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Faculty members in the School of Teacher Education, Drs. Chantelle Grace, Amal Ibourk, and Arzu Leushuis, got into the Halloween spirit today! 🎃

We are sad to share the passing of exercise physiology student, Jake Boykin. Jake was highly involved in his department, well-respected by his peers and professors, and a prodigous athlete in his own right. He won the 2023 USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championship time trial.

Tomorrow, friends and family will participate in a memorial bike ride in Jake's honor, taking place at the Chaires Community Center located at 4768 Chaires Cross Road. The event starts at 5:30 PM with a 10-mile "full-gas smash," followed by a memorial, with a casual bike ride afterwards. For more information, please contact Jason Hohensee at jason.h.hohensee(at)gmail.com.

Yesterday, the FSU Faculty Senate voted to confirm our new name: the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. This name change will roll out over time, but we wanted to share a timeline for some services that will be affected immediately. Read more: https://education.fsu.edu/expansion

Congratulations to an amazing FIVE of our doctoral students who have been accepted into the AAMFT Minority Fellowship Program (MFP)! The MFP is a workforce development program that was created to increase the number of culturally competent marriage and family therapists. We are incredibly proud of each of you and excited to see how you continue to grow in this program!

Florida State University achieved record retention and four-year graduation rates this year, boasting two significant accomplishments in student success as it welcomes one of its most academically advanced freshman classes.

Florida State University achieving record levels of excellence - Florida State University News Florida State University achieved record retention and four-year graduation rates this year, boasting two significant accomplishments in student success as […]

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the Institute of Sports Sciences and Medicine at FSU and its current research investigating how betaine helps regulate body temperature in hot conditions. The study is led by doctoral candidate Lillie Renteria-Laskin.

Florida State Researchers Given the Best Tools to Succeed

Join Florida State University for Discovery Days, a weeklong celebration of FSU research, creativity, and discovery enterprise taking place Oct. 2-7.

Professor and Director of the Institute of Sports Sciences and Medicine at FSU Mike Ormsbee will be co-leading a workshop on Translating Science into Practice. It'll be focused on how FSU research is impacting student-athlete health and readiness to compete on the national stage.

Register now! fla.st/EZ9ASCV9

FSU Study: WHOOP Wearable Shows Promise in Early COVID Detection for Athletes In a groundbreaking study conducted by Florida State University, wearable technology has emerged as a potential game-changer in the early detection of COVID-19 among NCAA Division I female student-athletes.

Michael Ormsbee, Ph.D. at the Florida State University College of Health & Human Sciences, co-authored “Pre-sleep feeding, sleep quality, and markers of recovery in division I NCAA female soccer players,” published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. Co-authors include graduate students Casey Greenwalt and Liliana Renteria.

Congratulations on this achievement!

A research team at the Institute of Sports Sciences and Medicine at FSU found that wearable technology is useful for early detection of COVID-19 infection among female athletes.

Wearable technology could predict COVID-19 infection through changes in respiratory rate three days before a positive test, and changes in heart rate variability and resting heart rate the day before a positive test.

Wearable technology shows promise in early detection of COVID-19 among FSU athletes - Florida State University News The research team equipped 113 NCAA Division I female student-athletes with WHOOP bands and then monitored them for changes.

Due to Tropical Storm Idalia and its possible impact on the region, Florida State University’s Tallahassee campuses will close and cancel classes on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.

Main campus housing and dining operations will continue throughout the closure. Additional details on student services and programming will be shared Tuesday morning. The university expects to resume classes and normal business operations on Thursday, Aug. 31.

University officials continue to closely monitor the developments of this severe weather event and remind individuals not to travel into areas with deteriorating weather conditions.

Florida State University Schools (FSUS), Florida State University’s K-12 Charter School, will be closed Wednesday, Aug. 30.

Visit https://alerts.fsu.edu for official FSU updates and information.

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Welcome back, students! Not only is this the first day of fall semester 2023, but it is also the first fall semester of our expanded College. No matter which building you'll be doing your studies in, we're excited that you're a part of our College!

With hurricane season in full swing, this is a reminder to always visit alerts.fsu.edu for official FSU operational, emergency updates and information.

With a four-year, $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, researchers at FSU will study the cumulative consequences of chemical and psychosocial stressors on child health. Led by FSU College of Medicine, the research involves nine FSU colleges and 17 faculty including the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology's Bob Hickner and Ravinder Nagpal.

Hickner is co-leading a study focused on families in Immokalee, Florida. Researchers will gather data on air, water, surface and biological fluids to measure potential environmental toxins, along with the exposure to adverse childhood experiences.

https://news.fsu.edu/news/health-medicine/2023/08/21/fsu-team-receives-1-9m-to-examine-stressors-on-child-health-in-rural-areas/

Yaqi Zhao, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology, received the “Testing for Life” Student Award from AOAC INTERNATIONAL.

