A new study from a Florida State University team estimates that sugarcane fires in South Florida emit harmful particulate matter in quantities comparable to motor vehicles and is a factor in mortality rates across the region.
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.
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.
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.
The Florida State University Alumni Association will recognize six distinguished alumni during its annual Alumni Awards Gala on Friday, Sept. 30, the evening before FSU’s homecoming football game against Wake Forest.
A Florida State University alumnus has been named to Chemical and Engineering News’ (C&EN) prestigious “Talented 12” List. Each year, the list highlights a dozen young scientists on the rise conducting research in their fields to solve formidable global problems.
A Florida State University early American history researcher has received an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities for his groundbreaking work on the monetary policy impact of one of the nation’s founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin.
In one indescribable moment four years ago, Will Cotter went from regularly playing soccer to losing the ability to walk.
An estimated 30 percent of American adults aged 70 and older report experiencing heightened loneliness, according to research published in the Clinical Psychology Review, and increasing evidence suggests that perceived social isolation is a major risk factor for physical and mental illness in later life.
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.
