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University Communications is the news, information and public relations unit of Florida State University. We offer services to meet the needs of the campus community including the fields of media relations, broadcasting, photography, video production, and publications.Current News Releases
| FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY NATION’S BEST IN BRIDGING RACIAL GRADUATION GAP While many colleges and universities are struggling with a so-called graduation gap, Florida State University is receiving national attention for its record high graduation rate of African-American students. — More than 72 percent of African-American students -- who make up 12 percent of FSU’s student body -- graduate within six years, thanks largely to the efforts of FSU’s Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement (CARE). Nationally, fewer than half of African-American students who enroll in college graduate within six years. (May 9, 2008) |
| SWAMI YOGESHWARANANDA GIRI TO LECTURE ON BHAGAVAD GITA Swami Yogeshwarananda Giri, a hermit monk and holy man who lives an ascetic life in the Himalayan mountain range of northeastern India, will lecture at Florida State University during a brief stay in Tallahassee. The swami will speak on “The Path to Enlightenment: Teachings from the Bhagavad Gita” over three successive evenings. The lectures, which are free and open to the public. (May 9, 2008) |
| MAGNET LAB RESEARCHERS MAKE OBSERVING CELL FUNCTIONS EASIER Now that the genome (DNA) of humans and many other organisms have been sequenced, biologists are turning their attention to discovering how the many thousands of structural and control genes -- the “worker bees” of living cells that can turn genes on and off -- function. (May 8, 2008) |
| FSU DOCTORAL STUDENT RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS SCHOLAR AWARD A Florida State University doctoral student has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to further the clinical psychology studies that she hopes will allow her to one day literally save lives. — Kimberly Van Orden, 28, has received a $15,000 P.E.O. Scholar Award from the International Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood for the 2008-09 academic year. (May 8, 2008) |
| MAZZA NAMED INTERIM DEAN OF FSU COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK Florida State University Provost and Executive Vice President Lawrence G. Abele has announced the appointment of longtime FSU Professor Nicholas Mazza as interim dean of the College of Social Work, effective July 1. (May 7, 2008) |
| FSU TO HOST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DARFUR Scholars from around the world will be coming to Florida State University this month to attend a major conference focusing on a subject that is very much in the headlines: the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan, the Southern Sudan crisis, and Sudan's prospects for peace. (May 6, 2008) |
| FSU RESEARCHER: AS GAS PRICES CLIMB, EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY PLUMMETS Rising gas prices are affecting more than the family budget. More pain at the pump results in more employee stress on the job, says Wayne Hochwarter, the Jim Moran Professor of Management at Florida State University's College of Business. (May 5, 2008) |
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