THE BIG STORY

NEWS & MORE FROM YOUR TOP 20 UNIVERSITY

•  AUGUST 9, 2021 •

Legendary football coach Bobby Bowden leaves enduring legacy

So much more than a football coach, Bobby Bowden combined historic success on the field with a passion for people and a love of life. The college football legend passed away Sunday, Aug. 8, at the age of 91. Read more ...

Back to school: FSU center provides resources for families to help young learners

As children across the country prepare to go back to the classroom, the Florida Center for Reading Research at Florida State University has launched a “For Families” section on its website to give parents, caregivers and families the resources to support their children’s reading. Read more ...

FSU’s Center for Advanced Power Systems receives $31M contract from U.S. Navy

The Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) at Florida State University has received a new $31 million contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command for the research and development associated with shipboard electrical power and energy systems. Read more...

FSU awards research funding to help faculty bring ideas from lab to market

A project to develop better solar cells, a new treatment for delivering medicine to the brain and a method for detecting viral and genetic mutations were among the projects that received a total of more than $180,000 in funding through the Spring 2021 GAP Commercialization Investment Program. Read more ...

FSU researchers find oxygen spike coincided with ancient global extinction

Florida State University researchers have found that the largest extinction in Earth's history coincided with a sudden spike and subsequent drop in the ocean’s oxygen content. Their findings were published in Nature Geoscience. Read more ...

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