Down the Wrong Path: Book Details Psychiatry’s Lack of Objective Science
Posted On Monday, June 24, 2013 By USA Education News. Under FLORIDA Tags: College of Social Work, Florida State University, Mad Science, Stuart A. Kirk, Transaction Publishers, University of California
Psychiatry — which uses well-intentioned coercion, unscientific diagnoses and psychoactive drugs that do as much harm as good — is a science that is off course, according to a new book co-written by Tomi Gomory, an associate professor in the Florida State University College of Social Work.
In “Mad Science: Psychiatric ...
Student Beat The Heat At Annual Ice Cream Social
Posted On Friday, April 19, 2013 By USA Education News. Under FLORIDA Tags: Coca-Cola beverages, Florida State University, Ice Cream, Landis Green, President Eric J. Barron
Landis Green at Florida State University is a wondrous place where Seminoles can gather on warm, sunny days to frolic, toss Frisbees and even study. Hundreds of students strolling the green Tuesday afternoon discovered a sweet surprise served up by President Eric J. Barron, university administrators and volunteers. The 2013 ...
NSF Delivers $16 Million Grant To National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Posted On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under FLORIDA Tags: Eric J. Barron, F. Fleming Crim, Florida State University, MagLab Director Greg Boebinger, Magnetic Field Laboratory, National Science Foundation
Officials from the Washington, D.C.-based National Science Foundation visited the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory on the campus of Florida State University Feb. 4 to formally present a five-year renewal grant of more than $168 million to Florida State President Eric J. Barron and MagLab Director Greg Boebinger.
During a brief ...
FSU Leading Decelopment of Advanced Prosthetics For Veterans
Posted On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 By USA Education News. Under FLORIDA Tags: Florida State University, High-Performance Materials Institute, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs., VA Innovation Initiative
Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute (HPMI) is leading a major partnership to develop the next generation of prosthetic limbs for military-veteran amputee patients, thanks to a new contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
The two-year, $4.4 million VA Innovation Initiative (VAi2) project is aimed at addressing the shortcomings ...
Uncommon Features of Einstein's Brain Might Explain Remarkable Cognitive Abilities
Posted On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 By USA Education News. Under FLORIDA Tags: Albert Einstein, anthropologist Dean Falk, brain, Florida State University, Robert Wood Johnson
Portions of Albert Einstein’s brain have been found to be unlike those of most people and could be related to his extraordinary cognitive abilities, according to a new study led by Florida State University evolutionary anthropologist Dean Falk.
Falk, along with colleagues Frederick E. Lepore of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School ...
Interior-Design Graduate Program Named Most Admired in the Nation
Posted On Sunday, November 25, 2012 By USA Education News. Under FLORIDA Tags: College of Visual Arts, Department of Interior Design, DesignIntelligence, Florida State University, Theatre and Dance
The graduate program of the Department of Interior Design at Florida State University has been named the most admired program of its kind in the country in a national survey of 122 deans and department chairs.
DesignIntelligence, a respected industry journal of the Design Futures Council, lauded Florida State in its annual “America’s ...