College of Social Sciences and Public Policy

FSU welcomes key Middle East diplomat for lecture

Published: February 2, 2017 | 10:35 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, University News

NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Thursday’s lecture is cancelled. The Florida State University College of Social Sciences and Public Policy will host a lecture by Ambassador Dennis Ross, special assistant to President Barack Obama and special adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Ross’ lecture will draw on his years of experience to illuminate U.S. […]

Expert Pitch: The future is now for robot cars

Published: January 23, 2017 | 4:47 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, Expert Pitches

Tim Chapin, dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy and professor of urban and regional planning at Florida State University

The prospect of self-driving vehicles has tantalized tech aficionados and car lovers for years, especially when there are industry rumblings that automation is on the cusp of a breakthrough. Now, with recent important innovations from companies like Google, Tesla and Ford, driverless car expert Tim Chapin, interim dean of the College of Social Science and […]

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 […]

Symposium highlights hip hop culture’s social impact

Published: October 13, 2016 | 4:05 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, Students & Campus Life

More than simply a style of music and fashion, hip hop is a phenomenon with broad social and cultural impact. Florida State University’s Department of Sociology in the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy will highlight and examine the genre in an upcoming symposium. “Hip Hop Is Life” will bring together educators, cultural critics, […]

FSU panel to feature former child slave and activist

Published: September 15, 2016 | 3:06 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Brigitte Perenyi, a young woman who was taken from her parents to be a “trokosi” — the child slave of a priest — in rural Ghana, will be part of a panel at Florida State University discussing child slavery. The panel, “Wife of the Gods: From Child Slave to International Human Rights Activist,” will also […]

FSU faculty to engage community with new ‘Policy Pub’ series

Published: August 31, 2016 | 1:08 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Carol Weissert, director, Leroy Collins Institute

Florida State University College of Social Sciences and Public Policy is launching a new event series that puts the “public” in public policy and the “social” in social sciences. Beginning in mid-September, Policy Pub will bring Tallahassee residents and college faculty together in a relaxed social environment to dialogue about key public policy issues. Policy […]

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