Alumnus Tim Giordano Mentors Young Entrepreneurs with America’s Amazing Teens

Tim Giordano (B.S. Communication ’98) finds satisfaction in hard work done well, regardless of industry or sector. These days, he’s carrying that out by sitting on the Board of Advisors at America’s Amazing Teens. Giordano explains, “I serve as a mentor to help the young people America’s Amazing Teens [AAT] manages to develop their innovations in STEM and …

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FSU iSchool goes to ALISE 2016

We invite you to join Florida State University’s School of Information (FSU iSchool) at ALISE in Boston from January 5-8, 2016 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel! Here’s where you can find FSU faculty, staff, students and alumni at ALISE:   Tuesday, January 5 6:30pm – 9:00pm Opening Reception/Works in Progress Poster Session — Grand …

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CCI Advising Update: Spring 2016

The first two weeks of the semester can be hectic. To help you out, we’ve compiled some important information that you need to know about CCI advising. Registration will re-open for students on January 6, 2016. The College of Communication & Information will be seeing only walk-ins for advising January 6 – January 11, 2016 …

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iSchool’s Dr. Zhe He Receives Distinguished Paper Award from American Medical Informatics Association

Dr. Zhe He of FSU’s School of Information recently received the Distinguished Paper Award from the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). The research paper, “Simulation-based Evaluation of the Generalizability Index for Study Traits,” was one of only five selected by the Symposium Scientific Program Committee. The paper addresses representativeness issues that occur when certain population subgroups are systematically underrepresented …

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MLIS Alumna Jeannie Wallace Receives Grant for Literacy Program

Jeannie Wallace (MLIS, ’09) recently received a grant for the literacy program at Dixie Hollins High School in Pinellas County. Wallace has been sponsoring the literacy club for about seven and a half years, and added a spoken word poetry team in 2010 when she became a media specialist at Dixie Hollins High. This led her to begin attending …

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Doctoral Candidate Mariam Shaikh Earns First Place for Emergency Communication Research

  FSU doctoral candidate Mariam Shaikh was inspired by violent events in her home country of Pakistan to conduct her research. Shaikh realized that advanced media techniques could help at-risk communities develop resilience and facilitate response during violent acts, but that these communities too often lack the proper resources. Her research emphasizes the unique ways in which communication needs are fulfilled …

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