College of Communication and Information

FSU communication, engineering researchers awarded grant to study natural disaster response

Published: September 15, 2020 | 11:54 am | Posted in: University News

Kids in Panama City heading back to school a couple weeks after Hurricane Michael. FSU researchers are helping to develop operational procedures for public libraries during natural disasters through a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). (Florida State Archives)

When Hurricane Michael devastated rural inland communities in the Florida Panhandle in 2018, public libraries played a critical role in the natural disaster response. It also exposed the need for improved upon procedures and policies for public libraries responding to natural disasters. Now, Florida State University College of Communication & Information Professor and Associate Dean […]

FSU celebrates largest cohort of McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowships in recent history

Published: August 11, 2020 | 4:14 pm | Posted in: News, University News

Top row, from left: Yolanda Rankin, Ravi Howard and April Jackson. Second row, from left: Cameron Beatty, Anasa Hicks and James Wright.

Six Florida State University assistant professors have received the Florida Education Fund’s (FEF) McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship. It is the largest cohort of FSU McKnight Fellows to date. The FEF’s McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship Program promotes excellence in teaching and research by underrepresented minorities and women. Fellows receive a one-year sabbatical to engage in research […]

FSU graduate student wins trio of Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists college awards

Published: May 14, 2020 | 10:23 am | Posted in: News, Students & Campus Life, University News

Alexandra Wendling, a graduate student in the College of Communication and Information, won first place in three categories at the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists’ 2019 Excellence in Broadcast News College Contest. (Alex Wendling)

A Florida State University student won big at the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists’ 2019 Excellence in Broadcast News College Contest. Alexandra Wendling, a graduate student in the College of Communication and Information, won first place in three categories of the contest. The winners were announced Saturday, May 9, during a virtual ceremony due to […]

FSU online graduate programs are among nation’s best in latest U.S. News rankings

Published: January 15, 2019 | 9:16 am | Posted in: University News

Florida State University’s online graduate programs are some of the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Online Programs. Four of the university’s graduate programs are ranked in the Top 20, including FSU’s master’s degree in criminal justice studies, which moved up to No. 6 nationally and No. 5 among public […]

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, […]

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