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FSU signs memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Kyonggi University

Published: October 9, 2019 | 4:01 pm | Posted in: University News

Kyonggi University President In Kyu Kim led Kyonggi and FSU Provost Sally McRorie during a campus visit Oct. 4, 2019. (FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University welcomed a delegation from Kyonggi University in South Korea for a campus visit Friday, Oct. 4. President In Kyu Kim led Kyonggi’s delegation. Kim is a long-time television news reporter and former head of the Korean Broadcasting System. During the visit, Kyonggi University representatives met with Provost Sally McRorie, faculty members, staff […]

FSU takes part in 20th anniversary celebration of Tallahassee-St. Maarten Sister City agreement

Published: September 26, 2019 | 10:24 am | Posted in: University News

From left: (Front) Lililita Johnson-Forbes, Jessica Rogers, Calvin Mardembrough, Provost Sally McRorie and Cindy Green. (Back) Cherrianne Dangleben York, Betty Jensen, Assistant Provost Stephen McDowell, Kristen Hagen, Ashley Krutz and Jocelyn Vaughn.

Florida State University’s Office of the Provost welcomed guests from St. Maarten’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Wednesday, Sept. 25, as a part of the 20th anniversary of the Sister City agreement between St. Maarten and Tallahassee. The relationship was established in 1999 as the territories recognized the mutual benefit and potential partnership, particularly […]

FSU receives national diversity award for sixth consecutive year

Published: September 19, 2019 | 9:00 am | Posted in: University News

Florida State University has received the 2019 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a recipient of the annual HEED Award — a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion — […]

FSU honors Latinx culture with inaugural celebration

Published: September 19, 2019 | 8:39 am | Posted in: Radio Stories

As the nation observes National Hispanic Heritage Month, Florida State University students, faculty, staff and administrators gathered for a spirited cultural celebration of the Latinx community.

FSU explores collaboration with Botswanan universities

Published: September 12, 2019 | 2:40 pm | Posted in: University News

When Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi visited Florida State University last September, he expressed his hopes of reinvigorating relations between his alma mater and the African country. This summer, two FSU professors got the ball rolling with visits to Botswana to explore potential collaboration with the University of Botswana, the nation’s first institute of higher education, […]

FSU presents inaugural Latinx Cultural Celebration

Published: September 11, 2019 | 2:11 pm | Posted in: Students & Campus Life

Florida State University will host its inaugural Latinx Cultural Celebration on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

Florida State University will host its inaugural Latinx Cultural Celebration, an opportunity to gather in honor of Latinx members, their contributions and history, on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The goal of the Latinx Celebration is to bring the university and Tallahassee communities together to enhance cultural awareness, increase knowledge and share untold stories of the Latinx […]

International doctoral student makes FSU history as first black female graduate in nuclear physics

Published: September 4, 2019 | 10:04 am | Posted in: Radio Stories

Kalisa Villafana made school history as Florida State University’s first black female graduate to earn a doctoral degree in nuclear physics.

College of Medicine’s Bridge Program recognized as diverse and inspiring for STEM students

Published: August 21, 2019 | 3:06 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

The Florida State University College of Medicine’s Bridge Program has been honored for demonstrating that the school’s mission statement is more than just words. The Bridge program recently received a 2019 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. The award goes annually to “programs that encourage and inspire a new generation of […]

Ice sheets underpin core elements of the Earth’s carbon cycle

Published: August 16, 2019 | 9:44 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Scientists once believed that the ice sheets covering about 10 percent of Earth’s land surface were frozen wastelands, devoid of life and with supressed chemical weathering — irrelevant parts of the Earth’s carbon cycle. Now, a world-leading international team including researchers from Florida State University and the University of Bristol have pulled together a wealth […]

FSU students seize the summer with real-world experiences

Published: August 14, 2019 | 3:45 pm | Posted in: News

Charlie Gardner, along with other FSU students, traveled to Bali, Indonesia, this summer as part of the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Immersion program. (Charlie Gardner)

What did you do this summer? Attend class on the side of a volcano? Work with a German student affairs organization? Curate an exhibit of 19th-century French paintings? Those are just some of the hands-on, real world experiences that Florida State University students took advantage of during their summer break. Internships, service learning, undergraduate research […]

FSU researchers find depleted seamounts near Hawaii recovering after decades of federal protection

Published: August 7, 2019 | 2:00 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Associate Professor of Oceanography Amy Baco-Taylor and doctoral student Nicole Morgan

For decades, overfishing and trawling devastated parts of an underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii, wrecking deep-sea corals and destroying much of their ecological community. But now, after years of federally mandated protection, scientists see signs that this once ecologically fertile area known as the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain is making a comeback. […]

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering recognized nationally for diversity, inclusion efforts

Published: August 7, 2019 | 9:10 am | Posted in: University News

The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering is the joint engineering college for Florida State and Florida A&M Universities, the only such shared college in the nation. (Mark Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU Engineering)

The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering earned a Bronze award and Exemplar status from the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) in the inaugural year of the ASEE Diversity Recognition Program. The college is one of only two engineering programs in Florida to earn the distinctions. “This is a fantastic achievement for the FAMU-FSU College of […]