Cutting-edge research on Alzheimer’s disease is uncovering new information on the early detection and treatment of patients with the disorder, and it’s taking place at the University of West Florida. Three UWF Usha Kundu, MD College of Health faculty members are at the forefront of finding new methods to combat Alzheimer’s disease through their careful […]
WHAT: The University of West Florida College of Business Executive Mentor Program will host its annual Women in Leadership Conference during Women’s History Month in March. The popular conference, which sold out in record time this year, will draw hundreds of attendees to UWF’s Pensacola campus. The conference is the only one of its kind in the area and […]
The University of West Florida Department of Music will present pianist Dr. Ivo Kaltchev as part of the Music Hall Artist Series. The event will be held on Monday, Mar. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, on the Pensacola campus. A prizewinner of international piano competitions […]
The University of West Florida announces a gift from AT&T to enhance its Center for Cybersecurity Ambassadors Program. AT&T presented the gift at a check ceremony on Friday, Feb. 15, at the Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering Building. The Center for Cybersecurity Ambassadors Program debuted in January 2018. In their role as ambassadors, […]
The University of West Florida’s Office of Economic Development and Engagement has entered into an agreement to provide expanded economic data analysis for Santa Rosa County. As part of the agreement, a researcher with the Haas Center, a research and consulting arm of UWF, will work on a weekly basis in the Santa Rosa County […]
The University of West Florida Innovation Institute’s Gulf Stories is a series of video-based, online courses that are free and open to anybody. They explore UWF’s deep connection to research in the Gulf of Mexico. “The idea behind the Gulf Stories has always been to showcase the deep connection UWF has now and has always […]
The initial impetus to create an institute supporting multidisciplinary studies at UWF began in 2015 with a recommendation from UWF’s Task Force on Research and Scholarship. Two years later, that vision became a reality through a donation of $550,000 from Pensacola attorney Fred Levin, who requested the institute be named after his former law partner […]
Dr. Alexis Janosik has used the science of environmental DNA to find the extremely rare Alabama sturgeon and to provide evidence that invasive lionfish have moved into the mouths of local river systems. With her latest research, Janosik, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at the University of West Florida, is using environmental […]
The University of West Florida is conducting clinical trials to evaluate if investigational medications can reduce the symptoms of agitation caused by Alzheimer’s disease. “If these were to come to market, they would be the first drugs approved to treat agitation associated with Alzheimer’s disease,” said Dr. Rodney Guttmann, a biology professor at UWF who […]
Since being designated in 2017 as the Center of Academic Excellence Cybersecurity Regional Resource Center for the Southeast by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security, the University of West Florida Center for Cybersecurity has continued to show leadership in the rapidly evolving field. “We’re one of nine regional hubs across the country, […]
While Gulf Power crews work to upgrade downtown Pensacola’s power grid, University of West Florida archaeologists are uncovering evidence of the city’s colonial past. Stains in the ground reveal the locations of former building foundations and trash pits dating to Pensacola’s First Spanish (circa 1740-1763 A.D.), British (1763-1781) and Second Spanish (1781-1821) occupations. UWF researchers […]
A series of classes at the University of West Florida teaches military veterans who want to start their businesses how to go from “zero to payroll.” “It’s anything from making sure you have a product that someone wants to buy, knowing how much it costs to build it or service to knowing how to price […]
