THE BIG STORY

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•  APRIL 19, 2021 •

Commencement ceremonies triumphantly return to FSU

Florida State University celebrated its spring graduates during its first in-person commencement ceremonies in more than a year this past weekend at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center. President John Thrasher presided over the ceremonies, in addition to serving at the commencement speaker. Read more ...

Internationally recognized FSU art professor wins prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship

Florida State University’s Lilian Garcia-Roig, an internationally recognized visual artist specializing in painting from the College of Fine Arts, has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. Chair and professor in the Department of Art, Garcia-Roig is one of 184 Guggenheim Fellows selected to the class of 2021. Read more ...

Lawton distinguished double: FSU faculty bestows top honor upon two professors

Professor of Physics Jorge Piekarewicz and Professor of English Gary Taylor have each been named a Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor for 2021-2022. Both professors are from the College of Arts and Sciences, representing the breadth and strength of FSU’s largest and most academically diverse college. Read more ...

FSU’s Stephenson among ‘Women you should know’

Adrienne Stephenson, assistant dean in The Graduate School and director of the Office of Graduate Fellowships and Awards, was recently featured by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of the 25 Women to Know in 2021. Stephenson was recognized for her more than 17-year commitment to STEM education, service in the community, and her role as a mentor and an advocate at all levels of education. Read more ...

FSU engineers improve performance of high-temperature superconductor wires

FSU researchers — Abiola Temidayo Oloye, a fifth-year doctoral candidate, and Fumitake Kametani, an associate professor of mechanical engineering— discovered a novel way to improve the performance of electrical wires used as high-temperature superconductors (HTS), findings that have the potential to power a new generation of particle accelerators. Read more ...

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