THE BIG STORY

NEWS & MORE FROM FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

•  OCTOBER 16, 2023 •

‘Light Your Legacy’ as FSU celebrates the 75th anniversary of Homecoming

Alumni, students, parents and friends of Florida State University will come together to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Homecoming through Sunday, Oct. 22. 
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FSU alumni to open for Gipsy Kings during FSU Homecoming’s 75th anniversary

The Maharajah Flamenco Trio, an international musical group made of alumni from Florida State University’s College of Music, will come full circle with an Opening Nights performance. Read more ....

FSU Flying High Circus presents Halloween Show Series

Florida State University’s Flying High Circus returns this fall for its Halloween Show Series centered around “SPOOKI,” a fictitious biotechnology company that conducts research and experiments on extending human life. Read more ...

FSU researcher earns $2.7 million grant to study diet, metabolism and brain connections

Debra Ann Fadool, distinguished research professor of Biological Science and Neuroscience, has received new funding to conduct research that aims to advance our understanding of how obesity and overnutrition affect the nervous system.
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FSU scientists find oxygen levels increased during boom in ancient marine life

A new study led by FSU Associate Professor of Geology Seth Young and postdoctoral fellow Anders Lindskog has provided insights into how marine life experienced an extraordinary boom millions of years ago. Read more ...

FSU researchers earn NSF grant to apply novel mathematical tools to experimental data on sense of taste

Four Florida State University faculty members are recipients of a new grant from the National Science Foundation that will fund collaborative research aimed at improving our knowledge of an understudied area of biology: the sense of taste. Read more ...

FSU Honors students participate in workshop at University of Oxford

Over the summer, five students in FSU's Honors Program participated in a workshop at the University of Oxford in England addressing the impact of technology on human rights. Read more ...

Lawton Professor's new work featured in New York Times

The New York Times featured Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, the founder of Urban Bush Women and Robert O. Lawton Distinguished and Nancy Smith Fichter Professor at FSU, in an article published Oct. 15. Zollar is directing and choreographing a new opera, "Intelligence," about Civil War-era spies. Read more ...

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