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Education
Education: Striving for Excellence
Florida’s educational system makes workforce readiness the top priority at every level.
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Published on 9/24/2008
Evening Program at Flagler College Paying Off
Students in the school’s public administration program have generated nearly $1 million in grant money this year for St. Johns County.
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Published on 9/1/2008
Growing Mission for Sante Fe College, Others
Gainesville’s Santa Fe is among the latest state community colleges to drop “community” from its name.
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Published on 8/1/2008
Shred of Dignity for Disabled Workers
Two years ago, the Louise Graham Regeneration Center, which employs developmentally disabled adults at its St. Petersburg paper recycling plant, nearly shut down.
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Published on 8/1/2008
Trendsetters in Education
Andrea Kilpatrick certainly has the stellar academic and career resume — Princeton, Harvard law and Oxford and McKinsey & Co. consulting.
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Published on 8/1/2008
FSU, Mayo Clinic Collaborate On Diseases
Their mutual work on cancer and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s has prompted Florida State University and Mayo Clinic Florida to team up.
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Published on 7/1/2008
Super Simulation
With a new IBM supercomputer hundreds of times more powerful than a PC, the Institute of Simulation and Training at the University of Central Florida is helping the Army simulate large-scale, real-time operations that can involve soldiers anywhere in the
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Published on 7/1/2008
Names Behind UF's Brain Drain
UF is operating with $69 million less than a year ago.
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Published on 7/1/2008
Leading FGCU
Wilson G. Bradshaw became Florida Gulf Coast University’s third president in November amid rapid growth both in enrollment and facilities.
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Published on 7/1/2008
College Program Aids Low-Income Students
Jacksonville Commitment guarantees the full cost of college to any low-income public high school graduate in Duval County who meets admissions standards.
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Published on 6/1/2008
UCF Sheds Light on Cell Phones
UCF professors designed LED display screens that can be viewed in direct sunlight.
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Published on 6/1/2008
Cocaine Is Back, Killing More Than Ever
The signs: Increased business at rehab centers. Those "Ski"-related personal ads. A big spike in death rates.
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Published on 5/1/2008
When Occasional Cocaine Use Becomes Serious
Read about one man's struggles with cocaine addiction. Millions of other Americans are at risk of falling into the same vicious cycle.
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Published on 5/1/2008
University Spin Game
Success is rare and slow for spinoff companies, but the potential rewards -- visibility and income -- keep schools playing.
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Published on 3/1/2008
UF: License to Shill
The University of Florida’s Gator Nation license plate in 2007 became Florida’s first specialty license plate to sell more than 100,000 in a single year.
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Published on 3/1/2008
Teens Flying Planes, Not as Scary as You Might Think
Teacher Paul Hershorin leads a new aviation careers program at Boynton Beach High School, part of Palm Beach County Schools’ career academies program.
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Published on 3/1/2008
Football's Old College Try
A startup professional league hopes to capitalize on Florida's passion for college football.
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Published on 3/1/2008
FIU's New Med School Partners with Medical Centers
Under one agreement, Miami Beach-based Mount Sinai Medical Center will provide training for FIU medical students.
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Published on 3/1/2008
Teaching Culinary Arts to Homeless
For more than 100 years, the Clara White Mission in downtown Jacksonville has helped the hungry and the homeless, earning a reputation for transitional programs that enable people to become self-sufficient again.
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Published on 1/1/2008
Icon: James Robert Cade
Physician, Gatorade Inventor. Cade died Nov. 27 at age 80.
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Published on 1/1/2008
Trendsetters: Universities
Arthur F. Kirk Jr., Saint Leo University; Thomas Unnasch, USF; Diane Whitehead, Nova Southeastern
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Published on 1/1/2008
Someday, Soon?
In 1958, the state’s universities didn’t even charge tuition, only a $75-per-semester "student fee."
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Published on 12/1/2007
Aboard the LambdaRail
Florida universities strengthen internet bandwidth.
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Published on 12/1/2007
School Superintendent Criticized for People Skills
The Duval County School Board is searching for a new superintendent after firing Joseph Wise.
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Published on 12/1/2007
Grant Targets Juvenile Diabetes
Jeffrey P. Krischer, a professor of pediatrics at the University of South Florida, received $169 million from the National Institutes of Health to coordinate a 10-year international study of juvenile diabetes.
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Published on 12/1/2007
