THE BIG STORY

NEWS & MORE FROM YOUR TOP 20 UNIVERSITY

•  FEBRUARY 27, 2023 •

FSU honors the 100 fastest-growing alumni-owned businesses

Florida State University recognized the fastest-growing companies owned or led by FSU alumni during the 6th annual Seminole 100 Celebration Saturday night at the FSU Student Union Ballroom. Read more ...

‘Incredible win’: FSU students take top spot in prestigious stock-pitch competition

Sophomore Mason Pullum and junior Cole Clemons, both finance majors, tied for first place with a team from Virginia’s Washington and Lee University in the 9th annual Student Managed Investment Fund Stock Pitch competition at the University of Georgia’s Terry School of Business. The event attracts teams from prestigious schools all over the country, including the Ivy League. Read more ...

Alumnus gifts $10 million to support women pursuing STEM degrees at FSU

Marc Julius, who graduated FSU Magna Cum Laude in 1963 with a double major in chemistry and microbiology, has gifted an estimated $10 million to endow scholarships and program support for FSU women with unmet financial need and high potential who are pursuing degrees in STEM-related majors. Read more ...

Fourteen FSU graduate students join latest cohort of McKnight Fellows

Fourteen Florida State University graduate students  are part of the 2022-2023 cohort of McKnight Doctoral and Dissertation Fellows, funded by the Florida Education Fund, or FEF. Read more ...

Hungry? FSU researcher wants to know why

Obesity is a widespread problem, with the National Institutes of Health reporting more than two in five adults in the U.S. are considered obese or severely obese. But what occurs in the brain that leads someone to reach for food, whether they are hungry or not? FSU Assistant Professor Xiaobing Zhang has received a four-year, $1.6 million grant from the NIH to find out. Read more ...

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