FSU Department of Physics

A special congrats to our honors medallion awardees from the FSU Department of Physics!

▶️ Connor Brown, Physics; Applied Mathematics, Honors in the Major
▶️ Ella Sarnac, Physics, Honors in the Major
▶️ Adam Howell, Physics, Honors in the Major
▶️ Anjali Mital, Physics and Astrophysics, Honors in the Major
▶️ Trent Boritz, Physics, Honors in the Major
▶️ Andrew Cook, Physics, Honors in the Major

Nearly half of the 548 Florida State University Spring 2026 graduates who earned honors medallions are from the FSU College of Arts & Sciences! 🏅

Honors medallion awardees completed the University Honors Program or Honors in the Major Program. Those who completed both programs with a 3.9 cumulative GPA or higher received the designation of Outstanding Senior Scholar.

To learn more about the Spring 2026 honorees and Florida State University Honors Program, visit: fla.st/PDZJN6KN.

📸 : Brittany Mobley

FSU Undergraduate Studies

Next Tuesday, the FAMU FSU College of Engineering will host Suddhasatwa Basu for a seminar, titled "Biorefining in Electrochemical Reactors: Conversion of Biomass-Derived Compounds to Various Platform Chemicals."

Basu is the Fed Indian Petroleum Indus Chair Professor on Clean Energy at IIT Delhi, and at present, he is also a visiting professor at Washington University in St. Louis. He has vast experience in developing materials for energy conversion and storage devices — such as green hydrogen and fuel cell technologies as well as rechargeable battery materials.

🗓️ Tuesday, June 9
⏰ 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
📍 Aero-Propulsion, Mechatronics and Energy Building (Room 106)

For more event details, visit: fla.st/3NQCZP7W.

Florida State University

Congratulations to Harrison Prosper, who is one of seven Florida State University faculty members elected to the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida this year!

Prosper is the Kirby W. Kemper Endowed Professor and a Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor in the FSU Department of Physics. He is internationally recognized for his contributions to high-energy physics, particularly through his work with the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. His research has contributed to discoveries involving the gluon, top quark and the Higgs boson, as well as advancements in using Bayesian statistics and machine learning in high-energy physics analysis.

To check out the full story, visit: fla.st/XQQXQ10X.

Florida State University Division of Research, FSU Faculty Development

Congratulations to Kathleen Amm, who is one of seven from Florida State University elected to the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida this year!

Amm, who earned her doctorate from the FSU Department of Physics in 1998, is director of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, headquartered at FSU. She's an expert in superconductivity and magnet technology with more than 20 years of experience leading industrial and national laboratory programs, including prior leadership at GE Research and Brookhaven National Laboratory.

To check out the full story, visit: fla.st/XQQXQ10X.

Florida State University Division of Research, FSU Faculty Development

Hitesh Changlani (FSU Department of Physics) was recently featured in an article by New Scientist on quantum spin liquids, a state of matter with the potential to significantly advance quantum computing capabilities.

To learn more, visit: bit.ly/42LJA4h.

Florida State University, Florida State University Division of Research

Congratulations to Jorge Piekarewicz, who is one of seven Florida State University faculty members elected to the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida this year!

Piekarewicz is a a Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor in the FSU Department of Physics whose research centers on the behavior of nuclear matter under extreme conditions of density. His work bridges the gap between terrestrial experiments and astronomical observations, using physical observables to understand the complex interior and properties of neutron stars.

To check out the full story, visit: fla.st/XQQXQ10X.

Florida State University Division of Research, FSU Faculty Development

How are early and mid-career physical scientists faring in the age of AI?

Chair of the FSU Department of Physics Paul Cottle recently authored an article in the Orlando Sentinel exploring pathways to success via a bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry or materials science.

To read the full article, visit: bit.ly/4uBvy0J.

Florida State University, FSU Undergraduate Studies

Hello, summer! ☀️

To all of our FSU College of Arts & Sciences students, faculty and staff starting classes today, we hope your summer semester is off to a wonderful start.

For more information on summer sessions A, B, C and F as well as important Florida State University deadlines, visit registrar.fsu.edu/summer-2026-academic-calendar.

FSU Division of Student Affairs, FSU Undergraduate Studies

Congratulations to Florida State University alumnus Yi Zhang, who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences!

Zhang — who earned his doctorate through the Molecular Biophysics Graduate Program at FSU in the FSU College of Arts & Sciences — currently serves as the Fred S. Rosen endowed Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, as well as an investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

"Being elected to the National Academy of Sciences is not only an honor for me, but also an honor for all of my previous trainees as it means that their works done in my lab have finally been recognized,” Zhang said.

Read more about Zhang’s breakthrough research on gene expression, addiction disorders and aging, in Spectrum magazine: fla.st/MOC33X8X.

We couldn't be more excited for our newest graduates crossing the stage at Florida State University this week! 🎓🎉

Nearly a quarter of the 7,190 degrees FSU will award this spring are to students from Arts and Sciences disciplines.

To meet four exceptional students and learn about their unique work in the FSU - Department of Scientific Computing, FSU Department of Psychology, Florida State University Department of Mathematics and Florida State University English Department, visit: fla.st/9VUPWT0O.

To virtually attend the commencement ceremonies via livestream, visit commencement.fsu.edu.