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Testing Labs on Display at FCAAP Symposium
The Third Annual FCAAP Symposium & Exhibition, sponsored by the Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion, a multi-university state-sponsored center of excellence, will be held on April 26-27, 2012, in Tallahassee. Leaders from state, national and international aerospace and aviation industries as well as representatives from the state legislature and Governor’s [...]
Tags: Aerospace, ResearchFSU Receives $5 Million to Embark on ‘Risk Initiative’
Florida State University Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Garnett S. Stokes announced a $5 million gift from one of the university’s most prominent alumni and the organization he co-founded to the College of Business, as well as the naming of the college’s top-ranked risk management and insurance [...]
Tags: Award, College of Business, FSU, ResearchFSU Scientist Leads Research on AIDS-Related Cancer
In the early days of the AIDS epidemic, a once-rare form of cancer known as Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) emerged as a frequent harbinger of HIV. Its stigma was best illustrated by Tom Hanks, who portrayed a gay man trying to conceal the cancerous skin lesions from his co-workers in the [...]
Tags: Health Care, ResearchFSU Receives Major Grant to Train 200 Northwest Florida Teachers to Teach Science, Mathematics
Schoolchildren from 17 Northwest Florida school districts will soon reap the benefits of better-trained science and math teachers. A new state grant will fund a professional development program designed and implemented by Florida State University’s Florida Center for Research in Science, Technology Engineering and Math (FCR-STEM, www.lsi.fsu.edu/centers/fcrstem). The program will [...]
Tags: Grants, Health Care, ResearchResearch and Business Development Advancing Tallahassee’s Private Sector
Tallahassee’s competitive assets include its highly educated workforce, engaged high-tech industry, transportation and communications infrastructure and world-class research institutions. These strengths are resulting in the commercialization of research via new business formations, local company expansions, as well as the attraction of new employers. And thanks to the 2011 Florida Legislature, [...]
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