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The Florida State University Student Life Cinema has put together an eight day film festival honoring famed director Stanley Kubrick. Along with screenings of his films, special guests actor Vincent D’Onofrio (Private Pyle, Full Metal Jacket) and Kubrick’s longtime producer Jan Harlan will speak with audiences about working with Stanley Kubrick. Click for more information

Florida State University announces Origins ’10: Celebrating the Birth and Life of Beginnings. Following the success of Origins ’09, a brand new line-up of presenters has been invited for this year’s event, including anthropologist Richard Leakey, theoretical physicist Brian Greene, and Florida State alumna and oceanographer Sylvia Earle. Click Here: Origins ’10

Florida State University researchers with the university’s Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) receive a grant to develop the Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading (FAIR) program. The program aims to address the low levels of reading proficiency exhibited by many of Florida’s students.

Florida State University has been awarded for its innovative approach to get a handle on hazing. The university’s anti-hazing website, http://hazing.fsu.edu, is a prime example of its latest initiatives and played a major role in HazingPrevention.org’s decision to honor Florida State University for its "innovation in hazing prevention and education."

The Florida State University College of Medicine and College of Law have come together to form the Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law.

Florida State University College of Medicine students prepare for their week-long medical service missions as part of FSUCares. An outreach program, FSUCares sends students to three different underserved communities over Spring Break to provide basic medical care.

Former Florida State University alum Calem Hoffman has been named the winner of the 2010 Dissertation in Nuclear Physics Award, presented by the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society (APS).

Florida State University professor of playwriting Dan Dietz is awarded the 2010 Heideman award from the Actors Theatre of Louisville for his 10-minute play "Lobster Boy" This is Dietz’s second Heideman award.

As part of Florida State University’s Seven Days of Opening Nights annual arts festival, Florida State students are treated to a series of master classes taught by many of the visiting masters of art, music, dance, and literature.