June 10, 2023
Southwest
Nanotechnology for disease diagnosis and treatment earns Florida Poly professor international award
Florida Polytechnic University professor Dr. Ajeet Kaushik is determined to make detecting and treating diseases easy, accessible, and precise through the use of nanomaterials for biosensing and medicine.
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Published on 11/15/2019
FGCU named best school in Florida for undergraduate entrepreneurship
Florida Gulf Coast University is the top college or university in Florida for undergraduate entrepreneurship studies, according to The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
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Published on 11/13/2019
Florida Aquarium reproduces coral in a lab
Scientists at Tampa's Florida Aquarium, after more than two years of
research, have successfully induced the spawning of pillar coral in a lab.
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Published on 10/25/2019
Morphogenesis is working on an anti-cancer vaccine
Tampa-based Morphogenesis is working on a vaccine that would identify cancer cells...
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Published on 9/25/2019
Technology Takes Hold
Lee County is home to tech companies like Testimonial Tree, a customer-review management platform, and Flightdocs, which offers maintenance tracking, inventory management, and flight operations software for the aviation industry.
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Published on 9/17/2019
In Good Company
Large, nationally known companies including Hertz, Chico's FAS, and Gartner play a big role in the local economy, but there are lots of other Lee County companies you should know about.
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Published on 9/17/2019
Love Where You Live
What often first attracts people to Lee County are its more than 50 miles of gorgeous beaches and pristine natural areas...
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Published on 9/17/2019
New and Noteworthy
A look at some of the projects popping up or planned for the area
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Published on 9/17/2019
Spreading the Health
Developments in medical care and technology, manufacturing and testing in Lee County are contributing to improvements in health and medicine.
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Published on 9/17/2019
Made in Lee County
Neil Kagan sees a lot of variety in his role as executive director of the Southwest Regional Manufacturers Association.
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Published on 9/17/2019
Learning Opportunities
When students graduate from a high school in the School District of Lee County, they should be ready for either college or a career.
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Published on 9/17/2019
Working Together
Many hands make light work. It's an old saying but one that also rings true today in Lee County, where organizations and individuals come together to make the area a better place to work and live.
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Published on 9/17/2019
Getting Around
Whether a company wants to ship products in and out of Southwest Florida or simply move its employees between work and home, Lee County makes it easy to do that.
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Published on 9/17/2019
Growth Opportunities
Growth is a popular conversation topic almost everywhere in Florida. But in Lee County, it's not just something to talk about.
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Published on 9/17/2019
Florida women in construction
To encourage women to seek jobs in the construction sector, Hillsborough Community College's SouthShore campus...
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Published on 8/26/2019
Hugh Culverhouse Jr. gets back $26-million pledge to the University of Alabama
Hugh Culverhouse Jr., the son of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' founding owner, will get back a $26-million pledge he made to the University of Alabama.
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Published on 7/26/2019
USF professor studies Florida measles vaccination rates
What would happen if measles vaccination rates fell in Florida?
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Published on 7/26/2019
SVN expands Florida presence with addition of SVN Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate
New SVN office is led by nationally-recognized market leaders in land and other commercial real estate assets; will help SVN deliver its industry-leading services to clients along I-4 corridor and across the state
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Published on 6/28/2019
Florida's Wish Farms and automation innovation
Founded in the 1920s by Wishnatzki's grandfather, who started out selling produce from a pushcart in New York City...
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Published on 6/24/2019
Clearwater company launches interactive telemedicine station
Clearwater-based OnMed has introduced an interactive telemedicine station that links patients with physicians...
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Published on 5/28/2019
Sarasota Memorial Hospital uses robot to find lung cancer nodules
Among the challenges in treating lung cancer is the difficulty of detecting malignant nodules in hard-to-reach areas within the lung.
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Published on 4/26/2019
Innovation Partner: Florida hopes to capitalize on Israeli business success.
According to the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index, Israel has the fifth-most innovative economy in the world...
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Published on 3/27/2019
'Building on the past' at Florida Southern College
When architect Jeffrey Baker won the commission to design a computer science building at Lakeland's FSC, he knew what he was up against.
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Published on 2/25/2019
Hospital upheaval in Southwest Florida
Six senior executives set to leave Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital.
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Published on 1/25/2019
A look back - and ahead - at the economy in Southwest Florida
Strategic Propery Partners' 50-acre Water Street Tampa district will feature retail, offices, homes, hotels, cultural and educational facilities.
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Published on 12/27/2018
