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FSU religion student wins 2021 Master’s in Four competition

Published: April 12, 2021 | 1:20 pm | Posted in: University News

A graduate student from the Department of Religion won first place in Florida State University’s third-annual Master’s in Four (Min4) competition sponsored by the university’s Graduate School. Guanxiong Qi, an international student from China pursuing a master’s degree in religion, won first place for the presentation, “How Buddhist Monasteries Became Tourist Destinations in 17th-Century China.” […]

Virtual International Coffee Hour connected FSU’s global community through pandemic

Published: April 9, 2021 | 11:50 am | Posted in: Students & Campus Life

This past year, the Center for Global Engagement’s (CGE) Virtual International Coffee Hour has showcased more than 45 unique recipes from around the world with multicultural Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) and international students, serving approximately 2,000 participants. CGE transitioned the program to a virtual space in March 2020 to provide the FSU community with an […]

FSU scholar’s photography exhibition documents previously unseen threat along Amazon

Published: April 2, 2021 | 11:29 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, News

Marcos Colón, “Papaya for Sale,” a local women sells papayas in Nuevo Pebas, Peru, March 2020.

When Marcos Colón, a Florida State University Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics postdoctoral scholar and documentary filmmaker, set off on a research trip to the Amazon at the beginning of March 2020, his plan was to finish a documentary in progress about environmental issues in the world’s most biodiverse location. What he experienced instead forced him into […]

International study discovers ancient meteoritic impact over Antarctica 430,000 years ago

Published: April 2, 2021 | 10:50 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Particles from an exploding meteor that reached the Antarctic ice sheet 430,000 years ago. The particles are evidence of an airburst — a large meteorite or comet collision with the atmosphere that leaves no crater behind — that created a jet of melted and vaporized meteoritic material that passed through the atmosphere to reach the Earth’s surface. (Courtesy of Scott Peterson / micrometeorites.com)

A Florida State University geochemist and postdoctoral scholar were part of an international research team that has found new evidence of a low-altitude meteoritic touchdown event reaching the Antarctic ice sheet 430,000 years ago. The geological record has long shown evidence of meteorite collisions with Earth, but scientists had previously only known of two airbursts […]

FSU Classics professor awarded Shelby White-Leon Levy grant to publish research

Published: March 23, 2021 | 12:04 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, News

1938, the American and French archeologists in Antakya, Turkey

Florida State University Associate Professor of Classics Andrea De Giorgi has been awarded a $20,000 Shelby White-Leon Levy grant for his publication on the archaeology of Daphne by Archaeological Publications at Harvard University. “This is one of the most prestigious and competitive awards available to archaeologists of the eastern Mediterranean,” said Christopher Nappa, chair of […]

A Message from President Thrasher in Support for Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities

Published: March 22, 2021 | 5:45 pm | Posted in: News

Dear FSU Family, As the nation continues to grieve over the shootings in Atlanta that killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent, I want to share my own feelings of anger and sadness about this horrific act of violence. Across the country there has been an alarming increase in the number of violent and xenophobic incidents targeting Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and I […]

FSU celebrates Peace Corps 60th anniversary

Published: March 1, 2021 | 12:25 pm | Posted in: News, Students & Campus Life

President John F. Kennedy establishing the Peace Corps agency on March 1, 1961. Photo courtesy of Peace Corps.

The Peace Corps is celebrating 60 years since President John F. Kennedy established the agency on March 1, 1961, and Florida State University alumni are proud to continue being a vital part of this historic organization. The anniversary of the Peace Corps commemorates international peace and friendship, volunteerism and service. In that time, Florida State […]

Mayor of Florence Italy says FSU students signal the city’s recovery

Published: February 26, 2021 | 10:29 am | Posted in: University News

Students, staff and government officials gathered inside the library at FSU's study center in Florence, Italy to commemorate the current group of FSU students taking part in study abroad programs there.

Florida State University’s Study Abroad program in Florence, Italy, is one of just a handful of international programs currently operating in the country. For the Mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, that’s a fact worth celebrating, even if it’s a modest, mask-wearing, socially distanced affair. On Feb. 12, Nardella stood inside of FSU’s newly renovated study center […]

Eight FSU students receive Gilman scholarship to study abroad

Published: February 22, 2021 | 4:39 pm | Posted in: News, Students & Campus Life

Florida State University's 2021 recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. (From left) Front row: Nyla Chute, Melissa Toussaint, Jonathan “JD” Dorsey, Alexza Alamo. Second row: Roshelle Thompson, Alex Bustamante, Davion Jeanty and Djaina-shae “DJ” Dervil.

Eight Florida State University students hope to study or intern abroad this summer as part of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program from the U.S. Department of State, barring any COVID-19 travel restrictions. The Gilman Scholarship gives students the opportunity to study or intern abroad and emphasizes learning about culture and language to prepare […]

FSU Middle East Center presents 12th annual film festival

Published: February 19, 2021 | 10:19 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, News

Florida State University’s Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics and the FSU Middle East Center will host the 12th annual Middle East Film Festival, showcasing films that represent perspectives rarely seen in mainstream media. The festival, which runs from Feb. 21 through March 21, is sponsored by the Middle East Center and the Student Life Cinema and features five films over the course of five Sundays. “Our selection offers cultural […]

Social Work faculty elected chair of global consortium dedicated to student resiliency efforts

Published: February 17, 2021 | 11:48 am | Posted in: News

Karen Oehme, director of the Institute for Family Violence Studies at FSU and research associate in the College of Social Work.

A Florida State University faculty member has been elected to lead an international organization that is shaping and leading college student resilience efforts in the United States and worldwide. Karen Oehme, who will serve as chair of the Academic Resilience Consortium is director of the Institute for Family Violence Studies at FSU and a research […]

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