Early life experiences can significantly impact a child’s development, which affects their physical, emotional, and cognitive development. Unfortunately, due to multiple factors, including unstable housing, malnutrition, lack of healthcare, and poor environmental conditions, children can experience Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), leading to lifelong adverse effects. There is a high correlation between ACEs and negative healthContinue reading “Andres Felipe Gil Arana: Assessing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Violence, and Alcohol Consumption”
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Katie Jo Gelasco: Musician and a Scholar
My name is Katie Jo Gelasco and I am a junior pursuing my dual degree in music and biochemistry. While I have loved playing the cello since the young age of six, my other passion lies in biochemistry. After graduation, I hope to get my Phd in biochemistry or cancer biology and develop a careerContinue reading “Katie Jo Gelasco: Musician and a Scholar”
Sarah Evans: Capturing The College Experience
Hello! I am Sarah Evans, a junior in the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program here at FSU, and a recent IDEA Grant recipient. Like most others possessed by an antiquated and—according to some—dying medium, I identify as a painter above all things, and have a curious fascination with the material presence of oil paint. GivenContinue reading “Sarah Evans: Capturing The College Experience”
Martha Cooper: Using Motivational Psychology to Understand Implicit Racial Bias
My name is Martha Cooper, and I am a junior majoring in Psychology and Philosophy here at FSU. For the past year, I have been working in Dr. Irmak Okten’s research lab studying motivated social cognition. Developing skills in data collection and analysis has greatly improved my confidence in myself and my academic abilities. ItContinue reading “Martha Cooper: Using Motivational Psychology to Understand Implicit Racial Bias”
Eli Butters: Machine Learning Algorithms in Quantitative Finance
My name is Eli Butters and I am a sophomore studying Statistics and Computer Science. I started out studying Finance and Real Estate as a freshman but then moved over to Statistics and Computer Science because I love understanding the mathematical side of finance. Over the past 20 years, virtually every market inefficiency has beenContinue reading “Eli Butters: Machine Learning Algorithms in Quantitative Finance”
Ian Bridges: Making Medical Research More Accessible
My name is Ian Bridges and I am a pure mathematics major at Florida StateUniversity. I was born and raised in Virginia Beach where I enjoyed running,playing jazz music on the drums, going to the beach, and learning aboutmathematics and computers. I love to stay busy, and nowadays I enjoy hanging out with my friends, weightlifting,Continue reading “Ian Bridges: Making Medical Research More Accessible”
Sophie Allen: Replaying Autobiograhical Memories with HippoCamera
My name is Sophie Allen, and I am a junior studying Psychology and Biomathematics. For the past two and a half years I have been involved in long-term memory research in Dr. Chris Martin’s Memory Lab in the Department of Psychology. Throughout my time in the Martin Memory Lab, I have been given opportunities toContinue reading “Sophie Allen: Replaying Autobiograhical Memories with HippoCamera”
Bianca Noland: Sustaining Company Culture
For my Tech fellows research project, I wanted my topic to relate to my internshipexperience with StarterStudio. Before my internship began, I came up with the research question “How do startups continue to implement sustainability practices during expansion?”. When coming up with this question, I recognized that this was a topic that I was veryContinue reading “Bianca Noland: Sustaining Company Culture”
Harrison Betz: Dante’s Psychological Manual
As many of you may know, working on projects is extremely different from planning them. Over the past few months, I have spent actually researching my topic, I have found that it was much more nuanced than initially expected…and I find that fascinating! For me (and I would imagine most people), there is an inherentContinue reading “Harrison Betz: Dante’s Psychological Manual”
Miguel Gonzalez: Studying the Emerging Woubikan Language
The tenth of July marks one month since I arrived in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. The first days were difficult as I faced a new reality. Fortunately, given the time I have passed with my grandparents over the summer breaks In Colombia and Cuba, I have been able to quickly adapt to a similar lifestyleContinue reading “Miguel Gonzalez: Studying the Emerging Woubikan Language”
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