The NCAA first recognized Beach Volleyball as a championship sport in 2016, and it has since become the fastest growing NCAA sport in history. Despite this recent growth, there is limited research, media exposure, and official online training resources dedicated to beach volleyball. Florida State’s beach volleyball team is one of only two programs toContinue reading “Erin Murphy and Jenna Johnson: Applications of Machine Learning in NCAA Division I Beach Volleyball Training and Analysis”
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Matthew Forrest aka briteso
About Me Working under the pseudonym briteso, I use painting and digital media to examine the unspoken language of American life and culture. I am most interested in Portraiture and figurative art. On my path to becoming an artist, I discovered a passion for public art and have twice, in the last year, had theContinue reading “Matthew Forrest aka briteso”
Rocio Diaz: Working to Improve Hygiene Practices in Honduras
Since my first semester at Florida State University in the Fall of 2019, I have been working alongside Dr. Charles Fleischer and his team, on a primarily student-led global health research project. Throughout my time working as a research assistant, I have learned of the vast array of preventable diseases that plague rural and impoverishedContinue reading “Rocio Diaz: Working to Improve Hygiene Practices in Honduras”
Emma Davis: Anita McGee and the Army Nurse Corps
My name is Emma Davis, and I am a Presidential Scholar at Florida State University pursuing a dual degree in History and French with minors in Museum Studies and Humanities. Currently, I work at the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation here in Tallahassee. After graduating from FSU next spring, I hope to continue working inContinue reading “Emma Davis: Anita McGee and the Army Nurse Corps”
Alexis Cox, Florence Mumbi, and Ella Missey: Exploring the Role of Gut Microbiome and Celiac Disease
Our names are Ella Missey, Florence Mumbi, and Alexis Cox; we are very excited to meet you! Ella and Florence are both biochemistry majors going into their third year at FSU and Alexis is a biology major going into her fourth year. Alexis, Flo, and Ella all plan to go to medical school. Alexis wantsContinue reading “Alexis Cox, Florence Mumbi, and Ella Missey: Exploring the Role of Gut Microbiome and Celiac Disease”
Micah Castillo and TingYi Lu: Innovative E-Choir for those with Aphasia
TingYi (Tina) Lu and Micah (me-kah) Castillo are both rising seniors studying Music Therapy. Tina is pursuing a specialized studies certificate in Piano Pedagogy, and Micah is pursuing specialized certificates in Interdepartmental Developmental Disabilities and Music Entrepreneurial Studies. As peers and natives of the Central Florida area, we have become close since our first yearContinue reading “Micah Castillo and TingYi Lu: Innovative E-Choir for those with Aphasia”
Sathvik Bilakanti: Developing Nanobodies to Combat Parasites
What do you think of when you think of a human parasite? Most people might think of blood-sucking creatures like vampire bats and fleas, or maybe tapeworms. However, the vast majority of human parasites are much, much smaller. Diseases like malaria, dysentery, athlete’s foot are all caused by microscopic parasites. In fact, millions of peopleContinue reading “Sathvik Bilakanti: Developing Nanobodies to Combat Parasites”
Derica Parathundil: Improving Interventions for those Deaf or Hard of Hearing
My name is Derica Parathundil and I am going to be starting my fourth and final year at Florida State University in Fall 2021. I am in the Communication Sciences and Disorders major; that mouthful translates to the study of hearing, speech, swallowing, and balance disorders. A little about me beyond my transcript is thatContinue reading “Derica Parathundil: Improving Interventions for those Deaf or Hard of Hearing”
William Rowe: Creating Awareness about Transness through Art
My name is William Rowe and this summer I am going to create a series of paintings related to biblical and mythological beheadings. These beheading scenes in my paintings are a metaphor for the transgender experience. In Caravaggio’s painting of David with the Head of Goliath, Goliath’s head is actually a self portrait of theContinue reading “William Rowe: Creating Awareness about Transness through Art”
Luis Sanchez: Developing Language Skills to Better Study Classical Civilizations
My name is Luis, a Classics major here at Florida State University coming from Plantation, Florida in Broward County. I study the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, with a primary concentration on their languages and literatures. My research thus far has focused on ancient medicine, and how it was used by various authors asContinue reading “Luis Sanchez: Developing Language Skills to Better Study Classical Civilizations”
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