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Ancient farmers were growing sunflowers in Mexico more than 4,000 years before the Spaniards arrived, according to a team of researchers that includes Florida State University anthropologist Mary D. Pohl.
Recent additions to the premier collection of Southern Ocean sediment cores at Florida State University's Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility will give international scientists a close-up look at fluctuations that occurred in Antarctica's ice sheet and marine and terrestrial life as the climate cooled considerably between 20 and 14 million years ago.
Florida State University Professor of English Stanley E. Gontarski, an internationally acclaimed scholar and critic, influential editor, innovative dramatist and inspiring teacher and colleague, has been named the 2008-2009 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor. It is the highest honor bestowed by the FSU faculty on one of its own.
Two leaders in medicine, Florida State University and Mayo Clinic, have signed an agreement to work as research partners in the quest to improve health care outcomes for Floridians and all Americans.
Despite the grim statistics out of Africa there's cause for celebration about the fight against malaria. Florida State University biologists have discovered an autoimmune-like response in blood drawn from malaria-infected African children that helps to explain why existing DNA-based anti-malaria vaccines have repeatedly failed to protect them.
We all know the story of a man named Brady and the group that somehow formed a family. But if the iconic '70s sitcom about a "blended" family reflected reality, the Brady Bunch likely would have been dealing with much more than silly sibling squabbles.
More than 5,400 Florida State University students will graduate this spring and at least 4,000 of them in total will participate in FSU's two commencement ceremonies, which are scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 25, and 9 a.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Tallahassee-Leon Country Civic Center. FSU President T.K. Wetherell will preside at both events.
Through the ages, the sound of music in myriad incarnations has captivated human beings and made them sing along, and as scholars have suspected for centuries, the mysterious force that shapes the melodies that catch the ear and lead the voice is none other than math.
More than 100 of the brightest undergraduate researchers from all of the Atlantic Coast Conference universities are gathering for the first time at Florida State University on Friday and Saturday at the third annual "ACC Meeting of the Minds."
Florida State University College of Law graduates ranked first among the state's 10 law schools on the February 2008 administration of the Florida Bar exam. Florida State graduates have ranked first in the state on four of the last five administrations of the exam.
A contingent of some of the best student and faculty ambassadors of the celebrated performing arts programs at Florida State University will take to the stages of New York City April 27-30 for "Sight, Sound & Motion"—FSU's fifth annual arts talent showcase in the Big Apple.
Florida State University Provost and Executive Vice President Lawrence G. Abele has announced the appointment of Dr. John P. Fogarty as the next dean of the College of Medicine, effective Aug. 8.
The Florida Department of Education has funded a $500,000 contract for a joint initiative between Florida State University, the Florida Institute of Technology and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The funding, approved in the state's 2007 Legislative Session, will support planning for the establishment of a Governor's School for Space Science and Technology at or near Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Space Coast.
Members of the Chi Omega sorority have presented a gift to Florida State University that will be the catalyst for renovation and beautification of the green space between Landis Hall and Jefferson Street.
A Florida State University business professor recently selected to lead a new center that will promote research and service activities related to banking and finance has been named the recipient of FSU's 2007-2008 Distinguished Teacher Award. William A. Christiansen, who chairs the Department of Finance in the College of Business, received the award at the annual Faculty Teaching Awards Ceremony.
With Florida's budget difficulties forcing serious cuts at Florida State University, President T.K. Wetherell talks with two veteran professors who are planning to leave FSU for universities outside of Florida.
A Florida State University student majoring in chemical engineering is the recipient of a renowned Goldwater Scholarship, awarded each year to some of the nation's most talented college undergraduates.
Florida State University's internationally renowned nuclear physics program will expand its experimental capabilities with a new $4.4-million grant from the National Science Foundation.
