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Fulbright-winning student to study telecommunications in Lithuania

Published: May 3, 2005 | 1:00 pm | Posted in: Students & Campus Life

Kimberley Leahy, an FSU doctoral candidate in the Department of Communications, has received a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to Lithuania. She will use her award to study telecommunications policy transitions that have occurred since Lithuania became a member of the European Union. She will spend the first six months of 2006 at Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania. […]

FSU superconductivity researcher elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Published: May 3, 2005 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Florida State University physicist Lev P. Gor’kov, a distinguished researcher at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences—one of the highest honors that can be accorded a U.S. scientist or engineer. Gor’kov, who is internationally known for his pioneering work in the field of superconductivity, is one […]

L’Oreal USA honors FSU scientist

Published: April 28, 2005 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

L’Oreal USA has awarded a $20,000 fellowship to Stacey Lynn Halpern, a postdoctoral researcher in biology at FSU as part of the firm’s for Women in Science program. Halpern is one of just five exceptional young women scientists from leading U.S. academic institutions selected for the grant. The award from L’Oreal acknowledges the success of […]

FSU advisor wins National Academic Advising Association award

Published: April 26, 2005 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: University News

Kathleen Shea Smith, Coordinator of Special Programs for Florida State University’s Advising First program, has been selected to receive the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Student Research Award in the “Doctoral Degree” category. She will be presented with the award, which is part of the Association’s National Awards Program for Academic Advising, at the annual […]

Two Florida Supreme Court Justices to speak at Spring Graduation

Published: April 25, 2005 | 1:00 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida Supreme Court Justices Kenneth B. Bell and Raoul G. Cantero III will address graduates at FSU’s spring graduation ceremonies. Bell will speak to graduates of the colleges and schools of Arts and Sciences; Communication; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Social Sciences; Theatre; and Visual Arts and Dance at 7:30 p.m., April 29. Cantero will deliver […]

Information security conference offers scholarship, job opportunities

Published: April 25, 2005 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

As society’s dependence on computers grows, so does the need for specialists trained to secure them. That’s why Florida State University’s computer science department and the National Science Foundation are once again teaming up to host the Information Security Summer School on May 3-5. The three-day conference is designed to attract undergraduate and graduate students […]

Music therapy researcher named Lawton Distinguished Professor

Published: April 22, 2005 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: University News

Jayne M. Standley, whose pioneering work in the field of medical music therapy has led to new techniques for treating premature babies, is set to receive Florida State University’s highest faculty honor. Standley, a longtime researcher and professor in FSU’s College of Music, has been named the 2005-2006 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Music. […]

FSU opens human performance laboratory

Published: April 20, 2005 | 1:00 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Florida State University has just opened a new laboratory designed to study how well people perform their jobs while under stress. The new lab, funded by a congressional award in partnership with the Office of Naval Research, will examine such questions as: How can first responders be better trained to respond correctly during a terrorist […]

FSU hosts Eisenhower Fellow from South Africa

Published: April 20, 2005 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: University News

Eisenhower Fellowship winner Mmakgomo Rose Laka-Mathebula of South Africa has spent a week in Tallahassee, exchanging perspectives on higher education and campus governance with top administrators at Florida State University. Three weeks into her 2005 Fellowship-funded tour of higher and secondary education sites nationwide, the campus director, who acts as the chief academic officer and […]

National Magnet Laboratory completes new record magnet

Published: April 19, 2005 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Users of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory soon will have a new state-of-the-art magnet system for their research in physics and materials science. Engineers at the facility, led by project leader Mark Bird, recently tested a specially designed, 31-tesla-powered magnet that has a 50-millimeter experimental space. The magnet is the highest field DC magnet […]

Two professors in FSU College of Music win Guggenheim Fellowships

Published: April 18, 2005 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Two professors from Florida State University’s College of Music have won 2005-2006 Guggenheim Memorial Fellowships that will enable them to pursue research and complete special projects in their respective fields. FSU holds a prominent place in this year’s distinguished Guggenheim contingent. Out of 186 new U.S. and Canadian Fellows, FSU ethnomusicologist Dale A. Olsen and […]

Is a bigger ant a better ant? FSU biologist tests 150-year-old evolutionary question

Published: April 15, 2005 | 1:00 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

The small tepee-like tents draped over 130 fire ant mounds surrounding a picturesque country pond may resemble more a re-creation of a community of pint-sized natives than scientific research. But science it is—in fact a manipulation of Mother Nature. Florida State University biologist Walter Tschinkel wants to know if there are benefits to nature’s practice […]

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