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Grubbs to serve as interim dean of FSU’s College of Nursing

Published: June 26, 2019 | 4:00 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine, News

Laurie Grubbs, the interim dean for FSU's College of Nursing. (FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Sally McRorie has appointed Laurie Grubbs to serve as interim dean of the College of Nursing, effective July 1. Grubbs succeeds Judith McFetridge-Durdle, who is retiring as dean June 30. McFetridge-Durdle will return to FSU as a faculty member in January 2020 to assist […]

Andrew Brady selected as FSU’s 2019 Carraway Employee of the Year

Published: June 11, 2019 | 10:33 am | Posted in: University News

Andrew Brady, associate director of Institutional Research, has been selected as the 2019 Max Carraway Employee of the Year Award winner. (FSU Photography Services)

For more than 20 years, Andrew Brady has been an invaluable asset to the advancement of Florida State University. Brady, who serves as associate director of Institutional Research, has transformed the way FSU capitalizes on data, and for his efforts, he’s been selected as the 2019 Max Carraway Employee of the Year Award winner. The […]

Photos: FSU Marching Chiefs in France to commemorate 75th anniversary of D-Day

Published: June 7, 2019 | 7:55 am | Posted in: Photo Galleries

FSU students invited to screen their films at Cannes Film Festival

Published: May 15, 2019 | 12:30 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

FSU film students William Stead (left) and Evan Barber are in France attending the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. They were invited to screen their film "The Flip Side."

Two Florida State University students are getting the opportunity of a lifetime after being invited to screen their films at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival alongside some of the most famous filmmakers in the world. Alex McFry and William Stead, students at FSU’s College of Motion Picture Arts, are in Cannes this week preparing to […]

FSU’s spring commencement ceremonies set for May 3, 4

Published: April 25, 2019 | 1:15 pm | Posted in: University News

Thousands attended FSU's 2018 summer commencement ceremonies at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center. The 2019 spring commencement ceremonies will take place May 3, 4. (FSU Photography Services)

Three highly successful graduates of Florida State University will be the featured speakers at FSU’s four spring commencement ceremonies. John Dailey, mayor of Tallahassee, will be the keynote speaker at 2 p.m. Friday, May 3, at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center, 505 W. Pensacola St. Later that evening, John W. Thiel, a business consultant […]

Airbnb’s explosive growth jolts hotel industry’s bottom line

Published: April 18, 2019 | 1:50 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Tarik Dogru, assistant professor at FSU's Dedman School of Hospitality.

Hospitality service Airbnb is fast becoming the 800-pound gorilla that’s shaking up the hotel industry and forever changing it. New research from Florida State University finds Airbnb’s exponential growth worldwide is devouring an increasing share of hotel revenues and also driving down room prices and occupancy rates. “This is the first study confirming the negative […]

FSU student-entrepreneurs compete at 2019 ACC InVenture Prize

Published: April 17, 2019 | 4:40 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

FSU's Nkechi Emetuche and Angela Udongwo pitch their business InnoHealth Diagnostics to a panel of judges during the 2019 ACC InVenture Prize competition in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Georgia Public Broadcasting)

**APRIL 18 UPDATE: FSU’s entrepreneurial team InnoHealth Diagnostics finished in the top 5 at the 2019 ACC InVenture Prize competition Wednesday night. The top award went to student-entrepreneurs from the University of Virginia, who also earned the People’s Choice Award. Ken Baldauf, director of FSU’s Innovation Hub, said InnoHealth’s student-entrepreneurs had a great experience, and […]

FSU research finds pregnant women feel pushed out of their jobs

Published: April 16, 2019 | 9:45 am | Posted in: News

Assistant Professor Samantha Paustian-Underdahl.

Many working women feel like they are being pushed out of their jobs when they become pregnant while new fathers often get a boost in their careers, according to research from Florida State University. Samantha Paustian-Underdahl, assistant professor of management at FSU’s College of Business, studied two long-standing theories on why mothers are more likely […]

FSU honors the life and legacy of deceased students with memorial service

Published: March 29, 2019 | 11:16 am | Posted in: University News

Florida State University honored the memory of those students who passed away over the past year with a special ceremony Thursday, March 28. For the second time since the event’s creation in 2018, students, faculty and staff gathered on the Mina Jo Powell Green to reflect on and celebrate the lives of seven fallen FSU […]

FSU WWII Institute preserves memories of the war through new exhibit, performance

Published: March 11, 2019 | 11:24 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, University News

Ernest “Boots” Thomas, a former resident of North Florida, ties the first flag to a pipe that would be used as flag pole for the first American flag raised in Iwo Jima. Marines from 3rd Platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment raised a fifty-four by twenty-eight inch flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Because this flag proved too small to clearly see from the ground 546 feet below, a second flag measuring eight by four feet replaced the first one that is now famously depicted in Joe Rosenthal’s photograph.

Florida State University’s Institute on World War II and the Human Experience is set to present its newest exhibit, “Love, Dolly: Letters Home in World War II,” at the Chipola Center for the Arts in Marianna. The exhibit will feature six collections of letters and historical artifacts on loan from the institute. Highlights include letters […]

FSU earns distinction as a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars

Published: February 11, 2019 | 3:10 pm | Posted in: News, University News

Florida State University has been named one of the nation’s top research institutions for producing Fulbright U.S. Scholars by the U.S. State Department. Nine faculty scholars, a record for Florida State, were awarded Fulbright grants for 2018-2019. The annual list was published today by The Chronicle of Higher Education. FSU ranks second in the nation […]

FSU researchers receive $3M to create national repository for data on learning disabilities

Published: January 24, 2019 | 10:30 am | Posted in: News, Science & Technology

Sara Hart, associate professor of psychology, will lead a project with FSU Libraries to build the nation's first-of-its-kind big-data repository at FSU.

The federal government will award nearly $3 million over five years to researchers at Florida State University, so they can build a first-of-its-kind national data repository that aims to inspire innovative research that helps children with learning disabilities. The ambitious project, supported by FSU Libraries, is led by Sara Hart, associate professor of psychology and research […]

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