April 24, 2024
Education
Florida Power & Light and GE Digital open Microgrid Control Laboratory at UCF
Florida Power & Light and GE Digital opened the Microgrid Control Laboratory at the University of Central Florida...
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Published on 2/21/2022
The Hsu Innovation Institute and NWF have opened an aviation training center at Bob Sikes Airport
The facility's campus, which includes a large hangar and access to an 8,000-foot runway, will offer students several career training...
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Published on 11/30/2021
UNF creates department of physical therapy to help expand PT academic programs
Sherry Pinkstaff, who has been with the college since 2012, will lead the Brooks College of Health's Department of Physical Therapy.
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Published on 11/30/2021
Time4Learning's online home-schooling platform grows to 175,000 students
Include Time4Learning among companies that seized the moment amid the pandemic's mask mandates, remote learning and workschool challenges.
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Published on 11/30/2021
Florida Poly grows international opportunities with Fulbright Spain pact
Florida Polytechnic University has signed an agreement with the U.S.-Spain Fulbright Commission to expand educational opportunities for American and Spanish scholars.
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Published on 11/22/2021
Americans Split on Denying Communion to Political Leaders
As President Joe Biden prepares to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday amidst controversy regarding whether those who support ...
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Published on 10/28/2021
Yamaha Marine execs believe a Pensacola technical college program can serve as a national model
The program, at George Stone Technical College in Pensacola, has an almost 100% graduation rate and job placement of students.
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Published on 8/31/2021
Tampa entrepreneur Samyr Qureshi's tutoring business Knack is soaring
Samyr Qureshi says apps, online lessons, Zoom School, artificial intelligence and other tech only go so far in helping students learn.
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Published on 8/31/2021
The pandemic accelerated a national trend toward more choice in education
Private schools began the last school year with a financial fright as enrollment fell in the pandemic. The scare didn't last...
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Published on 7/30/2021
Miami-Dade's Alberto Carvalho built national reputation upending the school model
At the time the Miami-Dade school board promoted Alberto Carvalho to superintendent of the nation's fourth-largest school district...
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Published on 7/30/2021
FIU aims to fill thousands of cyber-security vacancies through apprenticeship program
With a $2-million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Florida International University has launched an apprenticeship program in cyber-security.
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Published on 6/29/2021
UWF to lead coalition charged with filling critical shortage of cyber-security jobs
The U.S. National Security Agency awarded the University of West Florida a $6-million grant to lead 10 national institutions to develop strategies to address the critical national shortage of qualified cybersecurity professionals.
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Published on 6/29/2021
Cyber-security job security for engineers in Florida
Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland plans to offer the state's first bachelor's degree in cyber-security engineering starting this fall.
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Published on 6/29/2021
Florida Poly again spurns national trends with new application surge
Defying national trends in higher education, Florida Polytechnic University is enjoying a significant increase in...
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Published on 6/8/2021
FP&L expands its solar footprint in NW Florida
Matt Valle, vice president of development at FP&L, talks about details of the multi-phase project.
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Published on 5/26/2021
Higher Ed: Comings and Goings
New faces and incoming higher ed leaders; plus several presidents of state colleges and universities are retiring...
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Published on 5/26/2021
Florida's sunshine laws complicate search for higher education leaders
The discussion over how much of the search for higher education leaders should take place behind closed doors continues.
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Published on 5/26/2021
The Chinese government calls paying U.S. researchers ‘talent recruitment' but is it intellectual espionage?
Several researchers in Florida have handed over work funded by American taxpayers.
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Published on 5/26/2021
Full Sail & Orlando Health collaborate on e-sports health research and care
Full Sail University opened the largest e-sports arena in the country, now a partnership with Orlando Health brings care to "the Fortress."
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Published on 5/26/2021
The Right Direction
Since this is our annual higher education issue, I thought it would be appropriate to share my recent experience with one of Florida's universities.
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Published on 5/26/2021
Case Files: Researchers arrested over ties to China
A look at NOAA scientist Chunzai Wang and others...
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Published on 5/26/2021
UF Health Cancer Center chosen PanCAN trial
Precision Promise is innovative in two ways, says Dr. Thomas George, director of the GI oncology...
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Published on 3/1/2021
Learning and Earning
Fifteen years ago to the month in this space, I wrote about an apprenticeship program that ...
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Published on 3/1/2021
The new faces of Florida's MBA professors bring eclectic mix of talent and knowledge
When David Major joined the faculty of the University of Miami in 2019...
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Published on 3/1/2021
UF IFAS researchers develop citrus greening-resistant tree
Greening, a disease transmitted by an insect, compromises a tree's root system and ultimately affects the fruit.
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Published on 1/27/2021
