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Ching-Jen "Marty" Chen, a professor of mechanical engineering and dean of the Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering, has received a major award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
A Florida State University scholar already recognized as one of the world's top tourism researchers has received an honor a bit closer to home.
John McCain, Elvis Presley, Gloria Steinem and Martin Luther King Jr. took different paths in life, but they were all lucky.
With the purchase of a massive, 25,000-volume collection of books and other materials related to religion and culture in Asia, Florida State University has vaulted into the front ranks of universities that offer Asian studies in the southeastern United States.
Florida State University President T.K. Wetherell has re-appointed Vice President for Research Kirby Kemper to serve as FSU's representative on the board that oversees Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Florida State University's Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center has launched a comprehensive Web site (www.stormrisk.org) designed to serve as a one-stop shop for citizens, policymakers, the news media and others seeking to learn about Florida's property insurance issues, especially in relation to hurricanes.
Questioned countless times for not turning professional after his phenomenal junior year or after he injured his hamstring in the spring, the Florida State sprinter proved his merit against the best runners in the world August 16.
Get your first glimpse of the 2008 FSU Football Team and hear Bobby Bowden make his State of the Seminoles Address.
For 16 days in August the world will turn its attention to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and the Garnet and Gold of Florida State will be prominent. A total of 13 student-athletes and coaches from three sports will represent the Seminoles and eight different countries at the Games.
A Florida State University researcher has received a $743,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health and the Johnny Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Center & Research Institute to study the most effective methods to provide skills training and support to African-American caregivers of dementia patients.
A $1.8 million gift to the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship will bolster the Florida State University College of Business' services, especially to economically disadvantaged communities in South Florida.
