State University System
Our Universities: Outsourcing
Murphysboro American (blog)
Both Florida Atlantic University and Missouri State University recently partnered with the Poynter Institute, a non-profit journalism training group, to outsource their online journalism classes.
Jewish leaders demand response from FAU to actions of pro-Palestine group
Orlando Sentinel
Jewish community leaders are pressing Florida Atlantic University officials to take swift action in response to “intimidating” and “hostile” fake eviction notices that a pro-Palestine student group posted on dorm room …
New charter school to open in August
The News Herald
University Academy will open in August on the campus of Florida State University Panama City. STEM programs aim at engaging young students in areas of study to help them become engineers, scientists and other professionals to replace those in the aging …
Poet Maya Angelou to Speak at Florida State
WCTV
The event, “An Evening with Maya Angelou,” is sponsored by Florida State University’s Black Student Union, the Student Government Association, Union Productions, the Women’s Center, the Asian-American Student Union and the Center for Participant …
5 things you need to know happening in Florida on Thursday, April 12
ABC Action News
Governor Rick Scott, University of Florida president Bernie Machen and Florida State University president Eric Barron will discuss the students’ demand for the Governor to veto the bill at the meeting. SB 1752 would allow UF and FSU to raise tuition above the current 15% a year cap…
Machen gets to make case Thursday to governor
Gainesville Sun
Gov. Rick Scott has said he would consider signing a bill allowing the University of Florida to make higher tuition increases if university officials show him they’re providing a good return on the state’s investment in the institution. Thursday, UF President Bernie Machen will get his chance to make that case…
Engineering College chairman blasts cuts as wrong time, wrong place
Gainesville Sun
As Gainesville prepares to welcome MindTree Limited and the high-paying jobs it expects to bring to town, the University of Florida‘s College of Engineering is considering major cuts to the department that helped lure the international information technology company here…
Panel to examine Fla. university facilities funds
MiamiHerald.com
University of West Florida President Judy Bense is chairing a new panel seeking solutions for a crisis in the funding of facilities and infrastructure at all 11 state universities. Board of Governors Facilities Committee Chairman Dick Beard made the appointments Wednesday…
State College System
IRSC’s Brown Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship dedicated Wednesday
Fort Pierce Tribune
The new building on the Indian River State College Campus was dedicated Wednesday afternoon in Fort Pierce. Indian River State College President Edwin Massey (left) cuts the ribbon on the new Brown Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship with Mimi …
Independent College and University System
Man arrested after foot chase in Lake Hollingsworth
The Ledger (blog)
Lakeland police Sgt. Tony Lewis, left, arrests a grand theft suspect along Johnson Avenue on the campus of Florida Southern College Wednesday.
John Rinker photo exhibition benefits Palm Beach Atlantic University Athletic Complex
Palm Beach Daily News
Sales from the exhibition of about 60 of his large-scale landscape and wildlife photographs raised more than $62,000 for Palm Beach Atlantic University’s Marshall and Vera Lea Rinker Athletic Complex. The complex, which is under construction in West Palm Beach, is named after the photographer’s parents.
UT student’s business gains national attention
Bay News 9
Between hitting the books and attending class, University of Tampa student Nick Chmura is finding time to run his own business. In 2010, the UT student body president came up with the idea for BetterBoo.com, a web-app that helps people with gift giving…
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Nevada State College down to 6 president finalists
WHIO Dayton
Also on the list are University of North Texas at Dallas Provost John M. Beehler and Florida Gulf Coast University Dean Donna Price Henry…
Where do Miamians move? To Broward
Miami Today
“It is particularly because of housing, the real estate crisis, unemployment and cheaper living costs,” said Maria Aysa-Lastra, assistant professor of sociology at Florida International University. ”There are such large differences from such nearby areas.”
Gay Pride grand marshal Chaz Bono: No dancing around questions about …
MiamiHerald.com (blog)
I really don’t have a choice in it so I’m going to take the situation and make the best of it,” says [Chaz] Bono, grand marshal of Sunday’s Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade and a speaker Monday at Florida International University…
Trayvon Martin case reveals confusion over how Stand Your Ground works
Christian Science Monitor
At a legislative task force last week on Stand Your Ground called by Florida state Sen. Chris Smith (D), it was “clear that there was lots of confusion around the statute,” even among seasoned police officers and prosecutors, says Joëlle Anne Moreno, a former federal prosecutor and now a law professor at Florida International University in Miami who is part of the task force. “The fact is, we haven’t had this law for that long, and we’re still working with it, still trying to figure it out,” she says…
Florida Man Charged in Shooting Death of Trayvon Martin
Bloomberg
“Second degree murder is a crime that is hotblooded and committed with a depraved mind,” said [H.T.] Smith, who teaches trial strategy at the Florida International University law school. “If in fact the prosecutor believed she had evidence that this shooting was not justified based on the immunity of Stand Your Ground or self-defense, then it was second-degree murder.”
Severe Charge, With a Minimum Term of 25 Years
New York Times
Dan Markel, a law professor at Florida State University, said he was “very surprised” by the severity of the charges “in light of the evidence that seems to have been brought to the attention of the public so far.”
Charges Expected In Shooting Of Fla. Teen
NPR
I spoke today with Robert Wood who is a professor of Legal Studies at the University of Central Florida. And he said there’s a lot of fear here to speak out on behalf of George Zimmerman because there’d been so much media attention here…
Florida state attorney known to ‘vigorously’ prosecute cases
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
University of Florida law professor George Dekle, who has known Corey for 25 years, says that she must feel confident she has the evidence to support the charge against Zimmerman.
George Zimmerman charged in Trayvon Martin case
USA TODAY
“I was surprised,” Michelle Jacobs, a defense attorney and law professor at the University of Florida who teaches about the role of race in prosecutions, said about the charge.
A Rainbow of Lizards in the Mediterranean
National Geographic
Biologist Dr. Nate Dappen of the University of Miami has been studying these lizards for the last three years. What first drew him to these lizards was the dazzling variety of colors they display; on each tiny island in the archipelago (there are more …
Sand skinks have turned up in eight Lake County projects
Orlando Sentinel
“It’s a very difficult animal to study because it spends most of the year in deep soils,” said University of South Florida Professor Henry Mushinsky, who has been researching the animal for many years.
Releases and Web Stories
UF receives $1 million from WM Keck Foundation to study mechanisms of …
University of Florida
The Center for NeuroGenetics at the University of Florida has received a highly competitive $1 million grant from the WM Keck Foundation to study a new idea that challenges conventional understanding of how proteins in cells are made, and their impact..
Proteonomix Announces Termination of Contract with the University of Miami
MarketWatch (press release)
Mr. Fidler continued, “Proteonomix is moving with all practical speed to replace the University of Miami as the sponsor of the UMK-121 ESLD trial. The University indicated that the termination was made for ‘business reasons’ without providing further …
