THE BIG STORY

NEWS & MORE FROM YOUR PREEMINENT UNIVERSITY

•  FEBRUARY 15, 2016 •

Downtown digs for FSU's new Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship

This Monroe Street property in downtown Tallahassee is about to be transformed into the home of the nation's largest interdisciplinary School of Entrepreneurship thanks to the generosity of FSU Board of Trustees member and alumna Kathryn Ballard and her husband Brian Ballard, the CEO of Ballard Partners. Read more ... 

Patti LaBelle rocks FSU's Ruby Diamond

FSU's Opening Nights Performing Arts series rolls on as legendary entertainer Patti LaBelle packed the house at Ruby Diamond Concert Hall Feb. 8 — and a certain campus police chief steals some of LaBelle's spotlight. Watch the clip here! If you missed it, there are plenty more shows and events in the coming weeks. Visit openingnights.fsu.edu for a complete schedule.

Washington Post: We may have just seen a truly ominous new weather record

"There is plenty of evidence that the strongest hurricanes are getting even stronger,” James Elsner, FSU's renowned hurricane researcher, told the Washington Post this week. Read the article ... 

CBSNews.com: FSU researcher reveals how to avoid falling off the fitness cliff

"Think of exercise not as a temporary intervention, but as a permanent change to make yourself fitter or stronger," willpower expert and FSU Professor Roy Baumeister told CBS News in an article about how long exercise goals really stick. Read the article ... 

The 3rd Annual Justin Sisson Memorial Run/Walk, commemorating the life and duty of 2nd Lt. Justin Lee Sisson, will take place at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Innovation Park in Tallahassee. Sisson, a 2012 FSU graduate and U.S. Army infantry officer, was killed in action June 3, 2013, in Afghanistan. All proceeds go to a scholarship set up in his name, which is awarded to exemplary ROTC cadets each year.

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