THE BIG STORY

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•  JULY 20, 2020 •

CARE bridges the gap for FSU’s first-generation students

To help ease the transition to college for first-generation students, Florida State University’s Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement (CARE) provides a foundation of support along with opportunities for campus engagement through its annual Summer Bridge Program (SBP). This year’s cohort will be the first in the program’s history to complete it virtually. Read more ...

Meet FSU's Student Stars for July

Florida State University recognizes its most accomplished students as “Student Stars.” This month features Trystan Loustau, a junior psychology major and FSU Presidential Scholar, and Ankit Patel, a recent FSU graduate who majored in Chemistry and Applied/Computational Mathematics and was involved in FSU's Air Force ROTC program. Read more ...

FSU institute’s new online exhibit explores lives of women during World War II

A new online exhibit from FSU’s Institute on World War II and the Human Experience highlights the lives of American women during the war. “Women at War: At Home and Service in World War II” features the wartime experiences of 12 women of varied backgrounds, sharing their important contributions from the home front to the front lines. Read more ...

FSU biologist part of team that discovered new record for highest-living mammal

Florida State University Professor of Biological Science Scott Steppan was part of a research team that discovered a yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse, or Phyllotis xanthopygus, living at 22,100 feet, a higher elevation than scientists had ever observed mammals living at previously. Read more ...

FSU scientists discover heavy element chemistry can change at high pressures

An international team of researchers led by Florida State University Professor Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt has demonstrated how curium — element 96 in the periodic table and one of the last that can be seen with the naked eye — responds to the application of high pressure created by squeezing a sample between two diamonds. Read more ...

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