The Big Story

The Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences B.S. Degree Program — the first of its kind in the nation — provides students interested in health care with numerous advantages toward achieving that goal.

Everything is going Ryan Speedo Green’s way these days. The Florida State University graduate has become a rock star in the world of opera.

Florida State University is among the best universities in the nation — and the world — according to the Times Higher Education/Wall Street Journal World University Rankings 2016-2017.

“As a nation, we are experiencing a toxic political climate and public discord. We believe at Florida State, we can write a different story, where differences are not a reason to show discord and division, but a chance to make this world a better place,” said junior Inam Sakinah, one of the organizers of the #PowerOfWe […]

Florida State University moved up five places in the U.S. News & World Report rankings to No. 38 among all public national universities. FSU had the greatest gain of all of the Top 50 public universities. The rankings appear in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges 2017” guidebook.

A team of researchers from Florida State University, Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health has found existing drug compounds that can both stop Zika from replicating in the body and from damaging the crucial fetal brain cells that lead to birth defects in newborns.

Florida State University welcomes about 42,000 students as classes begin for the 2016-2017 academic year Monday, Aug. 29. About 6,200 academically talented students make up one of the most diverse incoming freshman classes in the university’s history.

Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems has been awarded a five-year $35 million grant by the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research to bring together researchers to spur innovation and advance the Navy’s efforts to build an all-electric ship. View the newsletter.  

Florida State University alumna Nancy McKay, now CEO of Nest Fragrances, delivered the commencement address Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center. President John Thrasher presided over the ceremony as the university awarded degrees to nearly 2,500 graduating students. View the newsletter.

Members of the successful Apollo space program are experiencing higher rates of cardiovascular problems that are thought to be caused by their exposure to deep space radiation, according to FSU Dean of the College of Human Sciences and Professor Michael Delp. View the newsletter.

FSU will receive $10 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to create a new Energy Frontier Research Center focused on accelerating scientific efforts needed to support nuclear waste cleanup. The center will be led by chemistry professor Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt and will focus on developing technologies for recycling nuclear fuel and cleaning up Cold War-era weapon production sites. […]