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FSU veteran seals
Air Force ROTC
11/15/21

FSU Student Veterans Center celebrates 10 years

Institution
FSU expert sources graphic
Philosophy
11/10/21

FSU experts available to comment on Thanksgiving traditions

Faculty
Expert Pitch
Igor Alabugin
Chemistry and Biochemistry
11/08/21

FSU chemist receives prestigious Markovnikov Medal, honorable professorship

Faculty
Awards
LaToya Leary
Religion
11/04/21

Student Spotlight: LaToya Leary

Students
Spotlight
Global Africas graphic
Modern Languages and Linguistics
11/01/21

FSU Winthrop-King Institute presents ‘Global Africas: Gender, Representation and the Maghreb’

Elizabeth Murphy
Classics
10/28/21

Faculty Spotlight: Elizabeth Murphy

Faculty
Spotlight
Brian Chadwick
Biological Science
10/21/21

Faculty Spotlight: Brian Chadwick

Faculty
Spotlight
FSU alumni Eric Sharkey (left) and Nathan Crock (right)
Scientific Computing
10/20/21

FSU alumni develop AI program to train emergency phone operators, save lives

Rob Schurko.
Chemistry and Biochemistry
10/15/21

FSU chemist awarded $1M Department of Energy grant to explore clean energy materials

Robert Silvers.
Chemistry and Biochemistry
10/15/21

FSU chemistry researcher receives NIH grant to understand structural underpinnings of fibrosis

Florida State News
10/14/21

FSU receives $12.8M from National Institutes of Health to foster faculty diversity in health sciences research

Spirit Karcher
OSTA
10/14/21

Alumni spotlight: Spirit Karcher

Alumni
Spotlight
Allison Wing
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
10/12/21

FSU atmospheric scientist earns NOAA award to improve tropical forecast modeling

From left: Doctoral student Thiago Grigolo, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Joel Smith, and undergraduate Ariana Subhit.
Chemistry and Biochemistry
10/12/21

Building blocks: FSU chemists create new system to build compound critical to drug development

FSU expert sources graphic
Biological Science
10/11/21

FSU experts available to comment for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Luis Sanchez
Classics
10/07/21

Student Spotlight: Luis Sanchez

Students
Spotlight
Kassie Ernst, Director of the FSU Gulf Scholars Program
Florida State News
10/07/21

FSU, FAMU researchers receive grant to form new Gulf Scholars Program

President Showcase graphic
College News
10/06/21

Award-winning undergrads set to present latest research at 2021 President's Showcase

James Frederich
Chemistry and Biochemistry
10/06/21

FSU expert available to comment on science behind 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Pamela Keel
Psychology
10/05/21

FSU psychology professor available to comment on health consequences of social media

FSU expert sources graphic
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
10/05/21

FSU experts available to comment on science behind 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics

Physics
10/04/21

Superconductors and black holes: FSU professors invite community to virtual physics class

John Sutor
Data Science
09/30/21

Q&A with FSU undergraduate bringing data science to underserved students

John Sutor
Scientific Computing
09/30/21

Student Spotlight: John Sutor

Students
Spotlight
EOAS researcher Armando Santos and EOAS faculty Mariana Fuentes.
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
09/30/21

FSU researchers find endangered species remain vulnerable in some marine protected areas

Tarez Samra Graban
English
09/23/21

Faculty spotlight: Tarez Samra Graban

Faculty
Spotlight
Laura Greene
Florida State News
09/22/21

MagLab chief scientist appointed to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

FSU assistant professor of meteorology Allison Wing.
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
09/20/21

FSU climate scientist named to Popular Science's Brilliant 10 list of groundbreaking early career researchers

Data Science in Dialogue graphic
Data Science
09/17/21

Data Science in Dialogue: Gary Tyson

Jayur Madhusudan Mehta
Anthropology
09/16/21

FSU joins NSF-funded research hub to enhance resilience in underrepresented coastal communities

FSU top 20 graphic
Florida State News
09/13/21

Student success powers FSU’s Top 20 ranking by U.S. News & World Report

Maxine Montgomery
English
09/10/21

FSU English professor earns prestigious NEH grant to digitize novelist Gloria Naylor’s work and develop literary archival model

FSU alumna Melissa Rea smiling, wearing a black shirt and standing against a tan background.
Modern Languages and Linguistics
09/07/21

