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FSU experts available to comment on healthy aging

Published: September 6, 2018 | 11:37 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

September is Healthy Aging month, an annual national observance to focus attention on the positive aspects of growing older. Florida State University faculty are among the global leaders in the study of gerontology, aging and longevity. These experts are available to comment on a variety of topics related to healthy aging and successful longevity. Anne Barrett, professor […]

FSU experts available to comment on accelerating rates of sea level rise

Published: June 6, 2018 | 11:55 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Jeff Chanton has been named the 2017-2018 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor, the highest honor given by the Florida State University faculty to one of its own.

Sea levels are rising at record-shattering rates, and coastal communities around the world are beginning to feel the effects. As global atmospheric temperatures continue to climb, land-based ice thawing will accelerate and ocean water will warm and expand. At present, sea levels are estimated to be rising at a rate of one-eighth of an inch […]

FSU experts available to comment on opioid crisis in America

Published: May 23, 2018 | 9:51 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Eugenia Millender, an associate professor in the FSU College of Nursing, addresses attendees during an opioid abuse prevention panel discussion on May 18. Three FSU colleges — Social Work, Medicine and Nursing — partnered with Allied Against Opioid Abuse to host the event.

Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States according to a recent report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. More specifically, the opioid crisis continues to plague families in the United States, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting as many as […]

Expert Pitch: Historic U.S.-North Korea summit

Published: May 11, 2018 | 2:45 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Annika A. Culver, associate professor of history at Florida State

Hours after marking the return of three Americans held captive in North Korea for more than a year, President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore to discuss the nation’s nuclear weapons program. In an agreement signed last month by Kim and South Korean President […]

Hurricane experts available to provide analysis throughout the season

Published: May 10, 2018 | 2:16 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

James Elsner, Earl & Sofia Shaw Professor and chair of the Department of Geography

From prediction to insurance consideration to ecological aftermath, Florida State University experts are among the world leaders in the study of hurricanes and their impact on people, property and the environment. These experts are available to answer media questions and provide perspective for news stories throughout the 2018 hurricane season, which begins June 1 and […]

FSU expert available to comment on Cuban presidency, legacy of the Castros

Published: April 19, 2018 | 4:00 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Anasa Hicks, assistant professor history

When Fidel Castro stepped down from the Cuban presidency in 2008, he had presided over the communist country as its unchallenged leader and philosophical exemplar for just under five decades. Castro’s successor, his younger brother and close ideological confederate Raúl Castro, has served as president for the 10 years since the elder Castro’s resignation, hewing […]

70 years later: FSU professor reflects on legacy of the Marshall Plan

Published: April 5, 2018 | 11:51 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Expert Pitches

On June 5, 1947, as Europe sat smoldering in the wake of World War II, U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall rose to address a Harvard University convocation. During his remarks, Marshall outlined the need for an international cooperative plan for European recovery, drafted by participating European nations and buttressed by “friendly advice” and […]

50 years later: FSU professor reflects on how MLK, RFK assassinations changed civil rights movement

Published: March 23, 2018 | 10:34 am | Posted in: Education & Society, Expert Pitches

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in August 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

In the midst of an eventful decade for the United States, 1968 proved to be one of the most tumultuous years in history. With the deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. (April 4, 1968) and Robert F. Kennedy (June 5, 1968) occurring only two months apart, the civil rights movement experienced a drastic shift. As […]

Expert Pitch: FSU professor available to discuss Facebook brand crisis

Published: March 22, 2018 | 10:59 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Luke Hopkins, assistant chair, Department of Marketing

News breaking this week that political data firm Cambridge Analytica accessed private data on Facebook has sent the popular social media company into a spiral with its stock price plunging and the hashtag #DeleteFacebook going viral. As the company grapples with its future, a Florida State University faculty member is available to comment on the […]

Expert Pitch: FSU professor available to comment on Billy Graham legacy

Published: February 21, 2018 | 4:08 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches, News

On Wednesday, Feb. 21, Billy Graham died at the age of 99. He was known worldwide for preaching and teaching about Christianity through a variety of mediums, including TV and film. Graham also provided counsel to several U.S. presidents and championed desegregation in the 1960s. As many mourn the loss of Graham and remember the […]

Have a heart: FSU nursing researcher says social support key to heart failure management

Published: February 1, 2018 | 11:53 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches, Health & Medicine

Lucinda Graven, an assistant professor in the College of Nursing at FSU, has been recognized as a fellow of the American Heart Association. (FSU Photography Services)

The Heart Failure Society of America marks Heart Failure Awareness Week Feb. 11-18, 2018, to promote heart failure awareness, patient education and heart failure prevention. Heart failure is a progressive condition in which the heart’s muscle gets injured from something like a heart attack or high blood pressure and gradually loses its ability to pump enough […]

FSU professor offers students unique course on North Korea

Published: January 26, 2018 | 1:47 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Expert Pitches

Culver’s course will explore the fraught history of conflict and invasion that produced the modern North Korean regime. (Wikipedia)

Professor Available to Discuss North Korean Politics, History When Florida State University Associate Professor of History Annika A. Culver surveyed the state of Florida for examples of college courses on the history and culture of North Korea, she was surprised to come up empty. “I couldn’t find many opportunities for students to learn about North […]

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