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Building blocks: FSU chemists create new system to build compound critical to drug development

Published: October 12, 2021 | 11:53 am | Posted in: News

A team of Florida State University chemists has developed a faster way to synthesize a class of compounds that are commonly used in the development of new medications. Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Joel M. Smith along with doctoral student Thiago Grigolo and undergraduate Ariana Subhit published a paper in the journal Organic Letters […]

Florida State University Libraries debuts new digital project hosting service

Published: October 12, 2021 | 10:28 am | Posted in: News

Florida State University Libraries announces the launch of CreateFSU, a new web-hosting service for digital research projects. CreateFSU allows faculty, students and staff to host and publish websites related to their digital research and pedagogy projects using cutting-edge and industry-standard web publishing tools. Created to supplement FSU’s existing web-hosting services for faculty, students and departments, […]

‘Channel Tradition’ as FSU celebrates Homecoming Week 2021

Published: October 11, 2021 | 2:53 pm | Posted in: News, University News

Florida State University will celebrate Homecoming Week with this year’s theme “Channeling Tradition” from Monday, Oct. 18, through Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. The week of in-person festivities includes alumni events, a street parade and the annual Homecoming Live pep rally. Homecoming Week is highlighted by the FSU-UMass football game Saturday, Oct. 23. A full schedule […]

FSU experts available to comment for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Published: October 11, 2021 | 11:52 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to focus on the causes of and treatments for the second most common cancer among American women. About one in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer sometime in her life, according to the American Cancer Society. Florida State University experts are available to […]

FSU expert available to comment on science behind 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Published: October 6, 2021 | 4:05 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

James Frederich, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to two scientists for their development of a new and environmentally friendly process to make molecules, known as asymmetric organocatalysis. Benjamin List of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research and David MacMillan of Princeton University shared the prize for their groundbreaking work. For journalists looking for […]

College of Criminology & Criminal Justice researchers awarded grant to study non-lethal gun violence

Published: October 6, 2021 | 2:51 pm | Posted in: News

Brendan Lantz, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Three researchers from Florida State University’s College of Criminology & Criminal Justice have been awarded funding from the National Institutes of Health to investigate non-lethal gun crimes. Assistant Professors Brendan Lantz, Marin Wenger and Emma Fridel of the college’s Center for Criminology and Public Policy Research were awarded nearly a half-million dollars to fund their […]

FSU Dedman College of Hospitality establishes beverage certificate program

Published: October 6, 2021 | 2:14 pm | Posted in: News

From left to right: Andy A. Jhanji, Interim Vice President for University Advancement; Amanda Manning, Hospitality and Tourism senior; Jay Johnson (’87), Region President, RNDC West; Jenn Engel (’97), Senior Vice President National Accounts, RNDC; FSU President Richard McCullough; FSU First Lady Dr. Jai Vartikar; Dave Lane (’91), Senior Vice President National Accounts, RNDC; Dr. Don Farr, Dean of Dedman College of Hospitality; Brandon Smith, Hospitality and Tourism senior.

The Florida State University Dedman College of Hospitality has launched a new beverage certificate program in partnership with Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), one of the nation’s leading wholesale beverage alcohol distributors. RNDC pledged $500,000 to establish the RNDC Certificate in Beverage Management program for individuals pursuing careers involving beverage management, with a primary emphasis […]

FSU receives $1.3M Talent Search grant to improve college enrollment for students at Title I schools

Published: October 6, 2021 | 10:11 am | Posted in: News, University News

Inika Pierre Williams, director of pre-collegiate programs and the project’s director; David Henry, director of Enrollment and Student Success at FSU PC and co-director of the project

Florida State University received a $1.3 million federal grant to improve high school graduation and college enrollment rates for students at Title I schools in the Florida Panhandle. FSU’s Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement (CARE) and FSU Panama City will launch a pre-college program with funding from the five-year Talent Search grant, part of the Federal TRIO Programs sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. “This project is an exciting […]

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