Alumni Spotlight: Melissa Rea

Alumni
Spotlight
Jim McNulty and Andrea Meltzer
Psychology
09/02/21

FSU social psychologist awarded U.S. Army grant to study military couples

Data Science in Dialogue graphic
Data Science
09/01/21

Data Science in Dialogue: Tom Needham

Aaron Rodriguez
English
09/01/21

FSU English doctoral candidate receives NEH grant to improve visual accessibility

Florida State News
09/01/21

FSU experts available to comment on 20-year anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Scientific Computing
08/26/21

FSU expert available to discuss wildfire modeling

Michael Rivera, Beatrice Dain and Marah Litchford.
College News
08/24/21

Three FSU students earn Fulbright Awards

Waves washing over a sea turtle nest on St. George Island.
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
08/23/21

Wave wash-over poses threat to endangered sea turtle nests and hatchlings

An image of the interior of the Earth illustrating a simulation by Florida State University and Rice University researchers to investigate the composition of the planet's outer core. Dark circles in the core represent iron and tan circles represent carbon atoms. The paths taken by carbon atoms during the simulation are shown by the tan lines. (Illustration by Suraj Bajgain)
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
08/19/21

FSU researchers refine estimate of amount of carbon in Earth's outer core

Associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry Eugene DePrince
Florida State News
08/18/21

FSU researcher nets $4.4M grant to advance quantum systems

Data Science in Dialogue graphic
Data Science
08/17/21

Data Science in Dialogue: Xufeng Niu

FSU's 16th president, Richard McCullough
Florida State News
08/16/21

Richard McCullough takes the helm as Florida State University’s 16th president

Pollination bags covering corn tassels for an experiment
Biological Science
08/13/21

Navigating the corn maze: FSU researchers develop technique to map out ‘light switches’ of maize genome

FSU professor Peter Beerli and former FSU postdoctoral researcher Somayeh Mashayekhi
Scientific Computing
08/11/21

FSU professor awarded NSF grant to create new software tool

Florida State News
08/10/21

FSU expert reflects on US-UK relationship and 80th anniversary of Atlantic Charter

Assistant professor of computer science Grigory Fedyukovich.
Computer Science
08/10/21

FSU computer scientist earns Amazon Research Award for software verification research

Honors medallions
Florida State News
08/09/21

FSU awards honors medallions to summer graduates

FSU Research Logo
Florida State News
08/06/21

FSU awards research funding to help faculty bring ideas from lab to market

Tanya Peres
Anthropology
08/05/21

Faculty Spotlight: Tanya Peres

Faculty
Spotlight
Jeremy Owens and Sean Newby
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
08/02/21

FSU researchers find oxygen spike coincided with ancient global extinction

IRCB model
Florida State News
08/02/21

FSU breaks ground on new research facility

Johanna Marquez Diaz
Neuroscience
08/02/21

Student Spotlight: Johanna Marquez Diaz

Students
Spotlight
Data Science in Dialogue graphic
Data Science
08/01/21

Data Science in Dialogue: Gordon Erlebacher

Neuroscience student and undergraduate researcher Gracie Delong in front of off-white background.
Neuroscience
07/30/21

Undergrad neuroscience researcher uses unique perspective to achieve academic success

Garnet and Gold metals
Florida State News
07/29/21

Garnet & Gold Scholar Society welcomes 16 new inductees during virtual ceremony

The Amazon River at Óbidos, Brazil.
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
07/29/21

FSU researchers find La Niña increases carbon export from Amazon River

Florida State News
07/29/21

FSU officials to break ground on new research facility

Biological science faculty Jonathan Dennis and chemistry and biochemistry faculty Amy Sang.
Biological Science
07/28/21

Biological science, chemistry faculty receive Pfeiffer professorships for cancer research

Donor Stories
Mark Yarolimek (top left) and Justin Kennemur (top right). Brianna Coia (near left) and Heather Bookbinder (near right)
Chemistry and Biochemistry
07/27/21

FSU researchers discover pine sap-based plastic, a potential change for future of sustainable materials

FSU postdoctoral researcher Sam Holley-Kline in front of a bookshelf
History
07/22/21

Postdoc Spotlight: Sam Holley-Kline

Postdocs
Spotlight
This year's PEO Scholars (top row, left to right) Elizabeth Ruff, Ashley Edwards and Caitlyn Edwards; (bottom row, left to right) Megan Behnke, Pearl Rivers and Teresa Simone.
College News
07/21/21

