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Faculty and Staff Briefs: February 2021
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HONORS AND AWARDS
The FSU Alumni Association was recognized with a 2021 CASE District III award and received Grand Gold in the category of Alumni/General Interest Magazines produced two times per year for its biannual alumni publication, VIRES magazine.
Mackenzie Alston, Ph.D. (Department of Economics) was selected for a post-doctoral fellowship from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) to support diversity in economics. The one-year fellowship is open to early-career economists from historically underrepresented demographics within the economics profession and to researchers studying diversity issues.
Alex Meyer, Ph.D. (Department of Psychology) received an award for Distinguished Early Career Contribution to Psychophysiology from the Society for Psychophysiological Research.
Minority representation on the rise in most diverse city in Northern Kentucky
Minority representation on the rise in most diverse city in Northern Kentucky
and last updated 2021-02-24 18:02:06-05
COVINGTON, Ky. â Covington is considered the most diverse city in Northern Kentucky and now, representation in local political positions is finally beginning to reflect that.
Ron Washington, vice mayor of Covington said he remembers when the city was separated by Madison Avenue, east and west.
The eastern side of the city, he said, was predominantly populated by African Americans.
Michelle Williams, Covington City commissioner, remembers it well too. Everyone would say, yeah, you don t belong on the other side of the railroad tracks, she said. That was for the other side.
Inviting feedback from college students doesn’t necessarily mean they feel heard just as spelling out campus department functions online doesn’t guarantee students know whom to turn to when an issue arises. With higher ed financial models relying on satisfied students who stay and complete their studies, those realities spell trouble.
Add COVID-19 to the mix, and there s even more reason for concern. Although higher ed institutions transitioned quickly last year to teaching and supporting students from a distance as COVID kept them apart and continued to enhance their offerings as pandemic life settled in many students have struggled to access needed help remotely.
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In a new study by MIT professors Esther Duflo, Ben Olken, and Abhijit Banerjee, and physicians Marcella Alsan and Fatima Cody Stanford, along with other doctors and economists, public health video messages featuring a racially diverse set of physicians were found to decrease knowledge gaps about Covid-19 symptoms and transmission generating important lessons about how we communicate about, and work to mitigate the effects of, the virus. Study results also indicated that, for Black individuals, watching a video with a racially concordant (Black) physician increased the degree to which they sought out more information about Covid-19.
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Louis Vuitton Offers A Fresh Take On Their Iconic Twist Bag For Spring 2021
Louis Vuitton Offers A Fresh Take On Their Iconic Twist Bag For Spring 2021
The campaign features Laura Harrier the
V126 cover star, thought leader and civil right advocate.
The campaign features Laura Harrier the
V126 cover star, thought leader and civil right advocate.
February 17, 2021
Following in the footsteps of the iconic handbags birthed by the House of Louis Vuitton is the Twist bag the perfect accessory blending the Epi leather’s powerful heritage with the modernity of a graphic pivoting clasp. Making its debut on the 2015 Cruise catwalk, it has become a true timeless classic and is now being constantly reinvented, just like all classics do.