Richard Nowakowski, Ph.D., has accepted an offer from the College of Medicine to become the next chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences. Nowakowski, currently a professor of neuroscience and cell biology at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey, will assume leadership of the biomedical sciences department in March. View the story

This stellate cell was photographed by Biomedical Sciences researcher Sanjay Kumar. With a two-year grant, Kumar is exploring why these and other neurons in the entorhinal cortex become “hyperexcitable” during temporal lobe epilepsy. He was among researchers honored in December by the American Epilepsy Society for receiving an Epilepsy Foundation grant in 2009.

Posing during a recent medical mission to Uganda are College of Medicine students Steven Albrechta, Stefani Altman, Brian Cogburn, Mark Cogburn, Natasha Demehri, Monica Pena, Carolina Pereira and Jared Rich, plus faculty members Kimberly Driscoll, Will Cogburn and Washington Hill.

These smiling College of Medicine students were among the 119 members of the Class of 2013 who officially received their white coats Aug. 14.

Hispanic Business magazine recognized the diversity of the FSU College of Medicine in its September issue. It ranked the college No. 7 nationally on the list of best schools for Hispanics.

The College of Medicine's research program is at work addressing real-world problems and is attracting interest from private companies who see the value of products with the potential to help people live healthier lives.
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The 73 members of the Class of 2009 prepare to receive their diplomas at their commencement ceremony May 16.

The atrium became a dance hall one day in September when line dancers from Westminster Oaks retirement community visited. As part of the college’s geriatrics training, they demonstrated the benefits of repetitive movements – and got dozens of people to join in.