August 2022

FSU psychologist awarded $9M to expand 'gamified' treatments for pediatric ADHD

A Florida State University researcher who previously developed “gamified” treatments targeting central deficits of ADHD in children 8-13 has received two grants from the National Institute of Mental Health to redevelop these techniques for children as young as age 4 and expand treatment options for pediatric ADHD.

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Student Spotlight: Cera Hsu

Cera Hsu is a doctoral student pursuing a materials chemistry degree through Florida State University’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. In 2017, she received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Valdosta State University. Hsu has been a graduate research assistant with Professor Albert Stiegman’s research group since coming to FSU in Fall 2017. Her research involves studying the effects of microwave heating on the chemical dynamics of reactions. Hsu is also a graduate teaching assistant, and she earned the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry’s Outstanding Teaching Assistant in General Chemistry Award for Spring 2020 and Spring 2021. This will be her second year as president of FSU’s Graduate Women in STEM organization.

FSU biologists discover how cancer-causing virus avoids triggering immune system response

A team of researchers from Florida State University’s Department of Biological Science and Institute of Molecular Biophysics has uncovered a mechanism one cancer-causing virus uses to evade immune system responses that would normally trigger antiviral responses and virus suppression.

Summer 2022

Since 2005, the Legacy Fountain has anchored the verdant expanse of Landis Green as a monument to Florida State University’s evolution from the Florida State College for Women, to which the College of Arts and Sciences traces its roots, into the coeducational, top-tier research university it is today. The fountain’s creator, painter Edward Jonas, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from FSU in 1971. As seen from above on this issue’s cover, the FSU seal is rendered in Venetian glass tiles hand-set by students working with FSU’s Master Craftsman Studio. Photo by Amy Walden. Production assistance by McKenzie Harris. Photo editing by Tom Morgan. Special thanks to FSU Facilities’ Russ Cooper and Marc Helton, and Master Craftsman Studio’s Carlin “Cee” Hester.