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Football-themed cybersecurity game kicks off at FSU

Published: September 26, 2018 | 10:32 am | Posted in: University News

As the Seminoles get ready to hit the road for their next two games, Florida State University is kicking off a different kind of football game at home next week. It’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and FSU Information Technology Services created a football-themed game to encourage online safety. Cyber Bowl is an online game designed to […]

MagLab nets $4.2M NSF grant to launch next-generation superconducting magnets

Published: September 25, 2018 | 4:14 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

An insulated magnet coil built using the high-temperature superconductor REBCO, or rare earth barium copper oxide. Photo by Stephen Bilenky/National MagLab.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $4.2 million to the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory to launch a research and development effort for the next generation of high-field superconducting magnets. Headquartered at Florida State University in Tallahassee, the National MagLab is already home to a dozen world-record magnets. Every year, more than 1,800 scientists […]

FSU chemistry professor wins national award for nuclear chemistry research

Published: September 25, 2018 | 9:14 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

A Florida State University professor has received a major award from the American Chemical Society for his work in nuclear chemistry. Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt, the Gregory R. Choppin Professor of Chemistry, received the Glenn T. Seaborg Award for outstanding contributions to radiochemistry. He will be presented with the award at the American Chemical Society conference in […]

Nursing professor receives $1.275M federal grant to reduce health risks of Native American youth

Published: September 24, 2018 | 1:05 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

John Lowe, the McKenzie Professor in Health Disparities Research and director of INRHE

A Florida State University nursing professor is working toward reducing health risks among Native American and Alaska Native young adults in urban Florida thanks to a new federal grant. John Lowe, the McKenzie Endowed Professor for Health Disparities Research in the College of Nursing, received the $1.275 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental […]

Florida State completes first billion-dollar fundraising campaign in university history

Published: September 21, 2018 | 8:03 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University announced Friday that it has successfully completed the most ambitious fundraising campaign in university history. Florida State launched Raise the Torch: The Campaign for Florida State in July 2010 with a goal of raising $1 billion. FSU reached and exceeded that lofty goal with $1,158,665,865 in gifts and pledges received from donors […]

FSU professors create community, accessible art with collaborative project

Published: September 21, 2018 | 4:26 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Art professors Carolyn Henne and Judy Rushin are reinventing the traditional definition of an art gallery with their art collective, Commabox .

Florida State University art professors Carolyn Henne, and Judy Rushin believe art fosters community and should be for everyone. Those beliefs sparked the creation of the art collective, Commabox. Commabox reinvents the traditional definition of an art gallery and serves as a mobile and obtainable way for people to interact with art. Through Commabox, artists […]

Learning the difference between a superconductor and a supernova: FSU physics faculty welcome community to classroom

Published: September 21, 2018 | 10:48 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Florida State University physics professors are welcoming the community into the classroom this fall to learn about magnets, waves and exploding stars through the annual Saturday Morning Physics program. “Saturday Morning Physics gives students and community members the chance to interact with scientists who research cutting-edge disciplines of physics,” said Associate Professor of Physics Kevin […]

FSU College of Business inducts new members of Alumni Hall of Fame

Published: September 21, 2018 | 9:55 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

Four outstanding new members comprising the 2018 class were inducted into the Florida State University College of Business Alumni Hall of Fame at the Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center Thursday night. They joined 47 other honorees in the Hall of Fame, created in 2003 to honor alumni who have excelled in their careers […]

Florida State welcomes president of Botswana for official visit

Published: September 20, 2018 | 2:05 pm | Posted in: University News

FSU President John Thrasher greets His Excellency President Mokgweetsi Masisi of the Republic of Botswana outside Ruby Diamond Concert Hall during an official visit Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. (FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University welcomed His Excellency President Mokgweetsi Masisi of the Republic of Botswana for an official visit Thursday, where he was greeted by President John Thrasher while the Marching Chiefs played “Seminole Uprising” and Botswana’s national anthem on the steps of Ruby Diamond Concert Hall. President Masisi, who earned a master’s degree in social […]

Issues over ideology: FSU researcher finds polarized candidates can still represent constituents best

Published: September 19, 2018 | 11:35 am | Posted in: Education & Society

America’s seemingly polarized elected officials might be the best representation of their constituents, according to a new study out of Florida State University. Researchers found politicians’ stances on issues such as immigration and abortion matter more to voters than their overarching ideologies. Doug Ahler, an assistant professor of political science, and his colleague David Brockman […]

Florida State selects new Alumni Association president

Published: September 18, 2018 | 2:28 pm | Posted in: University News

Julie Cheney has been named president and chief executive officer of the Florida State University Alumni Association, effective Nov. 1. Cheney, who currently serves as executive director of Alumni Relations at Coastal Carolina University, has spent 19 years as an alumni relations strategist. Having also worked in the alumni associations of the University of Georgia […]

A key to climate stabilization could be buried deep in the mud, FSU researchers suggest

Published: September 18, 2018 | 12:20 pm | Posted in: News

Researchers bored deep into the Earth to measure peat composition at various depths.

Earth’s peatland soils store a lot of carbon — about as much as currently flows freely through the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. As global temperatures rise, scientists worry that the planet’s grip on these carbon reservoirs could weaken, unleashing a “carbon bomb” that could further destabilize Earth’s climate systems. But a new study led by […]