Ming Ye, associate professor in Scientific Computing, was awarded the Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). According to the ASCE website, "Research Prizes are to be awarded to members of the Society in any grade for notable achievements in research related to civil engineering. Preference shall be given to younger members (generally under 40 years of age) of early accomplishment who can be expected to continue fruitful careers in research."

According to Dr. Ye, "The Huber Prize is considered the highest level mid-career research prize in civil engineering, and awarded to members of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for notable achievements in research related to all areas of civil engineering.

Previous recipients of this award include faculty members from leading engineering programs, including MIT, UC-Berkeley, UT-Austin, Georgia Tech, University of Illinois, and Cambridge.

The ASCE typically awards three to five Huber Prizes each year, one for each of the recognized sub-disciplines of the field. Recipients are all generally younger than 45 and have demonstrated a level of achievement and excellence that bodes well for a long and fruitful career."

Faculty awards are a very important part of recognition at Florida State University. The Board of Governor's considers 23 organizations named on the TARU/CMUP list as being highly prestigious and connected with funding that Florida State University receives on an annual basis. To review this list, please visit our Faculty Awards and University Ranking page at http://ofr.fsu.edu/Award-Application-Information/Faculty-Awards-and-University-Ranking.

The Vice President for Research and the Office of Proposal Development will be hosting an NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop on Monday, April 6, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, please visit http://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/opd/workshopstraining/nsf-career-proposal-writing-workshop-2015.

The Office of Proposal Development will be hosting an event called Nonprofit Networking: FSU/INIE Connect on March 26, 2015, 3:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. The Office of Proposal Development hopes to facilitate faculty in making lasting connections with local groups and ultimately have better grant/fellowship proposals. For more information about this event, please visit http://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/opd/workshopstraining/nonprofit-networking.

Roy Baumeister, the Francis Eppes Professor of Psychology, has received the Humboldt Research Award. According to the Humboldt Foundation's website, "The award is granted in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future."

For more information, please see http://news.fsu.edu/Top-Stories/Renowned-psychologist-receives-prestigious-international-research-award.

Erin Belieu and Barbara Hamby each won medals in the Poetry category at the 2014 Florida Book Awards. Erin Belieu, professor of Creative Writing, won the gold medal for Slant Six. Barbara Hamby, Distinguished University Scholar of Creative Writing, won the silver medal for On the Street of Divine Love. For more information on the Florida Book Awards, please visit http://floridabookawards.lib.fsu.edu/.

Katherine Mooney, assistant professor of History, has received honorable mention for the Frederick Jackson Turner Prize of the Organizational of American Historians for her book Racehorse Men: How Slavery and Freedom were made at the Racetrack. The prize is awarded to the best first book in the field of American history.

Andrea De Giorgi, assistant professor of Classics, has received a Research Fellowship for Spring 2016 at the Research Center of Ancient Studies of the Berliner Antike-Kolleg.

According to Daniel Pullen, chair of Classics, "The Research Center of Ancient Studies (RCAS) is a center for international cooperation in the ancient studies. Fellows from all over the world give vital impulses to research, while conferences, meetings and workshops promote academic exchange and strengthen Berlin’s position as an international center for the ancient studies."

Science, Technology, and the Humanities at FSU

The Spring 2015 FSU Faculty Luncheon Series will focus on the intersection of science, technology, and the humanities at Florida State University, with distinguished speakers reflecting on the importance of building bridges between science and the humanities in their research.

Tuesday, January 13
SHARDs: Science and Humanities in Archaeological Research Design – Not Just Digging Holes
Daniel Pullen, Professor and Chair, Department of Classics

Harrison Prosper, professor of Physics, has been elected as a 2014 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The Fellows induction ceremony will be held at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 14, 2015 in San Jose, California.