College of Arts and Sciences

FSU psychologist receives $3.7 million grant to combat anxiety in older adults with Alzheimer’s, cognitive impairment

Published: February 2, 2023 | 3:13 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

For the more than 6 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, related dementias, or mild cognitive impairment, anxiety is often an accompanying challenge. A Florida State University psychologist has received a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to study intervention techniques that aim to combat anxiety in these groups and improve […]

FSU experts available for American Heart Month

Published: February 2, 2023 | 9:16 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

February is a time to think about matters of the heart. That includes heart health. The American Heart Association sponsors “American Heart Month” every February to promote good cardiovascular health. Understanding the risk factors of heart disease and how to live a heart-healthy lifestyle goes a long way toward improving quality of life. Research from […]

FSU researchers named Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Published: January 31, 2023 | 11:24 am | Posted in: University News

A chemical engineer developing more environmentally friendly materials and a geologist exploring the chemistry of Earth’s carbon reservoirs are the latest Florida State University faculty members to be named Fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS. Rufina Alamo, the Simon Ostrach Professor of Engineering and a distinguished research professor of […]

Chatterboxes: FSU researcher develops new model that shows how bacteria communicate

Published: January 25, 2023 | 3:07 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Bhargav Karamched, an assistant professor in FSU’s Department of Mathematics and the Institute of Molecular Biophysics

When bacteria interact, they give off cellular signals that can trigger a response in their neighbors, causing them to behave in different ways or produce different substances. For example, they can communicate to coordinate movement away from danger or to emit light to ward off predators. In new research published by Biophysical Reports, researchers from […]

Mirror Image: FSU study lays out chirality flipping theory

Published: January 24, 2023 | 8:30 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Ken Hanson, left, and Eugene DePrince, right, are faculty members in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Chemists can make a career out of controlling whether certain molecules are generated as a lefty or a righty. Molecules don’t literally have hands, but scientists often refer to them in this way when looking at molecules that are mirror images of each other and therefore are not superimposable. And whether a molecule is a […]

FSU neuroscientist receives $2M NIH grant to study how humans process smells

Published: January 23, 2023 | 11:51 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Douglas Storace is an assistant professor of biological science and affiliate of the neuroscience program.

A Florida State University researcher is investigating exactly how a human’s sense of smell works with the help of a $2 million National Institutes of Health grant. Humans can detect an estimated 10,000 to 100 billion different odors. An active sense of smell sparks appetite, inspires nostalgic memories and helps individuals interact with the environment. […]

FSU climate scientists receive Department of Energy funding to study greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands

Published: January 19, 2023 | 11:04 am | Posted in: Announcements, Science & Technology, University News

The Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments, or SPRUCE, project uses a series of enclosures to expose peatland plots to elevated carbon dioxide and temperatures. Florida State University researchers will conduct research using data from the SPRUCE site as part of a U.S. Department of Energy project. (Misha Krassovski/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy)

Peatlands store a significant amount of the Earth’s carbon and have functioned as an important moderator of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for thousands of years. But as peatlands are lost to overextraction and affected by a warmer climate, the impact on these natural carbon scrubbers remains unclear. A team of researchers from Florida State […]

FSU researcher wins early career award from Swiss Chemical Society

Published: January 12, 2023 | 4:46 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

A Florida State University researcher will receive the Grammaticakis-Neumann Prize from the Swiss Chemical Society. Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Lea Nienhaus will receive the award for her work on light-matter interactions in hybrid semiconductors. The prize is awarded to a promising young scientist for outstanding work in the field of experimental or theoretical […]

FSU supports faculty moving research to the marketplace

Published: January 12, 2023 | 11:56 am | Posted in: University News

Research to improve 3D printing algorithms, develop better materials for measuring radiation and test the effectiveness of steroid treatments all received funding from a Florida State University program that supports faculty interested in transforming their academic work into commercial ventures. FSU’s Office of the Vice President for Research awarded faculty members more than $132,000 through […]

Research reveals new insights into how Earth’s orbit influences seasonal cycles

Published: December 20, 2022 | 4:17 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Researchers have long been aware of the varying distance between Earth and the sun because of Earth’s elliptical orbit, but new research published in Nature coauthored by a Florida State University atmospheric scientist is shedding light for the first time on how this phenomenon impacts annual temperature cycles in the tropics. Alyssa Atwood, an assistant […]

FSU English professor wins prestigious Chicago Folklore Prize for Boxing Day monograph

Published: December 19, 2022 | 4:05 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Seventeen years ago, Professor of English Jerrilyn McGregory traveled to the Bahamas to observe the traditional Junkanoo Parade on Boxing Day. She was particularly taken by the expressive style of drumming she heard performed throughout the day. Later, McGregory asked one of her students to describe Boxing Day, to which the student replied, “it’s one […]

FSU historian available to discuss 100-year anniversary of Rosewood massacre

Published: December 15, 2022 | 2:40 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches, University News

A state historical marker about the Rosewood massacre. (George Lansing Taylor Jr./University of North Florida)

A century ago, a mob destroyed the town of Rosewood in Levy County, Florida — racial violence that ended with at least eight people dead and erased what had been a thriving community.

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