April 20, 2024
Education
Online test proctor Honorlock is one of Florida's fastest-growing companies
The pandemic-fueled shift to online college learning proved a boon to an online test proctor founded by two FAU graduates.
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Published on 1/27/2021
“Faces of FSCJ” video project highlights diversity, equity and inclusion efforts
Florida State College at Jacksonville's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has launched a video project featuring the stories of faculty, staff and students.
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Published on 12/1/2020
Florida Poly launches state's first undergraduate health engineering program
Students with a love of STEM and an interest in health care can prepare for a career that prioritizes both with Florida Polytechnic University's new Health Systems Engineering program
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Published on 12/1/2020
Segregation in Florida schools in 2020
Florida's schools have grown much more segregated by both race and economic class.
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Published on 9/25/2020
Diversity and Florida's executive MBA students
This year's cohort of students highlights the diversity at EMBA programs at Florida universities.
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Published on 7/27/2020
Florida Realtors Education Foundation Awards $185,600 in Scholarships
Along with the COVID-19 pandemic, college costs are top-of-mind: There's help from Florida Realtors® Education Foundation Inc.
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Published on 6/12/2020
USF's med school vital piece of Jeff Vinik's remake of downtown Tampa
Orlando isn't the only Florida city banking on a university campus to stimulate its downtown.
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Published on 5/27/2020
UCF's new president Alexander Cartwright
A native of the Bahamas, Alexander Cartwright was the first in his family to go to college.
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Published on 5/27/2020
UCF/Valencia's downtown campus: Universities as community economic engines
Orlando's new UCF/Valencia downtown campus is at the leading edge of a trend that's seen universities position themselves as economic engines for their communities.
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Published on 5/27/2020
USF's new president Steve Currall
In 1997, Steven Currall read a Fortune magazine article about the role that Stanford University played in creating Silicon Valley.
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Published on 5/27/2020
Epic Games awards UCF professor grant to enhance AR & VR tech
The company responsible for the online video game hit Fortnite has awarded a UCF assistant professor a grant to develop an immersive technology to take virtual experiences to new levels of reality.
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Published on 5/11/2020
University of West Florida wins $400K National Eye Institute grant
Biology professor Scott Taylor has won a grant to study how zebrafish regenerate preceptor cells in their eyes after they've been damaged.
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Published on 3/25/2020
Florida's business school deans talk about their MBA programs
Florida's business school deans talk about how they keep their MBA programs relevant. John Kraft is the dean of Florida business school deans.
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Published on 2/26/2020
Online platform Genius Plaza helps Florida students teach each other
Entrepreneur Ana Roca Castro founded online platform Genius Plaza...
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Published on 1/27/2020
Moffitt Cancer Center doctor asks Ringling students to use VR to aid patients
Dr. Sarah Hoffe, who heads Moffitt Cancer Center's gastrointestinal radiation oncology section, is well schooled in treating cancer...
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Published on 1/27/2020
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
Daytona State College Announces New Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
Program is scheduled to begin in fall 2020
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Published on 11/15/2019
JPMorgan Chase invests $250,000 in Palm Beach State College
Palm Beach State College has received a $250,000 investment from JPMorgan Chase to widen the reach of its Supply Chain programs and create a larger pipeline of skilled workers for Palm Beach County's growing distribution and logistics industry.
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Published on 11/14/2019
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
Teaching for a Global Reach
When U.S. News & World Report released its 2020 Best Colleges ranking, at least two South Florida schools earned kudos for their international programs.
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Published on 11/7/2019
UNF has partnered with Fullstack Academy to launch coding program
Among the job openings in Jacksonville today are 950 that require the
ability to write computer code...
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Published on 10/25/2019
University of Miami College of Engineering researchers develop new, non-corrosive saltwater concrete
By using seawater and aggregates that contain salt ... UM College of Engineering researchers have developed a new type of concrete.
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Published on 10/25/2019
Governor Ron DeSantis Announces All 28 Florida Colleges Support the Last Mile College Completion Program
Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis, the Florida Department of Education and the Florida College System announced that all 28 Florida Colleges support the Last Mile College Completion Program and...
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Published on 10/16/2019
VerdeGo Aero and SeaMax to Join Embry-Riddle's Applied Aviation and Engineering Research Hangar
Innovative Firms to Bring More Jobs to Volusia County
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Published on 6/28/2019
Teaching in Florida vs. around the world
See how Florida's teachers' work lives compare with those in other countries.
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Published on 5/28/2019
