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Noted behavioral scientist joins College of Nursing faculty

Published: January 16, 2019 | 1:33 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Frank Y. Wong, professor at the FSU College of Nursing

Frank Y. Wong, a National Institutes of Health-funded researcher investigating sexual health and substance use/abuse among Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the United States, has joined the Florida State University College of Nursing. Wong is an expert in community-based research targeting racial/ethnic and underserved populations, including immigrants, refugees, and linguistic and sexual minorities with […]

FSU researchers partner to improve statewide assessment for persons with disabilities

Published: January 16, 2019 | 11:33 am | Posted in: University News

The Florida Center for Reading Research at Florida State University along with the FSU College of Social Work is partnering with Florida’s Agency for Persons with Disabilities to evaluate and improve their assessment tool for people with developmental disabilities. The Questionnaire for Situational Information (QSI), administered by the agency, provides a way to determine the […]

Researchers at FAMU-FSU Engineering use metric specific technology to keep seniors safer on the road

Published: January 15, 2019 | 9:42 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Eren Ozguven and graduate student Mehmet Baran Ulak analyzed the location of automobile crashes to see when older drivers were most at risk. (Photo: Mark Wallheiser)

A FAMU-FSU College of Engineering research team is taking a hard look at car crashes involving drivers 65 and older to see if infrastructure changes could be made to keep that population safer. Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Eren Ozguven and graduate student Mehmet Baran Ulak published a new study in the journal Accident Analysis […]

FSU Faculty Luncheon Series announces spring lineup

Published: January 4, 2019 | 8:50 am | Posted in: University News

The Florida State University Faculty Luncheon Series has announced its lecture schedule for Spring 2019. Established in 1981, the series is Florida State’s longest-running, regularly occurring, interdisciplinary lecture series and encourages the FSU and Tallahassee communities to learn about the research and creative activities of FSU’s distinguished faculty, while enjoying lunch. The Spring 2019 schedule features the following speakers: […]

FSU research finds religious involvement impacts women’s body mass

Published: January 3, 2019 | 2:07 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

According to Florida State University researchers, black women in the United States who attend church regularly tend to have greater body mass compared to white women with the same amount of religious involvement. The findings, by Associate Professor of Sociology Amy Burdette and recent FSU graduates Dawn Godbolt and Preeti Vaghela, were published in a […]

FSU researchers push creative, scientific accomplishments in 2018

Published: December 21, 2018 | 3:08 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University researchers pushed their work to new heights in 2018. Our faculty members were engaged in research and creative activity at the highest levels and produced extraordinary work that made international headlines. Here are some highlights of the past year. FSU Faculty Awarded $226 Million in Research Dollars Florida State University researchers brought […]

FSU enjoys success at annual McKnight Fellows’ meeting

Published: December 19, 2018 | 10:13 am | Posted in: University News

The motto of The Graduate School at Florida State University is “shine brighter at FSU” and Florida State faculty, staff and students shined in a major way during the 34th McKnight Fellows Annual Meeting in Tampa Nov. 3-4. This year, three FSU faculty members received the William R. Jones Most Valuable Mentor Award, the highest honor […]

Faculty and Staff Briefs: December 2018

Published: December 17, 2018 | 2:51 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff Briefs

HONORS AND AWARDS Alysia Roehrig, Ph.D. (Education), along with graduate students Makana Craig and James Hernandez, received the “Best Overall Graduate Student Posters” award at the Florida Educational Research Association’s annual meeting. The trio presented on “Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Strategies in CDF Freedom Schools.” Myrna Hoover (Career Center) received the 2018 Southern Star Award […]

Profiles in Leadership: Mission-driven Fogarty committed to producing the doctors Florida needs

Published: December 12, 2018 | 10:38 am | Posted in: Health & Medicine, University News

John P. Fogarty, dean of the FSU College of Medicine, is motivated by a mission to produce the doctors Florida needs.

Long before John P. Fogarty was dean of the Florida State University College of Medicine, he was a U.S. Army division surgeon stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. It was there, serving under the direction of a two-star general, that Fogarty was exposed to a style of leadership that continues to resonate with him today. “The […]

FSU researchers find racial inequity among adolescents receiving flu vaccine

Published: December 11, 2018 | 2:33 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Black adolescents living in the United States tend to receive the influenza vaccine at significantly lower rates than their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to Florida State University researchers. A new study, led by former FSU graduate student Noah Webb, along with current graduate student Benjamin Dowd-Arrow and Associate Professors of Sociology Miles Taylor and […]

Expert Pitch: FSU faculty member available to discuss human rights topics

Published: December 6, 2018 | 4:32 pm | Posted in: Experts

The 70th anniversary of Human Rights Day is observed every year on Dec. 10, and people around the world will pause to celebrate its significance. In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly established the day in conjunction with the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is one of the most translated documents […]