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•  OCTOBER 4, 2021 •

Pure ‘genius’: FSU Dance’s Jawole Willa Jo Zollar named 2021 MacArthur Fellow

Florida State University’s Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, a professor at FSU’s School of Dance and founder of Urban Bush Women (UBW), has received the 2021 MacArthur Fellowship — also known as the “genius grant” — for using the power of dance and artistic expression to celebrate the voices of Black women and promote civic engagement and community organizing. Read more...

FSU RESEARCH

NSF grant funds new 40T superconducting magnet design at FSU-headquartered MagLab

A new $15.8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will produce a detailed design for the world’s most powerful superconducting magnet at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Read more ...

FSU NEWS

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visits Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee

Florida State University and Florida A&M University welcomed NASA Administrator Bill Nelson to the Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee on Friday. Read more ...

FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice launches new institute

The Florida State University College of Criminology & Criminal Justice has established the Policing, Security Technology, and Private Security Research & Policy Institute to bridge the gap between criminological scholarship, policing, and the use of technology. Read more...

ITS launches 'Operation CyberSAFE'

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and this year FSU Information Technology Services (ITS) is hosting Operation CyberSAFE, a cross-campus, interactive escape room where players will have to complete mini-games, solve riddles and race against time to stop the notorious cyberhacker, Anonymous, from accessing FSU data. Read more ...

SOCIAL MEDIA SNAPSHOT
Nicole Patton Terry, a  @FSUEducation  professor and director of  @TheFCRR , has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee to help shape the future of education research. Congratulations!

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