THE BIG STORY

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•  MAY 15, 2017 •

Four in a row! Florida State softball wins 2017 ACC Championship

The FSU softball team completed an undefeated season against ACC teams — 24 wins in the regular season and three more in the ACC Tournament — with a 4-3 victory North Carolina Saturday afternoon. The win earned the Seminoles their fourth consecutive ACC Championship. Read more ...

Four FSU students earn prestigious Boren scholarships for study abroad

Four FSU students will study abroad for up to a year in areas of the world critical to U.S. national security thanks to prestigious David L. Boren Scholarships. Seniors Kelly Baker, Christine Fleitas, Rayne Neunie and Ljubica “Kiki” Nikolic were among 194 undergraduates nationally to earn scholarships from the federal program, which provides scholars up to $20,000 for 12 months of study. Read more ...

Plutonium has long been part of many countries’ nuclear energy strategies, but scientists are still unlocking the mysteries behind this complicated element and seeing how they can use heavier, nuclear elements to clean up nuclear waste. Now, new research by Florida State University Professor Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt shows that plutonium doesn’t exactly work the way scientists thought it did. Watch!

FSU alumna wins prestigious Pickering Fellowship, moves toward longtime dream

Caitlin Strawder, a 2013 graduate of Florida State University, has won a prestigious Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship supported by the U.S. Department of State. The program provides funding, mentoring and professional development for a job in the U.S. Foreign Service — an accomplishment the former Fulbright Scholar had once considered a “far-fetched” dream. Read more ...

Hats off to Florida State's graduating student-athletes!

President John Thrasher presided over a special commencement ceremony Saturday, May 13, for graduating baseball and beach volleyball student-athletes and student athletics personnel who were not able to attend FSU's May 5-6 commencement exercises. Congratulations graduates!!

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