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Released: 17-Dec-2024 9:00 PM EST
Four UWF Faculty Members Ranked Among World’s Top 2% of Scientists
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Four University of West Florida researchers earned a place on Stanford/Elsevier’s Top 2% Scientist Rankings lists in 2024 and 2023. The prestigious list identifies the world’s leading rese...

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Released: 13-Dec-2024 5:15 PM EST
University of West Florida and Santa Rosa Medical Center open new nursing simulation center
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Santa Rosa Medical Center and the University of West Florida held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Dec. 12, 2024, to launch a new state-of-the-art Direct Entry Master of Science in Nursing space located a...

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Released: 12-Dec-2024 6:15 PM EST
UWF Center for Cybersecurity Awarded $1.3 Million Contract From Cisa to Expand Cybersecurity Training
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The University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity has been awarded a $1.3 million contract from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, known as CISA, to further expand the cyber career pathways training through the CyberSkills2Work Program. The in-depth training program is designed to help participants launch or advance careers in cybersecurity.

Released: 1-Oct-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Research by UWF Professor Uncovers How Our Brains Stay Ready
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A University of West Florida Department of Mathematics and Statistics professor’s brain research was recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications. Dr. Shusen Pu’s study focused on the prefrontal cortex, a key area of the brain responsible for higher-order functions like decision-making and memory.

Released: 23-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
UWF Alumni, Community Advocates Stephen and Mona Wright Gift $500,000 to Establish New Institute
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UWF alumni, community advocates Stephen and Mona Wright gift $500,000 to establish new institute

Released: 19-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
UWF collaborates with world-renowned journalist to launch HeirStory
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UWF Usha Kundu, MD College of Health recently partnered with journalist and entrepreneur Dustin Plantholt on a new HeirStory business. Students in the UWF College of Health and UWF Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering will help develop a technology that preserves family legacies.

Newswise: UWF Center for Cybersecurity earns prestigious CompTIA award
Released: 12-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
UWF Center for Cybersecurity earns prestigious CompTIA award
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Congratulations to UWF Center for Cybersecurity for receiving the Pathways Champion Award: Cybersecurity Award at the CompTIA Partner Summit!

Newswise: UWF Center for Cybersecurity participates in White House cybersecurity roundtable
Released: 6-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
UWF Center for Cybersecurity participates in White House cybersecurity roundtable
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Last week, UWF Center for Cybersecurity participated in The White House's Good-Paying Cyber Jobs for Veterans and Military Spouses Workshop, highlighting the center's CyberSkills2Work program.

Released: 29-Jul-2024 10:15 AM EDT
UWF awarded $320,210 to help students understand and prepare applications for security clearance
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The Florida Defense Support Task Force awarded UWF $320,210 to develop a pilot program that helps students prepare security clearance applications and understand the process of applying for a security clearance.

Released: 18-Jul-2024 12:05 PM EDT
UWF STEM Scholars Program receives INSIGHT into Diversity Magazine Inspiring Programs in STEM award
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The UWF STEM Scholars Program, in the Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering, has been named a recipient of the Insight Into Diversity magazine 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award.

   
Released: 28-Jun-2024 3:05 PM EDT
UWF earns highest marks in University history in key Board of Governors’ metrics
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UWF displayed a strong performance in metrics measuring retention, median wages upon graduation and high-impact practices in the Florida Board of Governors 2023-24 performance-based funding model.

Released: 25-Jun-2024 4:05 PM EDT
UWF faculty awarded prestigious "Fellow" title by ACCP
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UWF faculty member Amanda Dexter has been awarded a highly sought after "Fellow" title with the American College of Chest Physicians.

Newswise: University of West Florida Pensacola campus becomes home to a ‘Moon Tree’
Released: 20-Jun-2024 2:30 PM EDT
University of West Florida Pensacola campus becomes home to a ‘Moon Tree’
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Today, UWF celebrated the planting of a “Moon Tree” seedling that flew around the moon on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission in 2022. UWF was selected from hundreds of organizations that applied to receive a seedling.

Released: 5-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT
UWF to offer new behavior analysis degree
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UWF is launching a Master of Science in Behavior Analysis beginning in Fall 2024, pending approval from the Florida Board of Governors. The proposed graduate degree will be offered online and housed in the Health Sciences & Administration within the Usha Kundu, MD College of Health.

Released: 30-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
UWF and three other State University System of Florida institutions partner to test a model for oyster metabolites and Vibrio bacteria
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A research team composed of faculty from UWF, the Florida Institute of Technology, Florida Gulf Coast University and New College of Florida was recently awarded $200,000 from the Gulf of Mexico Alliance for their project, “An AI-Directed Tool Development for Pathogenic ‘Flesh-eating’ Vibrio Bacteria Prediction and Control.”

Newswise: Lifelong scholar, learner and educator, the late James E. Miller honored with named programs
Released: 6-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Lifelong scholar, learner and educator, the late James E. Miller honored with named programs
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UWF Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering recently received a gift from Diane Miller to name the James E. Miller Bachelor and Master of Science in Computer Science programs in honor of her late husband.

Newswise: UWF students win first place in the 2024 Southeastern Hedge Fund Strategy Competition
Released: 2-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
UWF students win first place in the 2024 Southeastern Hedge Fund Strategy Competition
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Congratulations to the UWF College of Business students who took home a first-place win at the 2024 Southeastern Hedge Fund Strategy Competition!



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