Lori Walters Harry F. Williams Professor of French, has received an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship for her project, “The Female Creator: Christine de Pizan and Her Books.”

This award is also listed by the National Research Council as a Highly Prestigious award.

Neil Charness, the William G. Chase Professor of Psychology, has received the APA Franklin V. Taylor Award, which is awarded for outstanding achievements made by a psychologist in the field of applied experimental/engineering psychology.

Iain Quinn, Assistant Professor of Organ and Coordinator of Sacred Music, has been awarded a 2016 Fulbright Scholar grant to Russia. Dr. Quinn will be teaching courses in organ studies or musicology.

This award is also listed by the National Research Council as a Prestigious award.

Sir Harold Kroto, Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry, has passed away at the age of 76. Sir Kroto won the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and he was a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences.

Virginia Lewis, assistant professor of Classics, has received a Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies Fellowship. The Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS) offers fellowships to scholars working on all varieties of topics concerning the ancient Greek world, for example, in the fields of archaeology, art history, epigraphy, history, literary criticism, philology, philosophy, pedagogical applications, reception, and interdi

Amy Ai, professor of Social Work, has been named a 2016 Fulbright Distinguished Chair. The Fulbright Distinguished Chair Awards comprise approximately forty distinguished lecturing, distinguished research and distinguished lecturing/research awards ranging from three to 12 months. Fulbright Distinguished Chair Awards are viewed as among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program. Dr.

Anke Meyer-Baese, professor of Scientific Computing, has been awarded a 2016 Fulbright Scholar grant to France.

Michael Carrasco, associate professor of Art History, has received a 2016-2017 NEH Fellowship for his book From the Stone Painter’s Brush, which is "an ethnopoetic analysis of classic period Maya narratives."

This award is also listed by the National Research Council as a Highly Prestigious award.

For more information, please visit http://arthistory.fsu.edu/dr-carrasco-receives-neh-grant.

Kunihiko Taira, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected for the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program for fiscal year 2016.

James Kimbrell, professor of Creative Writing, has been named as a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow in Poetry.

This award is also listed by the National Research Council as a Highly Prestigious award.