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Deep sea sediments fuel the oceans
Iron, an essential nutrient for phytoplankton, is tough to find in the ocean. One liter of seawater contains 35 grams of salt but only around one billionth of a gram of iron.
April 1, 2021Research and Innovation
The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏLibraries has made a variety of resources available in commemoration of Women’s History Month to celebrate not just women’s historical triumphs, but to pay tribute to the women in our lives today.
March 31, 2021University News

Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏgeoscientist as state’s chief science officer
Professor and Director of the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏSchool of Geosciences Mark Rains has been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to lead the Office of Environmental Accountability and Transparency, a division of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
March 31, 2021University News

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏgraduate programs among the nation’s best in new rankings by U.S. News & World Report
According to new rankings released by U.S. News & World Report, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏfeatures 11 graduate programs ranked in the top 50 among all public and private institutions.
March 30, 2021University News
ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏhas been awarded a grant to help establish a university-wide greenhouse gas reduction goal, align sustainability priorities while tracking carbon emissions across all three campuses and combine efforts and resources that lead to a singular vision for achieving carbon neutrality.
March 29, 2021Honors and Awards, Research and Innovation, University News

Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg discusses the future of NATO with the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏcommunity
Following his first in-person summit with NATO foreign ministers since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in a virtual summit hosted by the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏInstitute on Russia and the School of Interdisciplinary Studies.
March 29, 2021University News

Light pollution drives increased risk of West Nile virus
A new study from the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ is the first to provide direct evidence that light pollution is driving infectious disease patterns in nature.
March 24, 2021Research and Innovation

ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏreceives $1.4 million gift to support student access to higher education
The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ today announced a $1.4 million gift from Helios Education Foundation to benefit the Florida College Access Network, a statewide organization hosted at ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏwith a mission that supports student success.
March 24, 2021University News

Florida governor appoints Dean Frazer to Environmental Regulation Commission
Governor Ron DeSantis announced this month that Tom Frazer, PhD, dean of the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCollege of Marine Science, is one of four new appointees to the Florida Environmental Regulation Commission.
March 23, 2021University News
COVID-19 has taught us a lot of things. And one of the more important lessons has been the need for thorough, fast and effective disinfecting measures. A team of researchers from the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCollege of Public Health’s Center for Environmental/Occupational Risk Analysis and Management set out to determine how effective commercially available chlorine dioxide gas products were in reducing COVID-19 viral loads on face masks and surfaces.
March 22, 2021Research and Innovation, ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth
The ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏCollege of Public Health has seen a record increase in student applications for many of its degree programs.
March 22, 2021COVID-19, University News
About 170 senior medical students from the ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth Morsani College of Medicine were successfully matched and learned where they will spend their residency training after graduation from medical school in May.
March 22, 2021ºÚÁÏÍø³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏHealth, University News