College of Human Sciences

FSU research: What you learn from mom and dad plays role in friendship development

Published: December 20, 2018 | 10:51 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Bethany Blair, assistant professor of family and child sciences

The way parents respond to their children’s wants and needs can play a critical role in the way they learn to form strong friendships, according to a new Florida State University study. Bethany Blair, an assistant professor of family and child sciences at FSU, found that parents who responded to their children in a warm […]

Healthy holiday tips, recipes from FSU students

Published: November 20, 2018 | 10:20 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Thanksgiving and the start of the holiday season fill many people with joy — and cookies and cocktails. As we head into the holidays, many people are naturally concerned about how the merriment will affect their waistlines. The graduate students at Florida State University’s Department of Nutrition and Exercise Science offered up some advice, along with some […]

FSU researcher finds Earth-like gravity may solve astronaut vision ailment

Published: September 13, 2018 | 2:59 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

The International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery in June 2008. (Credit: NASA)

A Florida State University scientist may have discovered a partial antidote to a problem facing many astronauts — vision changes that occur as a result of space flight. Michael Delp, dean of the FSU College of Human Sciences, and his colleagues studied mice on the International Space Station. They found that blood vessels important for […]

FSU researchers: Dancers need more calories, protein

Published: November 27, 2017 | 1:48 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities, Health & Medicine

The research team examined the nutritional habits of 25 dancers from the FSU School of Dance and Tallahassee-area dance studios.

Dancers are known for their svelte figures, but they often aren’t making the right dietary choices to fuel their bodies for long, intense performances, Florida State University researchers found in a new study. “It is fairly well recognized that dancers often have peculiar eating habits, and they do this in an effort to have the […]

Riding a romantic roller coaster? Relationship anxiety may be to blame

Published: June 12, 2017 | 2:28 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Florida State University graduate student Ashley Cooper

Loves me, loves me not. Turns out that anxiety over that very question may be detrimental to the long-term success of a relationship. In a recent study in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Florida State University graduate student Ashley Cooper explores how high levels of fluctuation in how secure an individual feels in […]

FSU researcher to lead U.S.-Russia project on health, space travel

Published: February 27, 2017 | 12:22 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

FSU Dean of the College of Human Sciences and Professor Michael Delp

NASA-Funded Project to Examine Vision, Cardiovascular Problems A Florida State University researcher will lead a joint U.S.-Russia project that will examine the effect of space travel on astronauts’ vision, an ongoing problem that NASA has been eager to solve. “The issue of vision impairment is very important to NASA,” said Michael Delp, dean of the […]

FSU celebrates new pathway into health professions

Published: October 14, 2016 | 4:00 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Nande DeGraff, Isabella Canut and Salma Elsheikh – students in the new Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences B.S. Degree Program — enjoy the program's kickoff celebration Friday, Oct. 14. (College of Medicine photo)

Florida State University officially launched an innovative new pathway into health care careers by honoring the program’s first students at an Oct. 14 celebration at the College of Medicine. The Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences B.S. Degree Program — the first of its kind in the nation — provides students interested in health care with numerous advantages toward achieving […]