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The Big Story: October 24, 2022

Published: October 26, 2022 | 10:37 am | Posted in: The Big Story

Florida State University’s Center for Academic Retention & Enhancement, or CARE, has been awarded $1.4 million from the U.S. Department of Education to broaden a program that helps prepare high school students for college. CARE received the funding to start a new Upward Bound program in Suwannee and Hamilton counties, with a focus on math and science. Read more …

The Big Story: October 18, 2022

Published: October 26, 2022 | 10:37 am | Posted in: The Big Story

College of Business Dean Michael Hartline, President Richard McCullough and BOT Chair Peter Collins at the groundbreaking of Legacy Hall Oct. 14, 2022. (FSU Photography Services)

The Florida State University College of Business on Friday celebrated the groundbreaking of Legacy Hall, its cutting-edge future home – a world-class facility designed to inspire learning for the next generation of business leaders. Read more …

The Big Story: October 10, 2022

Published: October 10, 2022 | 11:16 am | Posted in: The Big Story

From left, Center for Advanced Power Systems Associate Director Sastry Pamidi and Director Roger McGinnis in a lab at the CAPS facility. (Bruce Palmer/FSU Photography Services)

Researchers at Florida State University’s Center for Advanced Power Systems, or CAPS, are developing improvements for electric power systems modeling and simulation, power electronics and machines, control systems, cybersecurity for power systems, superconducting power devices and more. Read more …

The Big Story: October 3, 2022

Published: October 3, 2022 | 11:34 am | Posted in: The Big Story

FSU’s Center for Disaster Risk Policy drone team was dispatched to Cape Coral and then to Naples last Thursday. The team is controlling remotely piloted aircraft that fly over areas impacted by Hurricane Ian’s landfall for urban search and rescue purposes. Read more …

The Big Story: September 26, 2022

Published: September 26, 2022 | 11:44 am | Posted in: The Big Story

Florida State University’s strategic investments in student success continue to pay dividends as the latest cohort of students posted the best six-year graduation rate in university history at 85 percent, according to data that will be part of the State University System’s 2023 Accountability Plan. Read more …

The Big Story: September 19, 2022

Published: September 26, 2022 | 11:43 am | Posted in: The Big Story

Florida State University placed No. 15 in the 2022-2023 College Free Speech Rankings published by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), which conducts the nation’s largest annual survey on student free expression. Read more …

The Big Story: September 12, 2022

Published: September 26, 2022 | 11:42 am | Posted in: The Big Story

Fueled by a steadfast commitment to student success and academic excellence, Florida State University continued its reign as a Top 20 national public university and reaffirmed its No. 19 spot, according to U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges 2022-2023” guidebook released Monday. Read more …

The Big Story: September 6, 2022

Published: September 7, 2022 | 9:04 am | Posted in: The Big Story

Over the course of an almost 30-year career at Florida State University, Farrukh Alvi has served as a tenured faculty member, director of the Florida Center for Advanced Aero Propulsion, associate dean for research at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and interim dean of the college. Read more …

The Big Story: August 29, 2022

Published: August 29, 2022 | 10:57 am | Posted in: The Big Story

Dr. Shermeeka Hogans-Mathews speaks during the 2019 Florida State University College of Medicine White Coat Ceremony. (FSU College of Medicine/Colin Hackley)

Dr. Shermeeka Hogans-Mathews, an assistant professor with the Florida State University College of Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health, received the Leadership through Scholarship Fellowship from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM). Read more …

The Big Story: August 22, 2022

Published: August 22, 2022 | 1:34 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

This year's freshman class will welcome exceptional first-year students that hail from 50 states, 51 countries and all 67 Florida counties. The class of 2026 includes the latest members of the Presidential Scholars cohort (pictured). (FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University welcomes its most academically talented freshman class in history as the fall semester begins Aug. 22. Joining FSU’s first-year students are about 2,900 new incoming graduate students — the largest cohort in school history. Read more …

The Big Story: August 15, 2022

Published: August 15, 2022 | 1:01 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

“Welcome FSU” greets all Florida State students through a series of events and programs that take place Aug. 15-28 at various campus locations. The events aim to show students ways to get involved, stay connected and make FSU and Tallahassee their home. Read more …

The Big Story: August 8, 2022

Published: August 8, 2022 | 12:54 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

Summer 2022 honors medallions graduates.

Florida State University awarded honors medallions to 37 elite graduates during a July 28 ceremony in the Nancy H. Marcus Great Hall. The FSU Honors Program supports the passion and potential of the university’s most dynamic students, who have the talent, resilience and enthusiasm to accomplish their goals and enact change in the world. Read more …

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