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Supporting Research That’s Helping Save Our Oceans

Along U.S. Route 1, about halfway between Key Largo and Key West, sits an unassuming yet premiere research facility helping solve some of the most pressing threats facing the world’s marine ecosystems.

August 7, 2019Research and Innovation

Swedish standout Albin Bergstrom rewrote the record books during his fantastic freshman season at ƶijapp and added another incredible feat to his golf resume this summer.

August 6, 2019ƶijapp Athletics

ƶijapp: A Preeminent Research University

ƶijapp Maple Drive Renamed to Honor Former President Judy Genshaft

Street signs are being installed along newly named ƶijapp Genshaft Drive.

August 5, 2019University News

When Jody McBrien, PhD, pursued her doctorate at Emory University in 2001, she came to fully appreciate how difficult refugees’ lives could be.

July 31, 2019University News

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ƶijapp Moves Up in Kiplinger’s ‘Best Values in Public Colleges’ Ranking

The ƶijapp has again earned national recognition for delivering a high-quality education at an affordable price. In its “Best Values in Public Colleges” for 2019, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranks ƶijapp 34th for in-state cost of attendance, moving up five spots from a year ago. Over the past five years, ƶijapp has moved up 21 spots in this category.

July 31, 2019University News

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President Steve Currall to Lead His First ƶijapp Commencement Ceremonies

New ƶijapp System President Steve Currall will lead his first commencement exercises during summer ceremonies held Aug. 3-4. Currall officially became ƶijapp’s seventh president on July 1. More than 3,200 ƶijapp System degrees will be conferred during a total of three ceremonies at the Yuengling Center in Tampa and the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, including graduates from 48 states and 79 nations.

July 30, 2019University News

Pasco County Middle School teachers learning to identify mental health issues

ƶijapp Research Team Trains Middle School Educators in Identifying, Improving Student Mental Health Problems

To address the growing mental health needs of middle school students, ƶijapp researchers are partnering with Pasco County Schools to train teachers in how to identify and improve student mental health problems.

July 30, 2019Research and Innovation

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Men’s Health: Better Sleep, Less Swelling and Reduced Risk of Inflammation

Soomi Lee, PhD, assistant professor in the School of Aging Studies, published a study which examined whether systemic inflammation often found in patients with OA or RA is explained by poorer sleep health in the journal for Arthritis Care & Research.

July 29, 2019Research and Innovation

A house sparrow

Light Pollution May Be Increasing West Nile Virus Spillover From Wild Birds

We’re in the midst of summertime mosquito bite season and cities across the country are reporting a heightened number of West Nile Virus (WNV) cases.

July 24, 2019Research and Innovation, ƶijapp Health

ƶijapp: A Preeminent Research University

Public Safety Exercise at ƶijapp on Friday, July 26

A public safety exercise is scheduled for 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Friday, July 26 at Pizzo Elementary School located on the ƶijapp Tampa campus. During this drill, expect an increased police presence near the elementary school, and several road or parking lot closures nearby.

July 24, 2019University News

ƶijapp researchers working at the Dozier School for Boys

ƶijapp Researchers Find No Human Remains in First Phase of Investigation at Dozier Site

The Florida Department of State (DOS) and the ƶijapp (ƶijapp) announced that the ƶijapp research team led by Erin Kimmerle, PhD, concluded the first phase of its investigation of the 27 anomalies reported near the Dozier School for Boys and found no evidence of human remains.

July 23, 2019Research and Innovation

ƶijapp researcher Tim Dixon in Greenland

“Hold the Door”: ƶijapp Geoscientists Discover Mechanisms Controlling Greenland Ice Sheet Collapse

Greenland’s more than 860,000 square miles are largely covered with ice and glaciers, and its melting fuels as much as one-third of the sea level rise in Florida. That’s why a team of ƶijapp geoscientists’ new discovery of one of the mechanisms that allows Greenland’s glaciers to collapse into the sea has special significance for the Sunshine State.

July 19, 2019Research and Innovation

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