Mark Riley
PHYSICS GRADS IN HIGH DEMAND
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Nuclear physicists at Florida State University are making stars - human stars, that is.
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Dan Archer
HIS ASSIGNMENT: NUCLEAR SAFETY
COMPLETE STORY
Not long ago, Dan Archer was a single man sometimes working 20-hour days on his doctorate in nuclear physics at Florida State University and filling his spare time satisfying his passion for teaching youngsters the joys of science.
David Swofford
LEADING PHYLOGENETICIST COMES TO FSU
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Talk to David Swofford and he'll cheerfully discuss his wife, their delight in the cultural life in Washington, D.C. or his enthusiasm for bicycling. But this research biologist will reveal precious little of his scientific accomplishment.
Anders Ericcson
ARE WE BORN OR MADE SMART?
COMPLETE STORY
Thomas Edison gave his famous formula for genius as 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
SHE HAS ALL SHE NEEDS: COURAGE AND A COMPUTER
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Every once in a while, students exhibit such a fight and a will to learn that their stories should be shared. One is Lara Roberts.
E. Imre Friedman
BIOLOGIST SAW EVIDENCE OF LIFE ON MARS
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Biology Professor E. Imre Friedmann believes the idea of previous life on Mars will one day be as widely accepted as knowledge that the Earth is round.
"ULTIMATE TEACHER", HONORED FOR ENTHUSIASM ENERGY AND FOCUSED TEACHING
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For 25 years, Bob Reiser has worked to improve every class, every semester. His students notice it - one calls him the "ultimate teacher" - and as a result he is the latest winner of the University Distinguished Teacher Award at FSU.
OBITUARIES
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Manuel Leon Ponce
E. Lucille Higgs
Jack Paul Swartz
Herbert Willis III
Mary B. Settle
VIETNAMESE FREEDOM FIGHTER HELPS OPEN FSU CENTER
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Doan Viet Hoat, an FSU alumnus who stayed in Vietnamese prisons 20 years because of his fight for human rights, is helping celebrate the opening of FSU's Center for the Advancement of Human Rights.
HEALTH-CARE DILEMMAS GET ATTENTION
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Jonas Salk virtually eliminated polio in the 1950s with a vaccine and gave a massive generation - the largest to date -the lasting impression that research would prevent, cure or overcome all the obstacles to good health.
PROFESSOR WORKS AGAINST THE ILLS OF SOCIETY
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An FSU professor who created a program to aid at-risk black male teenagers, and who is widely praised as a role model for students, has received the university's 2001 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Award.
STUDENTS SOLVE PROBLEMS OF STATE AGENCIES
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FSU graduate students are helping state agencies solve problems
by analyzing their performance systems.
The Florida Department of Children and Families, for example,
wants to retain a competent staff to determine eligibility and
administer food stamps, cash assistance, Medicaid and other programs.
FSU HAS SECRET TO SUCCESSFUL DISTANCE LEARNING
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The race among universities to go online is nearly over. Hundreds of schools offer courses and even full degree programs that students can complete using a computer and the Internet. They make it possible to earn a college degree without attending on-campus classes.
FSU ATHLETE BECAME AN AIR FORCE GENERAL
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Norma Brown played four sports at Florida State University in the late 1940s and went on to become the first female U.S. Air Force brigadier general, commanding thousands of soldiers over a 30-year career.