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FSU Honors, Scholars and Fellows House offers informational event for all students

Published: | 8:43 am | Posted in: Students & Campus Life, University News

The Honors, Scholars and Fellows House on Tuesday, Oct. 4, will offer an informational event for Florida State undergraduate and graduate students who want to explore the building and learn about the many programs and offerings that operate there. The open house will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the second, third and […]

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Seminole artist shares folktales of Seminole Tribe of Florida

Published: | 12:24 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, University News

Seminole artist Brian Zepeda delighted guests at Tallahassee’s Blue Tavern on Thursday evening in an exploration of narratives and musical traditions of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Zepeda, who calls himself “a traditional Seminole arts teacher and student,” shared folktales and songs that emphasized his people’s vibrant present and rich history. “Seminole Legends and Songs” […]

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Jazz vocalist returns to FSU as featured guest in faculty concert

Published: | 10:43 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, University News

Florida State University alumna Inga Swearingen will kick off the College of Music’s 2022-23 University Musical Associates (UMA) concert season as featured guest vocalist in a Friday, Sept. 9, jazz faculty concert in Opperman Music Hall. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are free for FSU students with an ID, $7 for seniors and […]

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FSU names Paulette Curtis associate dean of Undergraduate Studies, director of Honors Program

Published: | 9:29 am | Posted in: Students & Campus Life, University News

Paulette G. Curtis, an experienced Harvard University-educated scholar and administrator with a record of serving undergraduate students and building honors and other academic programs at top-tier universities, has been named associate dean of Undergraduate Studies and director of the Honors Program at Florida State University. Curtis, now a visiting scholar at Tulane University, will succeed […]

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FSU helps to seek ‘Prosperity for All’ in impoverished Leon County area

Published: | 2:28 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

Florida State University this week welcomed a large gathering of community leaders and residents in a continued exploration of solutions for a particularly impoverished area of Leon County. The fifth meeting of the 32304+ Prosperity for All Summit brought together Leon County health, government, nonprofit and law-enforcement officials, plus officials from FSU and Florida A&M […]

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FSU researchers expand trauma-responsive services for individuals returning home from jail

Published: | 11:15 am | Posted in: Education & Society, Health & Medicine, University News

Researchers at the Institute for Justice Research and Development (IJRD) at the Florida State University College of Social Work are expanding their work with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office and the John E. Polk Correctional Facility to treat trauma among individuals getting released from jail in Seminole County.   “Lifetime traumatic experiences are nearly universal among […]

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Latest act: Malaev-Babel begins role as director of FSU/Asolo Conservatory

Published: | 3:05 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, University News

Andrei Malaev-Babel has been selected as director of the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, the Florida State University College of Fine Arts and School of Theatre announced. Malaev-Babel, an expert on Russian theater and acting techniques and an award-winning director and scholar who served as head of acting at the Conservatory for more than a […]

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FSU College of Business receives $10M to establish the Dr. Persis E. Rockwood School of Marketing

Published: | 4:21 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, University News

A game-changing $10 million gift to the Florida State University College of Business will establish the Dr. Persis E. Rockwood School of Marketing in honor of the late trailblazing FSU professor emerita and will provide transformational support to marketing students and faculty members in the nationally ranked program. The Florida State University Board of Trustees […]

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FSU economist sees economic slowdown as ‘best-case scenario’

Published: | 4:10 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, Education & Society, Expert Pitches, University News

A recession likely looms from the Federal Reserve’s attempts to control inflation through interest-rate increases, according to Florida State University economics professor Randall G. Holcombe. “The best-case scenario would be an economic slowdown,” said Holcombe, the DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics. “Economic growth would slow, with minimal effects on unemployment. Even so, expect the unemployment […]

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FSU’s CARE gets $3.5M to strengthen Upward Bound Gadsden County, expand to Jackson County

Published: | 2:45 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

A Florida State University program that helps and inspires Gadsden County students to finish high school and college is about to get bigger and stronger. FSU’s Upward Bound will receive about $3.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education to continue to build its decades-long Gadsden County operations and to expand to Jackson County, said […]

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Richard McCullough selected next president of Florida State University

Published: | 4:36 pm | Posted in: University News

The Florida State University Board of Trustees has unanimously selected Richard McCullough, vice provost for research at Harvard University, to serve as the university’s 16th president. McCullough will succeed John Thrasher, who will retire later this summer after serving as president since 2014. The appointment is subject to approval by the Florida Board of Governors, […]

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FSU Amazonia Week: A call for land and cultural survival

Published: | 10:26 am | Posted in: University News

Florida State University’s College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics will welcome experts from around the world for an interdisciplinary summit on critical issues affecting the future of the Amazon Monday, March 2 through Wednesday, March 4. The summit will encourage attendees to examine the biological, environmental and humanitarian […]

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