The award recognizes student researchers like Zhao who are advancing basic or applied science in analytical or molecular testing for food safety, food security, food defense, food authenticity, or health and environmental protection.

She'll present her research at the upcoming AOAC INTERNATIONAL annual meeting and exposition.

👏 Congrats, Yaqi!

Yaqi Zhao earns student research award from AOAC INTERNATIONAL - College of Health and Human Sciences Yaqi Zhao, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology, was recently selected as a recipient of the “Testing for Life” Student Award from AOAC INTERNATIONAL for her excellence in research. AOAC is a professional association that brings together government, indust...

Samuel Kwawukume, a master’s student in nutrition and food science, received scholarships from the Southern Shrimp Alliance and Florida Sea Grant to support his research on seafood species identification in the lab of Associate Professor Prashant Singh.

Samuel is part of an FSU team working to develop quick and cost-effective authenticity tests to properly identify seafood species that are vulnerable to food fraud, species substitution, and mislabeling.

“I hope to be a link that connects academia to the industry, making sure whatever we do in the lab, in the classroom, and in our research is applicable to the industry where people can utilize it.”

Read more: fla.st/4VRB62B2

Graduate spotlight 🎓: Samantha Martinez received her bachelor’s degree in human development and family science at last week’s summer commencement ceremony.

Originally from Miami, Samantha minored in chemistry and biology and graduated from the honors college. She hopes to pursue a career in medicine as a physician’s assistant.

“I am most proud of my social and academic growth throughout my time at FSU,” she said. “I learned a great deal of life skills and lessons that have truly shaped me into the person I am today. I am stronger and more confident in my abilities to obtain my dreams through the skills acquired throughout my four years.”

Graduate spotlight 🎓: Jake Walsh earned dual bachelor’s degrees in dietetics and food and nutrition science during Friday's summer commencement ceremony. Originally from Palm Harbor, Fla., Walsh was active in Army ROTC during his four years at FSU and worked alongside sports dietitians with FSU Athletics.

At the Institute of Sports Sciences and Medicine at FSU, he gained experience in exercise and sports nutrition research by working on multiple body composition analysis studies. He will attend the U.S. Army-Baylor master’s program in nutrition, where he will train to become an Army dietitian.

Congratulations to Jake and all of our Summer 2023 graduates who were recognized during Friday's commencement ceremonies!

Read more about FSU's stellar summer grads: fla.st/DSUMMNEO

Should you kick your diet soda habit? Nutrition and Integrative Physiology faculty members Lisa Trone and Michael Ormsbee weigh in on the World Health Organization's recent report on aspartame and its health impacts.

In the wake of aspartame news, should you kick your diet soda habit? FSU experts weigh in - Florida State University News FSU's Lisa Trone and Michael Ormsbee say the World Health's Organization's recent report on aspartame shouldn't make you nervous about drinking diet soda, but they stress there are better options.

The Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology presented a total of nine research posters at the 2023 American Society for Nutrition annual conference in Boston on July 22-25.

Recent alumni and graduate students including Kallie Dawkins, Katelyn Johnson, Leila Khalili, Amy Mullins, Gwoncheol ‘Ian’ Park, and Saiful Singar presented posters, representing the labs of Dr. Bahram Arjmandi, Dr. Gloria Salazar, and Dr. Ravinder Nagpal. They were also joined by Fulbright Scholar Dr. Ines Ellouze from the Arjmandi lab.

Have you submitted a nomination for our Distinguished Alumni Awards? If you know of a graduate from the College of Education or College of Health and Human Sciences who has gone above and beyond in their field and in their community, be sure to nominate them by August 1! Visit https://education.fsu.edu/daa.

Doctoral student Karina Jalapa and Assistant Professor Qiong Wu co-authored a publication in Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathy titled, "Multigenerational Homes Buffered Behavioral Problems among Children of Latinx but not White non-Latinx Mothers."

They did a follow-up interview with the journal on their culture-specific findings, and the benefits Latinx children displayed when living in a multigenerational home.

Read more: https://www.springer.com/journal/10802/updates/25606876

Mike Ormsbee, director of the Institute of Sports Sciences and Medicine at FSU, joined the latest episode of the Sports Science Dudes podcast to talk about eating before bed, muscle protein synthesis, betaine, and even his collegiate hockey career.

Check it out: https://youtu.be/pBFSrm3Xzfw

Episode 35A - Great conversation with Mike Ormsbee PhD FACSM FISSN Timeline00:00 About Dr. Mike Ormsbee – Did you know he played collegiate hockey?5:34 – What prompted Mike to start examining the role of pre-sleep feeding – ...

Faculty and Staff Briefs June 2023 - Florida State University News   Florida State University’s faculty and staff are central to its mission and the key to its countless accomplishments. Throughout […]

Today, Florida State University recognizes Juneteenth, or Freedom Day, which commemorates the day when enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, were informed of their freedom in 1865, months after the Emancipation Proclamation.