Information Technology undergrad student Ahmad Qureshi, passed away, Sunday, October 29, 2017 at UF Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Florida. Ahmad Qureshi was an exceptional young man! Ahmad was a humble, soft-spoken, delightful, gentle and caring, outstandingly intelligent, handsome young man with an immensely strong and soft heart, and so many other hidden qualities. Ahmad Qureshi, 20 …
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FSU professors featured in JASIST for impactful research
The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) is celebrating its 80th anniversary by looking at its journal’s highest impact articles throughout the decades. JASIST, widely considered to be one of the field’s two top journals, features two Florida State University professors on its list: E.A. Chatman and Gary Burnett. Dr. Burnett’s research focuses on the intersection …
CONTINUE READINGMeet Postdoctoral Fellow Abigail Phillips
The Basics Name: Abigail Phillips Degree: Doctorate in Information Studies Graduation Year: 2016 Hometown: Leesburg, GA Current City: Logan, Utah Job: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences at Utah State University Meet Abigail Who do you admire and why? I’ve had wonderful mentors throughout my professional and academic career. But more than anyone else I …
CONTINUE READINGFSU STARS Alliance Continue to Achieve Success Through Outreach
A group of Florida State University students, joined by Associate Dean Ebe Randeree, traveled to Atlanta in September for the 12th Annual STARS Computing Conference. Students presented six research posters and facilitated a panel discussion to computer science and technology students from 51 colleges across the country. Funded by the National Science Foundation for the …
CONTINUE READINGMia Lustria Authors Chapter on Health Message Design
School of Information professor Mia Lustria has written a chapter titled Message Tailoring in Health and Risk Messaging that has been published in the three-volume Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. This is one of three invited encyclopedia entries on messaging tailoring that Dr. Lustria has written. Designers of health education materials are always looking for new ways to …
CONTINUE READINGNJ State Library appoints Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer as Deputy State Librarian
New Jersey State Librarian Mary Chute announced today that Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer will rejoin the New Jersey State Library (NJSL) as the new Deputy State Librarian for Library Support Services. Reporting to the State Librarian, the Deputy State Librarian for Library Support Services oversees the interpretation of library law for New Jersey’s libraries and supervises statistical …
CONTINUE READINGMeet Madison Snyder, FSU Student and Future Librarian
The Basics Name: Madison Snyder Degree: Master of Science in Information Anticipated Graduation: 2018 Hometown: Stuart, FL Meet Madison Who do you admire and why? For me, it’s not that I idolize a certain person but rather a certain type of person. I admire people who have been through a personal tragedy or had dark times in …
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