College of Communication and Information

FSU research guides nation’s libraries on serving students with autism

Published: November 29, 2018 | 10:35 am | Posted in: News

Professor Nancy Everhart, College of Communication and Information (FSU Photography Services)

New research designed to help libraries better serve people with autism is making Florida State University a national leader in developing ways to connect with the growing population of students on the autism spectrum. The autism rate — estimated at one in 59 children, or 1.7 percent, according to the latest statistics from the U.S. […]

Muhammad Rasul

Published: October 5, 2018 | 6:15 am | Posted in: Student Stars

Senior Muhammad Ehab Rasul has excelled at Florida State University in his research and leadership endeavors, while learning about diverse cultures and also sharing his culture with the community. He was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and his family moved to Tallahassee in 2009. Rasul attended Leon High School and began to consider opportunities to attend […]

FSU welcomes National Academy of Medicine member to university

Published: April 10, 2018 | 2:41 pm | Posted in: University News

Barbara Culliton, scholar in residence in the College of Communication and Information.

Barbara Culliton, a distinguished science journalist and elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, has joined Florida State University as a scholar in residence in the College of Communication and Information. “We are extremely excited to have Barbara Culliton joining us at FSU,” said Vice President for Research Gary K. Ostrander. “Her experience as […]

FSU researchers partner with Harvard, MIT on $30M ‘Reach Every Reader’ project

Published: March 8, 2018 | 2:07 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

The Florida Center for Reading Research and College of Communication and Information at Florida State University have announced a collaborative partnership with the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Integrated Learning Initiative to research improving early childhood literacy through personalized intervention. The goal of the five-year, $30 million Reach Every […]

Florida State leads research to strengthen advanced manufacturing education in rural areas

Published: August 14, 2017 | 10:39 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Florida State University’s College of Communication and Information is teaming up with Chipola College to better prepare students for careers in advanced manufacturing. A three-year study, funded with $800,000 from the National Science Foundation, will measure the effectiveness of the classroom-to-career path offered by advanced manufacturing programs at Chipola College and collaborating colleges in Northwest […]

Communication professor receives FSU’s 2017 Distinguished Teacher Award

Published: April 26, 2017 | 9:45 am | Posted in: University News

Art Raney, the James E. Kirk Professor of Communication in the School of Communication, aims to instill in his students a love of learning for its own sake.

Arthur A. Raney received Florida State University’s 2017 Distinguished Teacher Award during the annual Faculty Awards Dinner on April 25. The Distinguished Teacher Award, the university’s most prestigious honor for teaching, includes a $7,500 stipend funded by FSU. Raney, the James E. Kirk Professor of Communication in the School of Communication, aims to instill in […]

FSU online programs among nation’s best

Published: January 10, 2017 | 9:24 am | Posted in: University News

Three Graduate Programs Rank in U.S. News & World Report’s Top 10 Florida State University’s online programs are among the best in the nation — including five graduate programs ranked in the Top 20 and three in the Top 10 — according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 Best Online Programs. “Our upward movement in […]

FSU students break new ground in film about cold case

Published: October 26, 2016 | 4:31 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Florida State University senior Kyle Jones lives by the mantra: If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing. Jones found himself living that mantra earlier this year while working on a film project for his Digital Media Production class that he hoped would shed new light on a vexing 50-year-old unsolved murder case in Tallahassee. Jones, […]

Florida State helps lead effort to digitize 1 billion biological specimens

Published: October 25, 2016 | 9:27 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Sparnodus elongatus agassiz, 1839: Fossilized fish from the Paleogene

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Florida State University and University of Florida has received a $15.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to digitize an estimated 1 billion biodiversity specimens scattered across the nation. The specimens include fossils, plants, insects, birds and more. They are preserved in collections at museums and universities nationwide. […]

FSU celebrates new pathway into health professions

Published: October 14, 2016 | 4:00 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Nande DeGraff, Isabella Canut and Salma Elsheikh – students in the new Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences B.S. Degree Program — enjoy the program's kickoff celebration Friday, Oct. 14. (College of Medicine photo)

Florida State University officially launched an innovative new pathway into health care careers by honoring the program’s first students at an Oct. 14 celebration at the College of Medicine. 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 […]

FSU researchers win grant to better serve library patrons on the autism spectrum

Published: September 27, 2016 | 12:36 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Florida State University’s College of Communication and Information is spearheading Project A+ — research that aims to create strategies for academic librarians to serve patrons on the autism spectrum (ASD). The Institute of Museum and Library Services — the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 35,000 museums — has awarded $400,000 to researchers from FSU’s […]