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Ormsbee honored as Distinguished Teacher during annual Faculty Awards

Published: April 30, 2020 | 8:29 am | Posted in: University News

Michael Ormsbee received Florida State University’s 2020 Distinguished Teacher Award during the annual Faculty Awards ceremony, held virtually April 29. The Distinguished Teacher Award, the university’s most prestigious honor for teaching, includes a $7,500 stipend funded by FSU. “I’m so thankful for the recognition, but there are so many good faculty teachers that it’s hard […]

FSU political science researcher to examine law in time of COVID-19 crisis

Published: April 2, 2020 | 3:13 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

A Florida State University researcher and her colleagues have earned a grant from the National Science Foundation to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public support for the rule of law. FSU Associate Professor of Political Science Amanda Driscoll, the project’s co-investigator, said the team will examine the challenge that the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus presents to long-standing norms that support democratic order. […]

FSU arts faculty get creative to overcome challenges of remote learning

Published: March 30, 2020 | 4:21 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, News

Whether they’re teaching studio art, dance, music or interior architecture and design, Florida State University faculty in the creative disciplines are facing some unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. When FSU moved to remote learning on March 23, it made most faculty across campus completely rethink their lesson plans. That’s especially true for the arts, where many faculty are reimagining how they normally communicate and teach the best practices of the creative process. But despite these changes, both faculty and […]

Superfuids may merge via corkscrew mechanism

Published: March 30, 2020 | 11:59 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Scientists at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have made a discovery in fluid dynamics that is truly worth uncorking a bottle of fine wine. Wei Guo, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, and MagLab graduate research assistant Toshiaki Kanai published a new study in the […]

Faculty and Staff Briefs: March 2020

Published: March 26, 2020 | 3:43 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff Briefs

HONORS AND AWARDS Kathleen Blake Yancey, Ph.D. (English) received the James R. Squire Award, which is given to a National Council of Teachers of English member who has had a transforming influence and made a lasting intellectual contribution to the profession. Sonia Cabell, Ph.D. (Education) won the 2020 Robert M. Gagné Research Award for her […]

FSU expert available to discuss moral decision-making and social distancing

Published: March 26, 2020 | 2:45 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Social distancing is an important tool for reducing the spread of COVID-19. Photo credit: Getty Images

In the fight against this new coronavirus, some of the most effective tools are a couch and a television in your own home. Public health officials are asking people to avoid socializing with others to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. That means people often have to make tough decisions about how to respond. It’s this […]

Women’s History Month: Celebrating the achievements of FSU women

Published: March 6, 2020 | 2:44 pm | Posted in: News, University News

March is Women’s History Month, a time set aside to celebrate the stories and achievements of women. FSU faculty members are living proof of women’s extraordinary accomplishments. In the past year, FSU women researchers have studied how new technology can help people recover from incarceration, developed models to examine the smoke rising from fires, explored […]

Faculty and Staff Briefs: February 2020

Published: February 27, 2020 | 9:30 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff Briefs

HONORS AND AWARDS Kerry Fang, Ph.D. (Social Sciences and Public Policy) received the Lincoln Institute China Program International Fellowship. She and a colleague will use the fellowship to conduct research on “Land Tenure” and “Health of Children: Evidence from Rural China.” Peter Beerli, Ph.D. (Scientific Computing) was named a fellow of the American Association for […]

Profile in Leadership: James Frazier comes ‘home’ in new role as dean of FSU’s College of Fine Arts

Published: January 27, 2020 | 3:36 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Two-time Florida State alumnus James Frazier has returned to his alma mater to serve as dean of the College of Fine Arts. (FSU Photography Services/Bruce Palmer)

More than 30 years ago, an undergraduate at Florida State University named James Frazier was running errands to and from the dean’s office of the College of Fine Arts, then the School of Visual Arts and Dance, as a work-study student. Today, Frazier occupies that same office, but as dean of the College of Fine […]

Faculty and Staff Briefs: January 2020

Published: January 24, 2020 | 2:25 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff Briefs

HONORS AND AWARDS Brendan Lantz, Ph.D. (Criminology) has been named the recipient of the 2020 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Victimology Section New Scholar Award. Lantz will receive the award at the 2020 annual meeting of ACJS in San Antonio in March. This prestigious award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding scholarly contributions to the discipline […]

FSU launches Africa Network Colloquium Series with first speaker

Published: January 17, 2020 | 4:17 pm | Posted in: University News

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski, associate professor of education

Florida State University has launched a new colloquium series, organized by the FSU Africa Network, with a focus on faculty research and teaching in Africa. The FSU Africa Network brings together faculty from across the university to share ideas and identify ways FSU can strengthen its research, teaching and service by connecting with each other […]