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FSU expert available to speak about Flint water crisis and fallout

Published: March 17, 2021 | 3:09 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, Expert Pitches, News

Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies Katrinell Davis, was already studying Flint's essential services when officials switched the city's water source to the Flint River.

It’s been seven years since the city of Flint, Michigan responded to a budget shortfall by switching its water source from Detroit, which draws from Lake Huron, to the Flint River. That move set off a years-long health crisis that has devastated lives and led to the indictment of the state’s former governor and eight other public officials. Florida State […]

FSU literacy expert available to discuss decision to not publish Dr. Seuss books

Published: March 3, 2021 | 10:25 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

On the birthday of famed children’s author Dr. Seuss, the publishing company that preserves his legacy announced they will no longer publish six books that depict non-white characters in racist ways. Lakeisha Johnson, an assistant professor in the Florida State University School of Communication Science and Disorders and an affiliate faculty at the Florida Center […]

FSU experts available for context on Black History Month

Published: January 28, 2021 | 5:19 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches, News

Black History Month is an observance to celebrate the accomplishments of Black Americans and a time to examine how race continues to influence the country today. The predecessor to the event began in the 1920s. In 1976, President Gerald Ford recognized Black History Month on the federal level. The United States now has a Black […]

FSU expert available to discuss new COVID-19 variants

Published: January 13, 2021 | 2:12 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Zucai Suo, Eminent Professor and Dorian and John Blackmon Chair in Biomedical Science, Department of Biomedical Sciences at Florida State University. (FSU Photography Services)

New variants of the COVID-19 virus have appeared around the world, including a more contagious variant of the COVID-19 virus that was first identified in the United Kingdom. Other variants have been identified in South Africa, Nigeria and Japan. Viruses constantly change through mutation. Some variants come and go. Others stick around. Florida State University […]

Expert ready to provide insights on presidential inauguration

Published: January 13, 2021 | 1:01 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Elizabeth Goldsmith, professor emerita at Florida State University.

In the midst of a pandemic and in the wake of an unprecedented attack on the U.S. Capitol, the 2021 presidential inauguration ceremony will differ sharply from those of years past. President-elect Joseph R. Biden is set to take office on Jan. 20 amid a scaled-down event for which plans remain fluid, said inauguration expert Elizabeth Goldsmith, professor emerita […]

FSU experts available to comment on first female vice president of the United States

Published: December 8, 2020 | 4:22 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Kamala Harris, vice president-elect of the United States. (Noah Berger/AFP/Getty Images)

When she is sworn in next month, Kamala Harris will become the first woman to serve as vice president of the United States. Harris has a long political career, having served as district attorney of San Francisco, attorney general of California and a U.S. senator before this position. Florida State University faculty members are available […]

Experts ready to offer insights on Black Friday during COVID-19

Published: November 16, 2020 | 1:15 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Meredith Rhoads Thomas, assistant professor, Department of Marketing

This year, Black Friday figures to be like none that have come before it. A national pandemic, widespread economic distress and a tumultuous election season have combined to leave American retailers and consumers facing a series of unknowns never encountered before. As national unemployment numbers have risen and social distancing practices define life from public […]

FSU expert available to discuss COVID-19 vaccine development

Published: November 10, 2020 | 3:47 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Zucai Suo, Eminent Professor and Dorian and John Blackmon Chair in Biomedical Science, Florida State University Department of Biomedical Sciences.

There may be good news on the horizon regarding a COVID-19 vaccine. Pfizer and partner BioNTech reported that their trial vaccine appears to have a 90 percent efficacy rate, meaning that test subjects who received a vaccine experienced 90 percent fewer cases of symptomatic COVID-19 than those who received a placebo. Other trial vaccines are […]

FSU experts available to comment on United States and the Paris Agreement

Published: October 27, 2020 | 4:03 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Jeff Chanton, Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor and John Widmer Winchester Professor of Oceanography, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science. (FSU Photography Services)

Carbon emissions and climate change were key issues in the past presidential election. Newly inaugurated President Joe Biden has said he will sign an executive order to rejoin the Paris Agreement— an international accord with the goal of limiting global climate change that the United States left on Nov. 4, 2020. Florida State University has […]

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