FSU recognizes largest cohort of P.E.O. Scholar Award recipients

Jasmin Graham's research is helping shape critical smalltooth sawfish conservation efforts. Courtesy Photo.
Biological Science
07/21/21

Elasmogal

Alumni
Ryan Benk
English
07/21/21

News Maker

Alumni
Neil St. John Rambana
English
07/21/21

Advocacy in Action

Alumni
Jessica Hensley
Statistics
07/21/21

Head in the Game

Alumni
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
07/21/21

Future Forecasters

Students
Sam McLoughlin
Religion
07/21/21

Intersectional analysis

Students
unconquered scholars
Florida State News
07/21/21

Forever Family

Students
Kenneth Taylor (left) and Hamidreza Rahmani (right).
Physics
07/21/21

Scientific Curiosity

Students
FSU President John Thrasher and Vance Carlton Wiggins II
Florida State News
07/21/21

365 days in

Institution
Arts and Sciences Student Affairs staff
College News
07/21/21

Ready. Set. Graduate!

Institution
Clay Ingram
Florida State News
07/21/21

Legislative Champion

Institution
Richard Del Rio
Florida State News
07/21/21

Doctoral Dynamos

Institution
FSU Summer 2021 commencement graphic
Florida State News
07/20/21

Florida State to host summer commencement ceremonies July 30

Former doctoral student Sunny Das and Associate Professor of Biological Science Brian Chadwick have published a new paper that uses gene editing to tackle a complicated genetic disorder.
Biological Science
07/19/21

Magic of science: FSU researchers use gene editing to tackle facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

Alan Spector
Psychology
07/16/21

FSU neuroscientist collaborates on international obesity research

Joshua Manning
Biological Science
07/16/21

FSU biology doctoral candidate earns prestigious Chateubriand Fellowship

An example of a polydimethylsiloxane vitrimer synthesized in the Ricarte Lab. (Courtesy of Ralm Ricarte)
Florida State News
07/15/21

FSU reseachers develop new model of flow properties for class of polymers

Robert Szot
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
07/15/21

Student Spotlight: Robert Szot

Students
Spotlight
FSU Expert Source graphic
Florida State News
07/12/21

FSU experts available to discuss history, preparation and impact of Olympic Games

Chemistry and Biochemistry
07/12/21

Lighting the way: FSU researchers develop method to help chemists synthesize natural products

FSU postdoctoral researcher Claire-Marie Hefner in front of green leaves background
Religion
07/08/21

Postdoc Spotlight: Claire-Marie Hefner

Postdocs
Spotlight
Eric Feely
Modern Languages and Linguistics
07/01/21

Student Spotlight: Eric Feely

Students
Spotlight
Efstratious Manousakis (left) and Hanwei Gao (right)
Physics
06/30/21

FSU researchers receive NSF grant to investigate quantum effects in a potential hybrid semiconductor

Researchers on the NOAA ship
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
06/28/21

FSU researchers find most nitrogen in Gulf of Mexico comes from coastal waters

Gregory Erickson
Biological Science
06/24/21

Snowed in: Research team finds Arctic was dinosaur nursery

Florida State University Department of Physics Kirby W. Kemper Endowed Professor Harrison Prosper.
Physics
06/24/21

Faculty Spotlight: Harrison Prosper

Faculty
Spotlight
Biological Science
06/23/21

Mysteries of the heart: FSU researchers find small mutation disrupts protein network, causing heart disease

Richard McCullough
Florida State News
06/23/21

Board of Governors confirms Richard McCullough as 16th president of Florida State University

FSU neuroscience student Lily Lamb
Neuroscience
06/17/21

Student Spotlight: Lily Lamb

Students
Spotlight
FSU assistant professor of religion Elizabeth Cecil
Religion
06/16/21

FSU religion professor earns humanities fellowship

SPRUCE experiment site
Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
06/15/21

Researchers reveal complex ecosystem changes cause more greenhouse gases to be emitted from peatlands

Big Bets graphic
Florida State News
06/15/21

FSU launches Big Bets initiative to tackle big questions

“Treasure of Chianti”
Classics
06/10/21

Ancient coins discovered by FSU team on view now in Italian exhibition