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FSU launches Africa Network Colloquium Series with first speaker

Published: January 17, 2020 | 4:17 pm | Posted in: University News

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski, associate professor of education

Florida State University has launched a new colloquium series, organized by the FSU Africa Network, with a focus on faculty research and teaching in Africa. The FSU Africa Network brings together faculty from across the university to share ideas and identify ways FSU can strengthen its research, teaching and service by connecting with each other […]

FSU Museum of Fine Arts presents ‘Rising Water’ exhibition

Published: January 16, 2020 | 3:38 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Pictured: "Destroy This Memory" by Richard Misrach will be on display Jan. 16 - March 28 as part of the "Rising Water" exhibition at MoFA.

The Museum of Fine Arts (MoFA) at Florida State University presents “Rising Water: Artists Working in Response to Hurricanes,” an exhibition featuring work from artists across hurricane-impacted areas of the United States and the Caribbean. “Rising Water” explores how to center creativity, empathy and humanity in planning for a future that will include increasingly violent […]

Environmental and indigenous rights activist to speak at FSU

Published: January 16, 2020 | 3:20 pm | Posted in: University News

Marta Azevedo, Brazilian activist, anthropologist and demographer, will speak at FSU Jan. 22.

Florida State University will host Marta Azevedo — Brazilian activist, anthropologist and demographer — for a talk titled “Land Conflict & Fires in Amazônia,” on Jan. 22. Azevedo will provide details on the illegal economic activities that threaten indigenous territories and ecosystems in the Amazon. She also will focus on alliances between indigenous groups and […]

Lifelong learners set for another exciting semester of classes, activities with OLLI at FSU

Published: January 16, 2020 | 11:08 am | Posted in: University News

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Florida State University kicks off its spring semester in February, offering more learning and social opportunities than ever. All Tallahassee-area learners over age 50 are welcome to join. More than 50 classes are scheduled from Feb. 17 through April 13, that range in topics from climate change to […]

FSU Research: Male and female firefighters have different problems with protective suits

Published: January 16, 2020 | 10:06 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Meredith McQuerry, an assistant professor in the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship. Her research investigated the different problems male and female firefighters have with flexibility and range of motion in their protective equipment.

When female firefighters put on the protective suits they need for their work, they’re often using gear that has been designed for a male body. Because of that mismatch, the suits don’t fit as well as they should, and their mobility is impaired. Firefighters working in gear that restricts their movement must work harder to […]

FSU researchers receive NEH grant to strengthen data sharing in the humanities

Published: January 16, 2020 | 9:47 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Sarah Stanley, a digital humanities librarian at FSU, will lead four other FSU researchers on an NEH-funded project to determine what a data repository for a specific subset of the humanities might look like.

A Florida State University team of researchers has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to determine what a data repository for a specific subset of the humanities might look like. The grant will fund the project “Data Repository Infrastructure for Prosopographic Data,” which proposes a three-day working meeting to convene […]

FSU students earn fashion scholarships and a trip to New York City

Published: January 16, 2020 | 9:29 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

FSU’s Fashion Scholarship Fund winners at a celebratory gala in New York City. Pictured from the left: Alfred Yeh, Lily Fuller, Nadia Love and Zuzanna Szulc.

Four Florida State University students earned scholarships and a glitzy trip to meet fashion-industry insiders, earlier this month. Juniors Lily Fuller, of Ashland, Massachusetts and Alfred Yeh, of Orlando, along with seniors Nadia Love, of Clermont, Florida, and Zuzanna Szulc, of Miami, earned $5,000 scholarships from the Fashion Scholarship Fund, a national nonprofit dedicated to […]

FSU law students volunteer expertise in prisons to help families

Published: January 14, 2020 | 2:37 pm | Posted in: News

Pictured (from left): Daynica Harley, Austin Richard Diaz, Clinical Professor Carla Laroche, Julisa Renaud and Gabriella Hernandez of the Gender and Family Justics Clinic. (FSU Photography Services)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla — When a parent is incarcerated they don’t stop being a parent. They are forced to find ways to continue life and to minimize consequences for their kids. This fundamental challenge is a core issue that a group of volunteer law students is tackling in the Gender and Family Justice Clinic at the […]

FSU philosophy professor wins coveted NEH Fellowship

Published: January 14, 2020 | 1:53 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, University News

Nathanael Stein, associate professor of philosophy

Florida State University Associate Professor of Philosophy Nathanael Stein has been selected as a recipient of a highly competitive grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The NEH Fellowship, worth $60,000, will allow Stein to take a yearlong sabbatical to complete work on his forthcoming book tentatively titled “Causation and Explanation in Aristotle.” Stein, […]

Four of FSU’s online graduate programs among nation’s Top 20

Published: January 14, 2020 | 9:07 am | Posted in: University News

Four of Florida State University’s online graduate programs are ranking in the nation’s Top 20, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 Best Online Programs. “It is very exciting to see our online graduate programs recognized among the top 20 in the nation,” said Robert Fuselier, director of the Office of Distance Learning. “This honor […]

Southern Scholarship Foundation dedicates new house near FSU campus

Published: January 13, 2020 | 2:27 pm | Posted in: Students & Campus Life

The new Southern Scholarship Foundation house is The house is located next to Florida State’s campus on West Jefferson Street and houses 17 students.

The Southern Scholarship Foundation unveiled a new scholarship house for Florida State University students made possible with a gift from the late Bill Malthouse, an alumnus of FSU and an SSF scholarship recipient. The Bill and Nancy Malthouse Scholarship House was dedicated Saturday, Jan. 11, during a ceremony that included FSU President John Thrasher, SSF […]