THE BIG STORY

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•  JULY 25, 2022 •

Florida State University names new vice president for research

Stacey Patterson will serve as the university’s next vice president for research. Patterson, a microbiologist, has served as the vice president for research, outreach and economic development in the University of Tennessee system and as president of the UT Research Foundation since 2017. Read more ...

FSU triple graduate to speak at summer commencement ceremonies

Melanie Griffin, a triple graduate of Florida State University and the secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, will serve as commencement speaker as the university hosts two summer commencement ceremonies on Friday, July 29. Read more ...

FSU dance professor wins prestigious Gish Prize as awards continue to flow

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, a Lawton Distinguished Professor at Florida State University and the founder of New York-based dance company Urban Bush Women, has been awarded the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize — one of the most prestigious awards in the American arts. Read more ...

‘Taking a stand’: FSU student named John Lewis Scholar

Rawan Abhari, a rising senior from Ft. Myers, Florida, has been named a John Robert Lewis Scholar by the Washington-based Faith and Politics Institute. Established in honor of John Lewis, the late congressman and civil rights icon, the program includes a $2,000 scholarship and travel to Washington, D.C., and Selma, Alabama. Read more ...

Fertility of the sea: FSU researchers study how nutrient sources make it to the base of the food web

A Florida State University and University of New Hampshire research team has published a new study that looks at how one important nutrient source, dissolved organic phosphorous, is distributed through the global surface ocean where it is consumed by phytoplankton. Read more ...

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