Education & Society

Florida State University Schools opens new playground

Published: February 15, 2018 | 3:22 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

FSUS Executive Director Stacy Chambers and President John Thrasher with parents and students at the new playground's ribbon-cutting Feb. 14. (FSU Photography Services)

Administrators, teachers and parents of Florida State University Schools gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 14 to recognize the official opening of a new playground for students. FSUS is the FSU College of Education’s developmental research school. FSUS parents started the fundraising initiative for the new playground, and then FSU President John Thrasher stepped in […]

FSU to host second Sports Talk Series on diversity and inclusion

Published: February 14, 2018 | 3:20 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

As part of its Sports Talk Series, Florida State University’s Foundation for Diversity & Inclusion in Sport will host a talk focusing on leadership and managing diversity in the locker room. The event will feature speakers Becky Burleigh, head coach of the University of Florida’s soccer team, and Celia Slater, founder of True North Sports, […]

Lead us not into temptation: Predictors for infidelity, divorce highlighted in new FSU research

Published: February 12, 2018 | 5:01 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

As Valentine’s Day approaches, it’s reassuring to know many of us are equipped with the basic psychological instincts to have a successful intimate relationship that lasts. New research from Florida State University highlights ways to keep love and also identifies clear predictors for failed relationships. In a study published in the Journal of Personality and […]

FSU Pepper Institute and Center to host radio segments on aging

Published: February 6, 2018 | 2:24 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, News

Florida State University’s Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy and the Claude Pepper Center, along with support from the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at FSU, will sponsor weekly “Aging Today” segments on 88.9, WFSU-FM, beginning Feb. 6. The one-minute segments will highlight critical aging-related […]

FSU College of Social Work hires director to lead newly established center

Published: February 1, 2018 | 2:29 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Ellen Piekalkiewicz, director of the Center for the Study and Promotion of Communities, Families and Children

The Florida State University College of Social Work has chosen an accomplished expert in nonprofit leadership to direct its new Center for the Study and Promotion of Communities, Families and Children. Ellen Piekalkiewicz begins her role as director of the center this month. The center was established in the fall of 2017 through the support […]

FSU to host national human trafficking conference Feb. 1-2

Published: January 26, 2018 | 1:42 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, Education & Society

Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. Over the past 20 years, human trafficking cases have been reported in every state in the country. Florida is considered one of the top three “destination states” for trafficking within the United States. The Florida State University Center for the Advancement of Human Rights will host […]

New Policy Pub sessions focus on climate, health and economic equality

Published: January 10, 2018 | 12:21 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Policy Pub, the popular public forum series at Backwoods Bistro, returns for three new sessions this semester with topics that address key issues affecting everyone’s lives. The monthly sessions include brief, plain-language talks by faculty of the Florida State University College of Social Sciences and Public Policy followed by questions and discussion from the public. […]

FSU speech pathology program lifts students and impoverished children

Published: January 8, 2018 | 9:30 am | Posted in: Education & Society, News

Denisha Campbell is a graduate student in FSU's School of Communication Science and Disorders.

A federal grant helped Florida State University speech-language pathology student Denisha Campbell learn one of her most valuable academic lessons during her internship working with preschoolers. Campbell, a graduate student in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, recalled an eye-opening experience in which a 3-year-old boy felt painfully embarrassed in class every day because […]

Professor named fellow for work on urban economics

Published: January 5, 2018 | 10:38 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Keith Ihlanfeldt, the DeVoe Moore Eminent Scholar and Professor of Economics at Florida State University, has been named a Halbert Smith Honorary Fellow of the Weimer School of the Homer Hoyt Institute. The Hoyt Institute, located in North Palm Beach, is an independent, nonprofit research and educational foundation established in 1967 to help improve the […]