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Blind architect to be featured speaker at inaugural Master Lecture Series

Published: January 9, 2020 | 11:34 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

The featured speaker for the first Master Lecture Series is Chris Downey, a San Francisco-based architect who lost his eyesight in 2008 after undergoing surgery to remove a benign brain tumor that was pressing against his optic nerve.

The Florida State University College of Fine Arts, in conjunction with the Florida A&M University School of Architecture and Engineering Technology and the Tallahassee chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), presents the inaugural Master Lecture Series, a new program designed to bring educational and interesting speakers to the Tallahassee community. This year, the […]

FSU study aids fight against HIV, hepatitis B

Published: January 8, 2020 | 3:52 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine, News

Professor Zucai Suo of the FSU College of Medicine. His research has established the mechanism responsible for how two widely used antiviral drugs inhibit viruses, which could create more treatment options for patients with HIV or hepatitis B.

A discovery by Florida State University College of Medicine researchers is expected to open the door for new and more potent treatment options for many of the more than 36 million people worldwide infected with the HIV virus and for others chronically ill with hepatitis B. Their work has established for the first time the […]

FSU to host 32nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week

Published: January 8, 2020 | 10:30 am | Posted in: News

Florida State University will honor the legacy of the late Martin Luther King Jr. during its 32nd Annual MLK Week from Monday, Jan. 13, through Tuesday, Jan. 21. The weeklong celebration will include events inspired by the theme “Moving Forward: Vision, Voice, Vote.” The goal of the week is to bring the FSU and Tallahassee […]

FSU researchers create model of collaborative problem solving

Published: January 7, 2020 | 12:26 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

If you want to get things done in the 21st century, collaboration is key. To better understand this important skill, two Florida State University researchers joined a team developing a model for collaborative problem solving — coordination between two or more people sharing their skills and knowledge to create a solution to a problem. Having […]

FSU researcher receives NSF funding to make higher-performing computer apps

Published: January 6, 2020 | 4:41 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A Florida State University researcher is working to make computer processors execute applications in a more energy-efficient manner with the help of a new $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. “The general goal is to increase performance but to do it in a manner that is more energy efficient than the dominant computer processors […]

FSU Army ROTC program wins prestigious MacArthur Award

Published: January 3, 2020 | 10:25 am | Posted in: University News

Florida State University’s Reserve Officer Training Corps is one of the nation’s best, according to U.S. Army Cadet Command, which oversees the nation’s ROTC programs. FSU’s ROTC joins seven other programs selected as a 2019 recipient of the MacArthur Award, which recognizes the ideals of “duty, honor and country” as advocated by the late Douglas […]

FSU funding helps researchers bring ideas to marketplace

Published: January 2, 2020 | 1:39 pm | Posted in: University News

Projects to improve genetic testing, a replacement for rare-earth magnets and an app that will help treat ADHD all earned funding through a Florida State University program to support researchers adapting their work to the marketplace. FSU’s Office of the Vice President for Research awarded a pot of $130,650 as part of the Fall 2019 […]

FSU students recognized as global citizens

Published: December 20, 2019 | 10:44 am | Posted in: University News

Florida State University recognizes that today’s increasingly globalized workforce requires graduates who are both academically and cross-culturally prepared to succeed in a diverse and multicultural world. This fall, 20 FSU students were awarded the Global Citizenship Certificate (GCC) during a graduation ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 4, marking the beginning of their journey as life-long global citizens. […]

Murals brighten lab where students learn wonders of anatomy

Published: December 20, 2019 | 9:40 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, News

Melissa Gonzalez-Lopez works on her mural in the anatomy lab. It includes a poem that thanks the families of people who donated their bodies for medical instruction. Photo by Colin Hackley / FSU College of Medicine

On a formerly blank and boring concrete-block wall in the Florida State University College of Medicine’s anatomy lab, a soccer player perpetually poses in mid-kick. At first glance she appears to be wearing an elaborately patterned bodysuit. Then you see that her body is the suit. She’s wearing nothing but muscle. She’s right at home […]

Faculty and Staff Briefs: December 2019

Published: December 18, 2019 | 2:48 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff Briefs

HONORS AND AWARDS Larry G. Abele, Ph.D. (Institute for Academic Leadership and provost emeritus) is the 2019 recipient of the Stan Jones Legacy Award given annually by Complete College America. The award, established in 2016 in honor of CCA’s founder and inaugural president, is given to the individual, organization or state that has consistently embodied […]

FSU researchers offer ideas for New Year’s resolutions

Published: December 17, 2019 | 12:37 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Setting New Year’s resolutions can be a frustrating proposition. It’s disheartening to look back at old resolutions to see they’ve failed to take hold yet again or to struggle creating a new, exciting idea for self-improvement. Let science give you some help. FSU faculty members gave their suggestions for changes that will improve your life […]