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Grammy-award winner and music legend Tony Bennett will take the stage Saturday night at Florida State University. The concert is just one of several not-to-be-missed, never-before-seen-in-Tallahassee performers coming to campus as part of FSU’s Opening Nights Performing Arts series.

Kim Kardashian-wannabes of the world consider yourselves warned. Florida State University researchers Jessica Ridgway and Russell Clayton have discovered the more selfies an individual posts on the social media site Instagram, the greater the likelihood he or she might experience romantic relationship conflict and dissolution.

FSU Professor of Biological Science Gregory Erickson and a team of researchers have identified and named a new species of dinosaur that is the most complete, primitive duck-billed dinosaur to ever be discovered in the eastern United States.

Florida State University’s online programs are among the best in the nation — including three graduate programs ranked in the Top 10 — according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 Best Online Programs.

It was a banner year for Florida State University. The university received the largest gift in its history and selected a new provost. Our faculty members produced some remarkable research, our students were honored with national awards for their success and our athletics teams continued their tradition of competing at the highest level of intercollegiate sports.

Florida State University announced Dec. 18 the largest gift in its history — $100 million — from Jan Moran and The Jim Moran Foundation to honor the late Jim Moran and create what will be the nation’s largest interdisciplinary, degree-granting school of entrepreneurship.