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Greenhouse effect of clouds instrumental in origin of tropical storms

Published: October 26, 2020 | 4:48 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Allison Wing, assistant professor in the FSU Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science.

Better storm track prediction over the past few decades has allowed for timely preparation and evacuations but understanding how these storms form and intensify remains a challenge for scientists. A Florida State University researcher was part of an international team studying the origin of tropical cyclones that found an infrared radiative feedback from clouds accelerates storm development. Deep clouds that […]

FSU researchers investigate material properties for longer-lasting, more efficient solar cells

Published: October 26, 2020 | 1:02 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Former Florida State University postdoctoral researcher Sarah Wieghold, left, and FSU Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Lea Nienhaus. Their research is helping to understand the fundamental processes in a material known as perovskites, work that could lead to more efficient solar cells that also do a better job of resisting degradation. (FSU Photography Services)

The designers of solar cells know their creations must contend with a wide range of temperatures and all sorts of weather conditions — conditions that can impact their efficiency and useful lifetime. Florida State University Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Lea Nienhaus and former FSU postdoctoral researcher Sarah Wieghold are helping to understand the […]

Jim Moran Institute completes inaugural R.I.S.E program serving military veteran business owners during COVID-19 pandemic

Published: October 23, 2020 | 2:51 pm | Posted in: News

Graduates from the inaugural R.I.S.E. program from left to right, top to bottom: Edwin Rivera, CG1 Solutions; Kristi May, Legend Acres; Ryan Holloway, Holloway Benefit Concepts; Raylan Smith, A+ Consulting & Training Group; Lori Peeples, K-12 Learning; Kelly Dawson, ITS, LLC; Robert Heriford, Innovative Solutions, Inc.; Howard McLymont, C&H Consulting Group; Daniel Schrubb, Popcorn Friday; Chad Drummond, Drummond Carpenter, PLLC; Larry Fisher, Momma’s Hands; Leanne King, SeeKing HR; DeLisa Clift, Strategic Biz Solutions Unlimited, LLC; Matthew Tarjick, South River Federal Solutions, LLC; Jon Saluk, Priority Payment Systems Pompano Beach; Alaina Meyer, scDataCom; Ericka McKim, And I Like It; Makin Hamzah, A.I.C. Publications; Joseph Erskine, Lifestyle Mentor Coach; Jose Manzur, Doc-Solutions; Laura Hatcher, Laura Hatcher Photography, LLC; Raymond Thomas, TruFreedUm Financial Coaching, LLC; Bradney Napier, Napier Industries, LLC; Maryam Khazraee, RxPharmacist; Elaine Greene, Greene & Greene Uniforms. Not pictured: Hesketh Boland, Parillon Group; Winifred Browne, ECO Solution Group, LLC; Jack Chirrik, Now You Know; Isabelle Harman, YellowBird Ghostwriter, LLC; Angela Jones, Art of Therapy Counseling & Consulting Group; Gibran Jones, Krimson Square; Pamela Kelly, Focus Points Coaching, LLC; Hartnel Lambert, Medicco; Laine Maier, HelloGorgeous PhotoBooths; Howard Palacin, Journey to Engineering; Joseph Smarro, SolutionPoint+; Aaron Smith, Architecture Metals, LLC

The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship, in the Florida State University College of Business, graduated 37 military veterans and veteran family members who run small businesses from its inaugural Resilience. Innovate. Sustain. Evaluate. (R.I.S.E.) program Friday. The online program is focused on sustainability and its first class centered on challenges small businesses have faced […]

Expert available to speak on Pope Francis’ endorsement of same-sex civil unions

Published: October 22, 2020 | 4:22 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Aline Kalbian, chair of the FSU Department of Religion

Pope Francis made international headlines this week when he endorsed same-sex civil unions in an interview for the feature-length documentary “Francesco.” Aline Kalbian, chair of the FSU Department of Religion, can provide an in-depth perspective and context related to the implications of Pope Francis’ comments. Kalbian’s research focuses on how moral traditions develop and change […]

