Expert Pitches

Make 2017 your year of success: FSU professor’s research reveals the path to peak performance

Published: January 26, 2017 | 3:20 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, Expert Pitches, Health & Medicine

Psychology Professor Anders Ericsson, FSU’s Conradi Eminent Scholar

So, how are your 2017 resolutions going? If one of your goals is to further develop a skill — maybe something that will help you do your job with more expertise, or perhaps you finally want to run that marathon — then a Florida State University professor has tips that could help you succeed in […]

Expert Pitch: Super Bowl Tourism, Human Trafficking

Published: January 26, 2017 | 11:25 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Suzanne Leonard Harrison M.D. is an expert on human trafficking.

When the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots battle on the gridiron in Super Bowl LI on Sunday, Feb. 5, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, football won’t be the sole focus on the day. Florida State University faculty experts are available to discuss various aspects of the event. TOURISM MARKETING Mark Bonn, Professor, Dedman […]

Expert Pitch: The future is now for robot cars

Published: January 23, 2017 | 4:47 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, Expert Pitches

Tim Chapin, dean of the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy and professor of urban and regional planning at Florida State University

The prospect of self-driving vehicles has tantalized tech aficionados and car lovers for years, especially when there are industry rumblings that automation is on the cusp of a breakthrough. Now, with recent important innovations from companies like Google, Tesla and Ford, driverless car expert Tim Chapin, interim dean of the College of Social Science and […]

Expert Pitch: Presidential Executive Orders

Published: January 23, 2017 | 4:26 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Marshall Kapp, director of the Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law

As President Donald Trump begins his first full week in office, he has already made a number of moves signaling an end to Obama-era policies. Trump signed an executive action ordering his agency heads to ease financial burdens associated with the Affordable Care Act. He also signed an executive order that withdraws the United States […]

Expert Pitch: Presidential Inauguration Traditions

Published: December 21, 2016 | 9:57 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Elizabeth Goldsmith, professor emerita at Florida State University.

As America prepares to inaugurate its 45th commander in chief, many are beginning to wonder whether President-Elect Donald Trump, who has spent his professional career exercising the power of his personal brand, is set to put his own distinctive stamp on one of the nation’s most hallowed political traditions. Inauguration expert Elizabeth Goldsmith, professor emerita […]

Office Holiday Party: Will it help or haunt your career?

Published: December 8, 2016 | 10:59 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, Expert Pitches

FSU Professor Teaches How to Make It Memorable (For All the Right Reasons) It’s been a long year. You’ve worked hard, racked up a lot of hours on the job, sweat the details. Did anyone notice? Maybe there’s still one last chance this year, you wonder, to remind the higher-ups of that effort at the […]

FSU medical researcher: Much work remains on World AIDS Day 2016

Published: November 30, 2016 | 4:21 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches, Health & Medicine

Florida State University’s Dr. Jonathan Appelbaum remembers that day in 1981 when a young patient was admitted to the hospital with a rare case of pneumocystis pneumonia. Appelbaum, an internal medicine resident at the time, and his colleagues did not recognize the man’s illness as an AIDS case. No one would have. Not much was […]

75 years later, Pearl Harbor still teaching lessons of war

Published: November 30, 2016 | 11:08 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Expert Pitches

Kurt Piehler, director of the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience at FSU.

On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy leveled a crushing attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. As the nation prepares to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attack that precipitated the United States’ entry into World War II, Pearl Harbor still endures as a monument to the […]

Expert Pitch: Black Friday, holiday shopping trends

Published: November 16, 2016 | 2:20 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Meredith McQuerry, assistant professor in the College of Human Sciences

As stores across the nation gear up for the holiday shopping season, consumers are developing their shopping lists, searching for Black Friday deals and identifying the stores that offer those low prices with a positive shopping experience. Experts from Florida State University are available to comment on Black Friday and holiday shopping trends: Meredith McQuerry, […]

Expert Pitch: 2016 Presidential Election

Published: November 7, 2016 | 12:50 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Voters will cast their ballots in the 2016 Presidential race, and in several local and state races, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8. A group of Florida State University faculty experts are available to discuss various aspects of the campaigns and the election. VOTER BEHAVIOR AND TRENDS • Matthew Pietryka Assistant Professor of political science […]

Expert pitch: Importance of flu shots

Published: October 5, 2016 | 12:38 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Cindy Studenic-Lewis, assistant dean at FSU's College of Nursing

The flu season typically occurs between October and May, with flu activity peaking between December and February. Health practitioners encourage everyone over the age of 6 months to get a flu shot. Cindy Studenic-Lewis, assistant dean of the College of Nursing, is available to discuss the importance and role of the flu vaccine in […]

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