UWF professor receives Distinguished CHEST Educator award
Amanda Dexter, director of respiratory therapy and assistant professor of clinical practice at UWF, has been named a 2026 Distinguished CHEST Educator. This honor recognizes national excellence, leadership and sustained contributions to clinical education, placing Dexter among the top 3% of CHEST faculty worldwide.
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UWF professor awarded $196K NSF grant for robotics
University of West Florida Assistant Professor of electrical and computer engineering Dr. Minh Quang Ta has been awarded a $196,215 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop robotic technologies for manipulating biological cells and other microscopic objects with greater precision and dexterity. “The grant will strengthen robotics research at UWF and will enhance collaboration […]
UWF professor receives $543K NIH grant for inflammation control research
The University of West Florida’s Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Dr. Peter Cavnar, has received a Support for Undergraduate Research Excellence, or SuRE, grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Over a four-year period, the $543,756 award will support research investigating how dopamine and dopamine receptors […]
UWF ranks No. 2 in Florida State University System Board of Governors’ performance metrics, first to meet every accountability goal
The University of West Florida ranked No. 2 among Florida's 12 public universities in the Florida Board of Governors' 2025-26 performance-based funding model and was the only institution in the State University System to meet all 11 accountability goals. UWF earned 92 out of 100 points, one point higher than last year, trailing only the University of South Florida.
