The Heisman Trophy Trust has selected former Florida State University and NFL running back Warrick Dunn as the fifth recipient of the Heisman Humanitarian Award for his service to improve the lives of others. Dunn is a graduate of the College of Communication & Information’s School of Library & Information Studies and is being honored …
CONTINUE READINGCategory: CCI in the News
Mainstream media stories about CCI faculty, staff, students and programs, usually published as a result of a CCI press release.
SLIS alumnus Warrick Dunn wins Heisman Humanitarian Award
SLIS' Mardis featured in journal article on digital textbooks
Dr. Marcia Mardis of the School of Library & Information Studies, was featured in an article in School Library Journal about digital textbooks being the future of education. Read the article…
CONTINUE READINGICPalms project mentioned in Miami, Tampa newspapers
The Florida Associated Press moved a story about the $2.5 million grant for the ICPalms project, which will help math and science teachers by creating a computer portal linking them to a nationwide network. Among the newspapers picking up the story were The Miami Herald/Miami.com and The Tampa Tribune/tbo.com. Read the Herald coverage at http://www.miamiherald.com/. Read the Tribune …
CONTINUE READINGLaPointe and Stierwalt publish research on cognitive loading and injurious falls
Leonard La Pointe and Julie Stierwalt of the SCSD faculty have published a research article in the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology along with Charles Maitland (College of Medicine). For “Talking while walking: Cognitive loading and injurious falls in Parkinson’s disease,” the researchers studied 25 participants with Parkinson’s disease and 13 participants without neurological compromise. …
CONTINUE READINGNancy Everhart of SLIS featured on FSU Headline News
Nancy Everhart, who recently began a yearlong stint as president of the American Association of School Librarians, was the focus of a radio news story on FSU Headline News.
CONTINUE READINGCoverage of IES grant in local media
As part of a larger group of researchers at The Florida State University, Dr. Kenn Apel and Dr. Shurita Thomas-Tate of the School of Communication Science & Disorders are co-investigators on the “Reading for Understanding Research Network” project. The five-year, $100 million grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences …
CONTINUE READINGCCI team research to aid renewable energy researchers
A team of CCI information experts recently built a new Web portal that could modernize how sustainable energy researchers share their work. The new Renewable Energy Research Portal will also, its creators hope, serve as a model for a state-of-the-art cyber infrastructure offering a more sophisticated way to use the Internet to efficiently seek out …
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