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FSU’s Claude Pepper Center Launches Data Platform to Address Aging Challenges in Florida

Published: March 5, 2025 | 12:48 pm | Posted in: News, Research, Uncategorized

Florida State University’s Claude Pepper Center has launched the Translational Data Platform, an innovative digital tool designed to provide interactive maps and dashboards that integrate data on behavior, occupation, health and economy across Florida’s aging populations.

Engineering Researchers Preserve Florida’s Heritage Sites while Streamlining Transportation Projects

Published: February 5, 2025 | 2:22 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research

Qianwen (Vivian) Guo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, poses at Tallahassee Station in Tallahassee, Florida. She leads a research project to establish and develop guidelines for managing historic transportation resources across the state. (Scott Holstein/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering)

Civil engineering researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are transforming how we document and assess the historical significance of transportation-related structures like highways, railroads, and canals. They aim to help the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) identify and protect these valuable resources while ensuring that transportation projects are completed on time and within budget.

FSU Students to Develop Innovative Solutions in ‘Rapid Relocation’ 24-Hour Design Sprint

Published: January 8, 2025 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research, Students

Florida State University’s Innovation Hub and College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (COSSPP) will host a 24-Hour Design Sprint for all FSU students focused on “Rapid Relocation: Enhancing Emergency Evacuation in Florida” starting Friday, January 31.

Alumnus and Founder of OptimaNova AI to Give Lecture on AI and Ethics

Published: January 6, 2025 | 12:00 pm | Posted in: News, Research

Alumnus Joe Paul (B.S. Social Science ’02) will visit Florida State University to lecture in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room (BEL 150E) about the ethics of AI on Thursday, January 30, at 2:30 p.m.

Two FSU Professors Part of Widespread National Coverage on Lead Exposure Study

Published: December 11, 2024 | 10:13 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research

Two Florida State University sociology professors Michael McFarland, Ph.D., and Mathew Hauer, Ph.D., are part of a research group that led a groundbreaking and widely-covered study on the negative effects of lead in gasoline that resulted in millions of psychiatric disorders over the past 75 years.

In New Book, Professor Ryan Owens Explores the Impact of Cognitive Aging on Federal Judges

Published: December 5, 2024 | 10:10 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research

Cognitive Aging and the Federal Circuit Courts: How Senescence Influences the Law and Judges

Professor of Political Science and Director of the Florida Institute for Governance and Civics, Ryan Owens, Ph.D., recently published a book that explores the impact of cognitive aging on federal judges. Dr. Owens co-authored Cognitive Aging and the Federal Circuit Courts: How Senescence Influences the Law and Judges with Ryan C. Black, Ph.D., Professor of […]

Research Spotlight: “Political Influencers and Their Social Media Audiences during the 2021 Arizona Audit”

Published: November 15, 2024 | 4:05 pm | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research, Students

Kyle Rose, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology, was the lead author of “Political Influencers and Their Social Media Audiences during the 2021 Arizona Audit,” published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. This article was co-authored with Deana A. Rohlinger, Ph.D., professor of Sociology at FSU. The following summary was written by Jyana O’Donnell (B.A. English ‘26) and Rachel Lechwar (M.S. Communication Science and Disorders ’26).

FSU’s Department of Political Science hosts the 2024 Political Networks Conference

Published: October 18, 2024 | 8:00 am | Posted in: News, Research

Four photo collage featuring a lecturer in the top left corner, attendees interacting with research posters on the top right, a poster presenter speaking to attendees on the bottom left, and a speaker presenting to attendees on bottom right The text reads FSU’s Department of Political Science hosts the 2024 Political Networks Conference

Florida State University’s Department of Political Science hosted the 2024 Political Networks Conference from June 5 through June 8, 2024. As the official conference of the Political Networks Section of the American Political Science Association, it attracted a wide array of political scientist faculty and doctoral students from across the country and abroad. “For a […]

Research Spotlight – Resilience in Complex Disasters: Florida’s Hurricane Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Amid COVID-19

Published: October 11, 2024 | 9:00 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research

Tian Tang Ph.D.: Resilience in Complex Disasters: Florida's Hurricane Preparedness, Response, and Recovery amid COVID-19

Florida State University Associate Professor of Public Administration Tian Tang, Ph.D., was the lead author of “Resilience in Complex Disasters: Florida’s Hurricane Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Amid COVID-19,” published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. The article examines emerging challenges and strategies governmental and nonprofit agencies implemented during the hurricane-pandemic compound disasters of the 2020 and 2021 hurricane seasons.

FSU Sociologist Earns Early Career Award for Work in Population Health

Published: October 7, 2024 | 10:46 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research

Patricia Homan, Ph.D., an associate professor in the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, is the first Florida State University faculty member to receive an early career award from the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) for her work in population health.

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