The Australian Institute of Sport is recognized worldwide for developing elite athletes, largely due to their research and innovation in sports science. So when graduate student Sam Leyh received an opportunity to work with the distinguished AIS, her choice was clear. Leyh arrived at the Institute in mid-April, literally just weeks after learning she was offered […]
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Undergrad wins competitive grant competition
Allison Janzen, a junior Family and Child Sciences major, has been selected by the Association for Psychological Science as the undergraduate student winner of the Student Grant Competition. Her proposal, titled “Sustainable Consumption: Dyadic Evaluation and Inducement” highlights the importance of evaluating sustainable consumption within the context of relationships. The project extends understanding of sustainable […]
FCS Student earns prestigious Boren scholarship to study abroad
Rayne Neunie, a senior majoring in family and child sciences from Hollywood, Fla., is headed to Tanzania to study Swahili this fall. She started to learn the language during an internship to Kenya last summer. During that educational experience, Neunie developed a “Mother’s Care Program” and taught 16 traditional birth attendants how to safely deliver […]
FSU researchers find plus-size fashion models help improve women’s psychological health
A new study by Florida State University researchers reveals women are more likely to pay attention to and remember average and plus-size models in the media compared to thin models. Women also experience enhanced psychological health after viewing plus-size models, according to the study published this week in the journal Communication Monographs. Russell Clayton, assistant […]
Riding a romantic roller coaster? Relationship anxiety may be to blame
Loves me, loves me not. Turns out that anxiety over that very question may be detrimental to the long-term success of a relationship. In a recent study in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Florida State University graduate student Ashley Cooper explores how high levels of fluctuation in how secure an individual feels in his […]
Breast cancer study looking for participants
Florida State University researchers want to know whether simple functional strength training and yoga can help breast cancer patients recover better. A team of researchers is examining how these two workouts can affect survivors’ body composition, bone health, fitness level and quality of life. The team is seeking breast cancer survivors who are over the […]
The NSCA awarded 3 exercise physiology students grants
The National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation announced that three students in the Exercise Physiology Ph.D. program have been awarded funding through several of their programs. Alex Klemp, Brittany Allman, and Ashley Artese were selected by the NSCA Foundation Scholarship and Grant Committees after a thorough evaluation process of all applicants. “Congratulations to the winner’s […]
Dr. Michael Ormsbee named 2017 Nutritional Research Award Winner
The National Strength and Conditioning Association is proud to announce that Dr. Michael Ormsbee has been selected as the NSCA’s Nutritional Research Award recipient for 2017. Dr. Ormsbee becomes the 14th recipient of the award, which has been handed out since 2003. Award winners are selected by a volunteer committee, the NSCA’s Research Committee, who […]
Leading the Way in New Exercise Innovations
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