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FSU Panama City program gives kids a firsthand college experience on university’s main campus

Published: June 20, 2022 | 4:17 pm | Posted in: University News

Instructor Sandra Alber explains mindfulness to middle-school students during the University Summer Experience program at Florida State University's main campus on Monday.

About 60 middle school and high school students from Bay, Holmes and Leon counties are getting a taste of life, summer-camp style, at Florida State University. They’re visiting classrooms, talking with FSU students and hearing from law enforcement and health officials about careers in public service. They’re even practicing yoga. The University Summer Experience, a […]

Jeff Culhane named new voice for FSU Athletics

Published: June 20, 2022 | 4:02 pm | Posted in: University News

Voice of the Seminoles. Jeff Culhane, Director of Broadcasting.

Jeff Culhane has been hired as Director of Broadcasting for LEARFIELD’s Seminole Sports Properties and will serve as the voice for Florida State football and men’s basketball. Culhane brings 20 years of multimedia experience to the Seminoles, including roles building radio affiliate networks in addition to broadcasting duties for Nebraska, West Virginia and North Dakota […]

Symbol of excellence: Two-person FSU team wins national award for licensing, trademarks

Published: June 17, 2022 | 2:54 pm | Posted in: University News

The licensing and trademark office is in charge of FSU’s trademarks, symbols, imagery and associated insignias

Florida State University’s trademark and licensing team is being recognized as an innovative industry leader by the International Collegiate Licensing Association (ICLA). The licensing and trademark office oversees FSU’s trademarks, symbols, imagery and associated insignias. It’s a two-person team comprised of Katie Pugh, director of trademark licensing, and Garrett O’Connor, assistant director. The ICLA announced this […]

‘Welcome FSU’ ushers in Summer B with days of events, activities

Published: June 17, 2022 | 11:10 am | Posted in: Students & Campus Life

Welcome FSU has returned for the Summer B term and is offering an array of activities for students. The university presents Welcome FSU each semester and provides a series of events and programs that serve as the official welcome for all Florida State students. The program started on June 16 and will continue through June […]

Three FSU faculty members earn Fulbright Fellowships

Published: June 17, 2022 | 10:17 am | Posted in: University News

From left: Associate Professor Jen Atkins, Professor Carl Schmertmann and Professor Jasminka Ilich-Ernst.

Three Florida State University researchers have earned prestigious Fulbright Scholar Fellowships that will see them take their research abroad in the coming year. This year’s winners from FSU are: Carl Schmertmann, the William J. Serow Professor of Economics and the director of FSU’s Center for Demography and Population Health. Schmertmann is heading to Belo Horizonte, […]

FAMU-FSU Engineering students design four-legged lunar robot for NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge

Published: June 16, 2022 | 4:45 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Jonathan Clark is the faculty lead for the college’s NASA Big Idea Challenge team that developed a lunar robot (in his hand) that may one day walk, roll or crawl on the surface of the moon. (M Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU Engineering)

Ever watch a cockroach scurry about, with its flat armored body that slips though cracks and then flies through the air? Before you swat that pesky creature, you might want to think about the engineering feat that insect just accomplished. That’s what Jonathan Clark does; it’s kind of a thing for the FAMU-FSU College of […]

Study: Humans responsible for over 90% of world’s oil slicks

Published: June 16, 2022 | 2:41 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

The Taylor Energy platform, about 10 miles off the coast of Louisiana, was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and started leaking oil immediately. Oil slicks, like this picture from 2013, were commonly seen over the site until a containment system was installed in 2019. (Courtesy of Ian MacDonald)

A team of U.S. and Chinese scientists mapping oil pollution across the Earth’s oceans has found that more than 90% of chronic oil slicks come from human sources, a much higher proportion than previously estimated. Their research, published in Science, is a major update from previous investigations into marine oil pollution, which estimated that about […]

FSU economist sees economic slowdown as ‘best-case scenario’

Published: June 15, 2022 | 4:10 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, Education & Society, Expert Pitches, University News

Randall G. Holcombe is the DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University.

A recession likely looms from the Federal Reserve’s attempts to control inflation through interest-rate increases, according to Florida State University economics professor Randall G. Holcombe. “The best-case scenario would be an economic slowdown,” said Holcombe, the DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics. “Economic growth would slow, with minimal effects on unemployment. Even so, expect the unemployment […]

FSU Panama City taps pioneering talent developer to accelerate pathways to tech careers

Published: June 15, 2022 | 1:34 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, Science & Technology

Partnership with SkillStorm will enable FSU PC students to pursue industry-recognized credentials designed to boost career mobility Florida State University Panama City is partnering with SkillStorm, a tech talent accelerator, to launch technology-based training courses for students, alumni and professionals looking to advance their careers in the tech industry. This first-of-its-kind initiative aims to enable […]

FSU chemist pursues answers to why promising solar cell material quickly degrades

Published: June 14, 2022 | 12:13 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)

A Florida State University researcher is unraveling the intricacies of a material that scientists worldwide are trying to manipulate to build better solar cells. Assistant Professor of Chemistry Lea Nienhaus has published a new study in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory that examines what happens when this material — called a halide perovskite — faces […]

FSU researcher wins mid-career award for work on aging and health

Published: June 13, 2022 | 2:16 pm | Posted in: University News

Dawn C. Carr, professor in Florida State University’s Sociology Department and director of FSU's Claude Pepper Center.

A Florida State University researcher has won an international award for her work on social engagement and healthy functioning for adults in later life. Dawn Carr, an associate professor in FSU’s Sociology Department and the director of the university’s Claude Pepper Center, earned the 2022 Ewald W. Busse Research Award for excellence in the social/behavioral […]

Five questions: FSU sea turtle research informs environmental policies

Published: June 13, 2022 | 12:28 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

June 16 is World Sea Turtle Day, an occasion to consider the role these creatures play in the marine ecosystem. Florida State University Associate Professor Mariana Fuentes researches sea turtles and looks for ways to help turtles and humans coexist. She answered five questions about her work and how science can help inform public policy. […]

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