FSU Director of Fraternity/Sorority Life elected as president of national organization

Published: October 22, 2020 | 3:41 pm | Posted in: Students & Campus Life, University News

Chris Graham, director of Fraternity and Sorority Life at FSU, has been elected to serve as president of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA). (Division of Student Affairs)

Florida State University’s director of Fraternity and Sorority Life has been elected to serve as president of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA). Chris Graham will begin a two-year term as president of the AFA in November. He is the first Black man and the youngest person elected to the position. “I’m incredibly honored to […]

Florida State University launches new nonpartisan Institute of Politics

Published: October 22, 2020 | 10:00 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

The newly launched institute will be part of the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy.

Florida State University announced Thursday the launch of its new Institute of Politics (IOP@FSU), a nonpartisan, world-class home for civic engagement and research, which will showcase the role of politics in improving the lives of Americans. Housed within the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, the IOP@FSU will feature applied political research by a cadre of world-class scholars, curricular initiatives aimed at […]

FSU Dance Professor receives prestigious grant from Ford Foundation

Published: October 22, 2020 | 9:58 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, News

Urban Bush Women's I Don’t Know, but I Been Told, If You Keep on Dancin’ You Never Grow Old | Photo Credit: Ian Douglas

The Urban Bush Women (UBW), founded by Florida State University’s School of Dance Professor Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, will receive a seven-figure award from the Ford Foundation as part of an initiative to recognize Black, Latinx, Asian and Indigenous arts organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19. “This major honor comes at an important time when the […]

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering student receives NIH Predoctoral Fellowship

Published: October 21, 2020 | 2:48 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology, Students & Campus Life

Shannon Helsper, a biomedical engineering student in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, has received the Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (FSU Photography Services/Bill Lax)

A biomedical engineering student in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering has received a new predoctoral fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct research at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Shannon Helsper was awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral National Research Service Award. She’ll receive $112,288 over the course of three years […]

FSU Panama City to offer free tuition to Florida students with family incomes of $50,000 or less

Published: October 19, 2020 | 2:53 pm | Posted in: News, University News

Student speaker Larissa McDonald, Social Work

Florida State University Panama City announced a new scholarship program today that will provide tuition free education for qualified Northwest Florida students with combined family and student income of $50,000 or less or are eligible for Pell Grants. The FSU PC Promise Scholarship will take effect spring 2021 and will guarantee that full-time resident undergraduates […]

COVID-19 is an ideal classroom tool for FSU’s public health students

Published: October 19, 2020 | 12:15 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, News

COVID-19 possesses many characteristics that have made it a textbook example for students. Graphic produced by the Center for Disease Control.

Nearly a year after first learning of a new coronavirus emerging in China, Florida State University teaching professor Alan Rowan said COVID-19 has proven to be a brutal virus but an efficient teaching tool. Rowan teaches courses on infectious and chronic disease and epidemiology in the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. As the virus began its spread through China […]

FSU College of Education to host COE Preview Week

Published: October 19, 2020 | 11:24 am | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

The FSU College of Education is hosting COE preview week, an opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the college's graduate and certificate programs. (FSU College of Education)

Florida State University’s College of Education is hosting COE Preview Week, a virtual graduate programs open house. At this event, prospective students will be able to learn more about the college’s graduate programs and certificate programs from faculty, admissions staff and students. They’ll also be able take a virtual tour of FSU’s campus, as well as the Stone […]

The sound of music: FSU programs adapt in age of COVID-19

Published: October 16, 2020 | 4:00 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, News

FSU Marching Chiefs practicing at the Doak Campbell Stadium.

Music is in the air once again at Florida State University. While the pandemic has upended “normal” campus life, students and faculty from the College of Music are using the unexpected course of events as a source of creativity and inspiration. As students returned to campus this fall, FSU’s renowned music programs and their faculty […]

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