I have been passionate about the environment and social justice for as long as I can remember. As a born and raised Floridian, I have been witness to the effects of climate change and its resulting long-term societal injustices. In 2017, Hurricane Irma hit Florida and my family lost power for nearly two weeks. ThisContinue reading “Madelyn Luther: Discursive Analysis of a Changing World”
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Brooke Hagans: The Mysteries of Survival
Hi there! My name is Brooke Taylor Hagans, and I’m an undergraduate researcher studying Biological Science at Florida State University. This summer, I’m incredibly grateful to be conducting independent research through the FSU IDEA Grant, a program that supports original, student-led projects. With this support, I’ll be exploring a question that connects physiology, parasitology, andContinue reading “Brooke Hagans: The Mysteries of Survival”
Amber Losciale: Unmanned Aircraft Assessors
Hello readers! My name is Amber Losciale, and I am a third-year Cyber-Criminology major. I am incredibly passionate about my major and career trajectory, with many of my academic and occupational goals particularly aligning for a future combatting Internet crimes against children. I am unsure if I watched too much of ‘How to Catch aContinue reading “Amber Losciale: Unmanned Aircraft Assessors”
Audrey Lendvay and Gamescape Dérives
Hello everyone! My name is Audrey Lendvay, and I am a second year studio art student at Florida State University, and I now have the exciting honor to introduce you all to my upcoming IDEA Grant research for summer 2024. My project takes a particular interest in the ways in which we participate in physicalContinue reading “Audrey Lendvay and Gamescape Dérives”
Oyster Crash in Apalachicola- Where will the future lay?
Hi, I’m Morgan Krause, a junior at Florida State University majoring in Environmental Science and Policy. I’m preparing for law school with the goal of pursuing a career in environmental law. Through this blog, I hope to share my research journey, provide insights for fellow student researchers, and inspire others to explore the intersection ofContinue reading “Oyster Crash in Apalachicola- Where will the future lay?”
Kellan Kissinger: Tracing Female Utopianism and Dystopianism from the Medieval to Contemporary Periods
Hello! My name is Kellan Kissinger and I am a second-year majoring in English (Editing, Writing, and Media) and minoring in Philosophy and Law. Although I’m a second-year, I graduate in Fall 2025 and knew coming into FSU that I wanted to experiment with research before I graduated to see if it was something thatContinue reading “Kellan Kissinger: Tracing Female Utopianism and Dystopianism from the Medieval to Contemporary Periods”
Andy Gonzalez: Exploring Cellular Landscapes with Computer Science
My name is Andy Gonzalez and I am a junior studying Computer Science at Florida State University. This summer, through the IDEA Grant, I am pursuing an interesting computational biology project studying the emerging area of spatial transcriptomics (ST). Imagine being able to map the activity of genes directly to the organs and tissues theyContinue reading “Andy Gonzalez: Exploring Cellular Landscapes with Computer Science”
Contemplating Decay: Reclaiming the Sacred in the Grotesque
From a young age, I was captivated by death – not in a morbid sense, but as an unanswerable mystery. I couldn’t comprehend how someone could simply vanish, leaving behind only a body. What exactly dissolved in death? What vanished, leaving only silence where there was once the laughter, voice, warmth, and motion of aContinue reading “Contemplating Decay: Reclaiming the Sacred in the Grotesque”
Degrees of Opportunity: Mapping Success and Barriers for Justice-Impacted Students
By Eddie Fordham This summer, through the support of the Florida State University IDEA Grant, I am launching Degrees of Opportunity: Mapping Success and Barriers for Justice-Impacted Students. This research project explores the barriers to higher education faced by students who have had contact with the criminal legal system. It seeks to answer an essentialContinue reading “Degrees of Opportunity: Mapping Success and Barriers for Justice-Impacted Students”
Peter Fasano: Composing with Microtones
Greetings! This summer, I’m going to explore microtonality and extended Just Intonation in multiple ways to expand understanding and accessibility of it to give musicians another level of intention and control in their composing, performance, and producing. To explain how everything works, I need to discuss how sound works. Sounds are typically a chaotic lookingContinue reading “Peter Fasano: Composing with Microtones”
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