Six FSU professors land McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowships
Six Florida State University assistant professors have received the Florida Education Fund’s McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship. It is the largest cohort of FSU McKnight Fellows to date.
The FEF's McKnight Junior Faculty Fellowship Program promotes excellence in teaching and research by underrepresented minorities and women. Fellows receive a one-year sabbatical to engage in research and training projects related to securing tenure and promotion.
The program stipulates that FSU agrees to release the fellows from their normal workloads while receiving their regular salaries, including benefits, during the 2020-2021 academic year. In return, the FEF provides payment to universities to help defray necessary teaching replacement costs.
The following professors were awarded the McKnight Junior Faculty Development Fellowship for the 2020 – 2021 academic year:
Yolanda Rankin, College of Communication & Information
Cameron Beatty, College of Education
April Jackson, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
James Wright, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
Ravi Howard, College of Arts and Sciences
Anasa Hicks, College of Arts and Sciences
FSU chemistry grad students to organize Kasha Symposium
A group of Florida State University graduate students have been selected to present “Illuminating the Field of Photophysics: 100 Years of Michael Kasha,” a symposium at the American Chemical Society’s national meeting.
The symposium will celebrate the former FSU professor who was one of the world’s foremost photochemists.
It is the first time FSU students have been chosen to serve as the Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee for the ACS national meeting, which will take place in Atlanta in Fall 2021.
Kasha joined the Florida State faculty in 1951, where he served as a teacher, researcher and mentor until his passing in 2013 at the age of 92.
Florida A&M University professor awarded U.S patent
Florida A&M University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health Professor and Eminent Scholar Chair in Biomedical Sciences Seth Ablordeppey, was recently issued the exclusive protection and approval by the United States Patent and Trademark Office his for his patent number 10525050, “Alkylated tetrahydroisoquinolines for binding to central nervous system receptors.”
Ablordeppey's research involves identifying new treatments to target a receptor with demonstrated potential for developing novel pain medications, medications to treat drug abuse, drug addiction and certain sleep disorders.
Ablordeppey's findings are significant to aid in the urgent need to find and identify new targets for drug development as alternatives to opioids as pain treatment medications.
TCC to present virtual welcomes for new students, parents
Tallahassee Community College is holding a virtual convocation for new students at 11 a.m. Thursday.
Students will meet the campus administration, faculty, staff and connect with other first year students over Zoom.
New students can submit questions tcc.fl.edu/2020FallConvocation.
Parents will get their orientation from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, where the college will address its plans for the fall semester.
Parents can submit their questions to tcc.fl.edu/ParentQuestions.
New students and parents must RSVP by visiting tcc.fl.edu/Convocation to gain the credentials to enter the virtual events.
TCC provides information on fall class registration
Students who are new to TCC and need to register for fall classes can visit the TCC Computer Technology Building for New Student Registration Support from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New students can also have a registration session over Zoom by going to https://ift.tt/2E64gM7.
Returning students can register online at www.tcc.fl.edu/workday or visit the Advising Center in the TCC Student Union from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Contact senior writer Byron Dobson at bdobson@tallahassee.com or on Twitter @byrondobson.
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