THE BIG STORY

NEWS & MORE FROM FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

• OCTOBER 20, 2025 •

This Week: Florida State University to host third annual Discovery Days

This week, Florida State University’s Office of Research is hosting the third annual FSU Discovery Days, a weeklong celebration of research, creativity and innovation, from Oct. 18–25. With more than 25 events throughout the week, Discovery Days has something for everyone — from “Shark Tank”-style business pitch competitions to kid-friendly physics and art projects to lectures highlighting clinical research breakthroughs in medicine. Read more ...

FSU’s DeVoe L. Moore Center part of collaborative project offering data-driven solutions for Florida’s housing crisis

The DeVoe L. Moore Center at Florida State University has teamed up with the Florida Policy Project and Reason Foundation to develop the Florida Housing Data Project, a tool that allows residents and policymakers to see local-level housing trends, track shortages in single-family and rental units, and understand whether local markets have been in balance, surplus or deficit over time. Read more ...

Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship ranked third in 2026 Best Colleges by Niche

The Florida State University Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship (JMC), the nation’s first standalone college of entrepreneurship at a public university, earned a No. 3 ranking among public institutions on Niche’s 2026 Best Colleges with Entrepreneurship Degrees in America. Read more ...

Five questions: FSU’s RIDER Center director on building resilience to hurricanes

Eren Erman Ozguven is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Director of the Resilient Infrastructure & Disaster Response (RIDER) Center. His research focuses on transportation engineering in crisis situations, especially amongst aging populations. Read more ...

FSU physicist earns early-career award for discovering new exotic states of matter

Florida State University's Assistant Professor of Physics Zhengguang Lu has received one of the most prestigious honors for early-career researchers in condensed-matter physics for his contributions to quantum physics, including the discovery of new states of matter in the simple material graphite. Read more ...

Four FSU students selected for prestigious Fulbright awards embark on global exchange experiences

Four Florida State University students have been selected for the 2025 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. These accomplished students are traveling to Argentina, Colombia, the Slovak Republic and the United Kingdom to teach, study and engage in cultural exchange as part of the U.S. State Department’s flagship international educational exchange program. Read more ...

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