car to the public on January 30^th.  FSU partnered with American Honda to build the CNG Civic from the ground up.