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The Big Story: August 15, 2022

Published: August 15, 2022 | 1:01 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

“Welcome FSU” greets all Florida State students through a series of events and programs that take place Aug. 15-28 at various campus locations. The events aim to show students ways to get involved, stay connected and make FSU and Tallahassee their home. Read more …

The Big Story: August 8, 2022

Published: August 8, 2022 | 12:54 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

Summer 2022 honors medallions graduates.

Florida State University awarded honors medallions to 37 elite graduates during a July 28 ceremony in the Nancy H. Marcus Great Hall. The FSU Honors Program supports the passion and potential of the university’s most dynamic students, who have the talent, resilience and enthusiasm to accomplish their goals and enact change in the world. Read more …

The Big Story: August 1, 2022

Published: August 1, 2022 | 12:58 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

Melanie Griffin, a triple graduate of Florida State and the secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, delivered the commencement address to summer graduates during Florida State University’s two ceremonies July 29. Read more …

The Big Story: July 25, 2022

Published: July 25, 2022 | 1:09 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

Stacey Patterson will serve as the university’s next vice president for research. Patterson, a microbiologist, has served as the vice president for research, outreach and economic development in the University of Tennessee system and as president of the UT Research Foundation since 2017. Read more …

The Big Story: July 18, 2022

Published: July 25, 2022 | 1:08 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

Professor of Biomedical Sciences Sanjay Kumar, who led a study that found a link between a specific protein in the brain and increased vulnerability to neurodegeneration for individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy. (Florida State University)

A team of Florida State University College of Medicine researchers led by Professor of Biomedical Sciences Sanjay Kumar has found a link between a specific protein in the brain and increased vulnerability to neurodegeneration for individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), the most common form of epilepsy in adults. Read more …

The Big Story: July 11, 2022

Published: July 11, 2022 | 12:18 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jets fly in formation over the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean, July 13, 2021. (Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Brianna T. Thompson-Lee)

At the Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion (FCAAP), researchers from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are working to develop next-generation technology in the highly competitive aerospace industry. Read more …

The Big Story: June 27, 2022

Published: June 27, 2022 | 12:02 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

College of Business Dean Michael Hartline, center, joins Persis and Charles Rockwood at a 2019 event to celebrate the naming of the Persis E. Rockwood Undergraduate Programs Suite in Legacy Hall, the college’s future home. Persis Rockwood was a trailblazing FSU professor who died in May 2021 at age 97.

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 students and faculty members in the nationally ranked program. Read more …

The Big Story: June 13, 2022

Published: June 13, 2022 | 10:49 am | Posted in: The Big Story

Florida State University's spring 2021-22 recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. Clockwise starting in the top left: Amaya Dickson, Reynaldo Denaud, Sophia DeLapp, Gustavo Ayala, Hannah Fulk, Daniel Vila, Kamila Rosello, Samantha Salisbury, Deanna Bernard and Madison O’Stewart. Not pictured: Yasmeen Julemiste.

Eleven Florida State University students have been selected to participate in the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. Awarded by the U.S. Department of State, the Gilman Scholarship gives students the opportunity to study or intern in foreign countries. Read more …

The Big Story: June 7, 2022

Published: June 13, 2022 | 10:48 am | Posted in: The Big Story

Florida State University and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare announced last week a new partnership to build the FSU Health Tallahassee Center, a new facility that will offer advanced medical training and translational research opportunities and explore the academic health center of the future. Read more …

The Big Story: May 31, 2022

Published: May 31, 2022 | 2:09 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

Florida A&M University and Florida State University have announced Suvranu De as the next dean of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. De is currently the J. Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he serves as head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering and director of the Center for Modeling, Simulation, and Imaging in Medicine. His […]

The Big Story: May 23, 2022

Published: May 23, 2022 | 2:39 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

The Florida State University College of Medicine celebrates commencement Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Ruby Diamond Concert Hall. (Colin Hackley for the FSU College of Medicine)

The FSU College of Medicine celebrated the graduation of 119 new physicians during a commencement ceremony Saturday, May 21, 2022, at Ruby Diamond Concert Hall – the first in its intimate, traditional setting since 2019. Read more …

The Big Story: May 16, 2022

Published: May 23, 2022 | 2:23 pm | Posted in: The Big Story

From left: Trystan Loustau, Leanna Gharbaoui, Jessica Dixon and Annais Muschett-Bonilla.

Four Florida State University students have earned research grants through the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP). The GRFP recognizes and supports students in STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees. Read more …

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