Screaming fans, pep bands and referees may seem like the makings of a high-energy football or basketball game, but the attendees at Saturday’s BEST Robotics Competition were treated to a different type of sport. The event brought together 20 middle- and high-school teams from the local area to face off in a competition involving Science, […]
Underwater dives, lost relics and sunken Civil War- and World War II-era vessels may seem like the components of a high-budget adventure film, but for nine students and three staff members in underwater archeology at the University of West Florida, it comprised 16 days of their summer. Each time an oil and gas company wishes […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $598,354, five-year grant to a team of faculty researchers at the University of West Florida (UWF) who will investigate ways to support women faculty in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields. The core of the program focuses on providing a supportive and inclusive environment conducive to the […]
By Josh Newby, University Communications Students at the University of West Florida are currently in the midst of researching plants that may contain anti-tumor and anti-diabetic properties, causes of climate change and a multitude of other biological and chemical substances. These findings may in turn contribute to future revelations about our world and enhance the […]
PENSACOLA, Fla. – Enhanced monitoring of sea surface temperatures and sea level air pressure in the North Atlantic could enhance seasonal drought forecasting and provide a model to predict future summer drought conditions, according to research conducted by the University of West Florida’s Department of Environmental Studies. Researchers from the University of North Carolina at […]
By Lauren Haggett, University Communications Nine high school dual enrollment students experienced a bit of the open ocean last week as they traveled 25 miles out to sea for their oceanography class. Dual enrollment is a program UWF offers to high school students allowing them the opportunity to take college classes for credit while still […]
University of West Florida’s newly adopted master of science (MS) program in mathematics allows students to attend classes either fully online or in a classroom, and boasts more students than MS programs at FSU, UCF, FIU, USF and UNF’s. The flexibility that this program offers has been a great asset to the university and to […]
The University of West Florida School of Science and Engineering has received the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Gold Certification, surpassing its original goal of Silver Certification. This marks UWF’s first Gold Certified building. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design provides building owners and operators a practical series of steps and guidelines for green […]
The University of West Florida hosted the Emerald Coast Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) Robotics competition in the Field House at the UWF Pensacola campus Oct. 23. Nineteen middle- and high-school teams competed for the top prize and a chance to move on to regional competition. The competition began Sept. 11, when the schools […]
The International Conference of Accounting, Business, Leadership and Information Management brings together professionals from countries around the world to network with one another. The conference, which was held May 15 and 16 in New Orleans, evaluated papers submitted by undergraduate and graduate students from universities around the world and selected three to win a Best […]
Hiding under the surface of the Gulf of Mexico’s waters are numerous fragile historic shipwrecks left behind by the Pensacola area’s previous inhabitants, some hundreds of years ago. The University of West Florida and the state of Florida have identified 50 underwater sites. UWF archaeologists have investigated about 18 of those, with the most noteworthy […]
Since the day of the explosion on April 20 until last week, the Deep Horizon oil well gushed into the Gulf of Mexico. Now, a temporary cap continues to hold, but with limited success, oil seepage has been detected nearby on the ocean floor and a relief well is still under construction. As the crisis […]
