My name is Sam Greenhut, and I am a junior at Florida State University. I am 20 years old and grew up in Jacksonville, Florida. College has been a time where I have been able to explore both academic interests and hobbies that I care about, and a surprising amount of those hobbies involve animalsContinue reading “Sam Greenhut: Animal Caregiver to Suicide Prevention Researcher”
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Lyons Buckley: Expanding your Research Skillset
This project represents an exciting opportunity to apply my background in biochemistry to a meaningful area of biomedical research while developing new technical and professional skills. As a senior biochemistry major at Florida State University, I am eager to contribute to a project investigating the early synaptic and cytoskeletal changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease. BecauseContinue reading “Lyons Buckley: Expanding your Research Skillset”
Isabella Minderman: Alzheimer’s Disease and Synaptic Stability
In my research project with Lyons Buckley, I am excited to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease pathology, and the role synaptic stability and plasticity has in resisting key features of Alzheimer’s. Neuroscience is a relatively new subject to me, as I just started taking neuroscience classes as electives in addition to my regular biochemistry courseworkContinue reading “Isabella Minderman: Alzheimer’s Disease and Synaptic Stability”
Anna Garufo: In Vitro Illustrations of Orchids
My name is Anna Garufo, and I am going into my final year at Florida State University as a double major in Studio Art and Literature, Media, and Culture. Over this past semester, I have been immersing myself in the art of botanical illustration for my Advanced Painting and Advanced Drawing classes. More specifically, orchidsContinue reading “Anna Garufo: In Vitro Illustrations of Orchids”
Edith Santos: Migration, Storytelling, and Self-Reflection
Hello! My name is Edith Santos, and I am a Studio Art major in the BFA program at Florida State University! As a daughter to immigrant parents, my body of work centers on Mexican labor in the United States to highlight the opportunities and challenges immigrants take on after crossing the border to support theirContinue reading “Edith Santos: Migration, Storytelling, and Self-Reflection”
Exploring Female Mental Illness in the Florida Prison System
A woman called Dorothea Dix began touring American prisons with a notebook in the 1840s. What she discovered were horrific conditions – incarcerated people chained, beaten, neglected – and people with mental illnesses and disabilities in prison for no reason at all. Dix took it upon herself to lobby the Massachusetts government and draw attentionContinue reading “Exploring Female Mental Illness in the Florida Prison System”
Kayla Joiner: Social Media Exposure and Beauty Ideals
Hello! My name is Kayla Joiner and I am a senior majoring in Psychology. During my time at FSU, I have become involved in research and mental health organizations. In my first year, I conducted a UROP project examining how living in the South impacts the identity development of LGBTQ+ individuals. Currently, I work asContinue reading “Kayla Joiner: Social Media Exposure and Beauty Ideals”
Kennedy Milton: Credibility and Perceptions of Language
Hello! I am Kennedy Milton, an undergraduate student working towards completing my Honors In the Major (HITM) project. I am currently Communication Science and Disorders major! When I came into college, I already knew that this was the field that I wanted to go into, initially hoping to work inside of schools as a speechContinue reading “Kennedy Milton: Credibility and Perceptions of Language”
Kishon Maddipati: Discoverying the Mysteries Behind Sleep
Last night I got around 3 hours of sleep right before my statistics exam this morning. “Why might this information be relevant?”, you may be asking. That’s because I SHOULD KNOW BETTER!!! My research is on how sleep deprivation affects the hippocampus which is the part of the brain that helps with the formation ofContinue reading “Kishon Maddipati: Discoverying the Mysteries Behind Sleep”
Liana Rieger: Sustained Transcience
As my parents’ careers as classical musicians led to frequent long-distance uprooting to follow necessary employment opportunities, my childhood became defined by a looming, uncertain question: where will I end up next? The chaotic instability of sustained transience has irreversibly shaped my personal and artistic identity, leaving me with a feeling of fragmentation that bleedsContinue reading “Liana Rieger: Sustained Transcience”
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