The University of West Florida Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation was recently awarded a grant totaling $231,000 by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, as part of the larger C-IMAGE II consortium, led by the University of South Florida. The grant spans from January 2015 through December 2017, with a total consortium research budget […]
The University of West Florida announces retired Navy Capt. Susan K. Cerovsky as Director of the Center for Cybersecurity, effective March 16, 2015. Cerovsky joins UWF after nearly 30 years as an officer in the United States Navy, and most recently held the title of commanding officer of the Center for Information Dominance (CID) at […]
On Saturday, Feb. 21, the University of West Florida hosted students from Northwest Florida’s public and private schools in the Florida Panhandle at the fourth annual Northwest Regional Florida Science Olympiad. The event was held at the UWF College of Science, Engineering and Health. Florida Science Olympiad is an official state chapter of Science Olympiad, […]
The University of West Florida Department of Computer Science will host two student teams from Pine Forest High School for the online state rounds of the CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition on Friday, Dec. 5 at the University. Pine Forest is the first high school in the Escambia County School District to compete in […]
The University of West Florida Master of Public Health Program recently achieved re-accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health though 2021. “We are thrilled that our major accrediting body recognized the high quality of our program, including the strengths of our local community partnerships, as well as our institutional, faculty, staff and student commitments to […]
WHAT: The University of West Florida will host a grand opening of its Department of Nursing Informatics Lab, funded in part by the generosity of Drs. Robert Hoyt, FACP, and Ann Yoshihashi, FACE. The DONi lab is part of the new Nursing Skills and Simulation Learning Center, which will also be showcased during the event. […]
A University of West Florida alumna and current graduate student Talia Smith experienced the opportunity of a lifetime when she spent the summer participating in the NASA DEVELOP Program at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Smith, who earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and a certificate in geographic information systems, or GIS, […]
The University of West Florida Division of Academic Affairs is currently implementing a restructure of its academic departments. As part of the process, the former three-college structure will be transitioned into four academic colleges, with three new deans hired to date. “With the appointments of Drs. Michael Huggins, Steve Brown and William Crawley, I believe […]
The University of West Florida announced today a legacy gift totaling more than $770,000 from the estate of John Thayer and Joan Ames Burr. Of the total gift, $250,000 will go toward UWF athletics as the lead gift for UWF Football, and more than $500,000 will support high impact and undergraduate research initiatives in the […]
