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FSU researchers find divorce has little impact on criminal behavior by adolescents, adults

Published: February 11, 2019 | 11:40 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Divorce may contribute to a temporary bump in criminal behavior and delinquency among children, but it lessens over time, according to a new study by Florida State University researchers. While previous research has linked changes in family structure, such as parental divorce, to juvenile delinquency, few studies have examined this impact over time from early […]

Seasons change: FSU researchers provide new definition for major Indian monsoon

Published: February 8, 2019 | 10:16 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

A mist settles over hills in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu during the Northeast Indian Monsoon season. Credit: Sara Vankm

Toward the end of every year, the Northeast Indian Monsoon (NEM) batters southern India with torrents of driving rain, but climatologists have never precisely defined when the monsoon begins and ends. Now, Florida State University Professor of Meteorology Vasu Misra has used detailed surface temperature analyses to identify the start and end dates of the […]

From the materials lab to Doak Campbell Stadium

Published: February 7, 2019 | 1:29 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Changchun "Chad" Zeng, an associate professor of engineering at Florida State, developed an advanced foam technology that has gone on to benefit several elite athletes at FSU.

How A Foam Developed By Florida State Researchers Made It Onto The Feet Of FSU Football, Softball Players When a technology developed by university researchers is licensed and integrated into a commercial product, that’s considered a resounding success. But when that same product eventually benefits student-athletes at the researchers’ own university, that’s cause for special […]

FSU faculty make new connections at interdisciplinary research event

Published: February 6, 2019 | 9:40 am | Posted in: University News

Florida State's Office of Proposal Development held its Collaborative Collision event, Feb. 5, 2019. (FSU Photography Services)

Florida State University faculty members intellectually collided this week at a special event designed to showcase research from across disciplines. Collaborative Collision, a regular event held by the Office of Proposal Development, is an interdisciplinary networking event for FSU researchers. This particular event focused on funding opportunities from the U.S. Department of Defense. “U.S. defense […]

FSU chemists harness power of light to tackle asymmetrical molecules

Published: February 5, 2019 | 9:08 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Researchers used light to alter the chirality of molecules so that a left-handed molecule became its mirror image, or right-handed.

Just like people, molecules can be left- or right-handed. No, molecules do not actually have hands. But scientists refer to them in this way when looking at asymmetric molecules that are mirror images of one another and therefore are not superimposable. Whether a molecule is a “lefty” or “righty” also influences how they behave — […]

Florida State shatters admission applications record, again

Published: February 4, 2019 | 2:11 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University accepted another excellent class of students after receiving a record number of applicants for the second consecutive year. Florida State received nearly 57,000 first-year applications for admission to the 2019 summer and fall semesters before early notifications on Jan. 31. That’s already an 11.9 percent increase over last year’s record number of […]

FSU researchers: Variations in seafloor create freak ocean waves

Published: February 1, 2019 | 10:28 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Nick Moore, assistant professor of mathematics at Florida State, is the author of a new study on rogue waves.

Florida State University researchers have found that abrupt variations in the seafloor can cause dangerous ocean waves known as rogue or freak waves — waves so catastrophic that they were once thought to be the figments of seafarers’ imaginations. “These are huge waves that can cause massive destruction to ships or infrastructure, but they are […]

Biennial Festival of New Music underway at FSU College of Music

Published: February 1, 2019 | 9:00 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, News

The Meitar Ensemble and Pierre-André Valade perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Opperman Music Hall. (Photo: The Meitar Ensemble)

The 19th Biennial Festival of New Music is underway at Florida State University’s College of Music and will continue through Feb. 2. The festival includes masterclasses and presentations by guest artists, plus seven different concerts featuring acoustic and electroacoustic compositions for both small and large ensembles. Except for the Saturday evening closing concert, all events […]

FSU’s School of Dance and Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography among best in the nation

Published: January 31, 2019 | 1:47 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

Florida State's School of Dance is one of the most respected programs in the nation.

Florida State University’s School of Dance and Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC) have been nationally recognized by College Magazine for their top-notch dance and choreography programs. College Magazine ranked Florida State No. 6 on the list of The 10 Best Schools for Dance in 2019 and No. 4 on the list of The […]

Sport management students get hands-on experience at College Football Playoff

Published: January 31, 2019 | 9:32 am | Posted in: Education & Society

FSU Sport Management students and faculty member Jason Pappas attending the National Championship Game

Education is a journey, and some journeys are epic. For Jason Pappas, teaching faculty and director of undergraduate practicum in the Department of Sport Management, helping students enjoy epic experiences is just part of the job. Recently, Pappas brought eight FSU Sport Management students to San Jose, California, for the College Football Playoff championship game Jan. […]

Two FSU alumni team up on film shown at Sundance Film Festival

Published: January 30, 2019 | 10:23 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, News

Members of the film team who made "I Snuck Off the Slave Ship."

Two Florida State University graduates are attending the renowned Sundance Film Festival, the largest showcase of independent films in the country, to participate in the premiere of a film they both worked on. Film editor Joy Elaine Davenport and videographer Pablo Correa, both graduates of FSU’s School of Communication, collaborated on the film “I Snuck […]