Two students from the University of West Florida Department of Biology won awards for research poster presentations for their respective categories at the 2017 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. The annual national conference, which is coordinated by the UWF Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering student engagement team, gathers more than 4,000 […]
A $278,880 National Science Foundation grant awarded to three University of West Florida professors will provide research experiences to help acclimate transfer students and enhance undergraduate research in the Department of Biology. The grant was awarded to Dr. Peter Cavnar, assistant professor of biology, Dr. Hui-Min Chung, associate professor in the Department of Biology, and […]
Faculty and students in the University of West Florida College of Education and Professional Studies recently unveiled projects on which they collaborated with community partners during the inaugural year of the Research Triad Program. The Research Triad Program is the brainchild of Dr. Carla Thompson, the director of the UWF Community Outreach Research and Learning […]
Dr. Raid Amin, professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of West Florida, led graduate students in a study of environmental data as one of six researchers nationwide selected for the Environmental Protection Agency Toxics Release Inventory University Challenge for the 2016-17 academic year. According to the EPA, the TRI University Challenge aims to […]
The study compares two methods used to recover precious artifacts.
University of West Florida students are conducting research this summer on campus and academic institutions around the globe through two Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering programs. The Research Experience Away Program, which is in its second year, provides students with stipends up to $7,500 each to help offset travel expenses. During the summer […]
The invasive species are not just doing harm in the warm waters of the Gulf. They have also moved into the mouths of local river systems.
The researchers looked at whether the post-Brown environment constituted a moral panic that changed the way the media reported on these cases, creating a “Ferguson Effect.”
The symposium featured 271 poster presentations, student and faculty panel discussions as well as musical performances.
The public is invited to attend the University of West Florida Students Scholar Symposium and Faculty Research Showcase from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20. Activities will be held in the Commons, the Conference Center and the Music Hall of the Center for Fine and Performing Arts. The free event features the research […]
Joined by police chiefs, mental health counselors, medical school deans, and student leaders, the Board of Governors and presidents from all 12 of Florida’s public universities came together on Wednesday to rally support for additional mental health counselors and law enforcement officers, raising the State University System’s research profile, and rewarding university performance. The rally […]
In a new column, Amy Newburn, assistant director of the Haas Center at the University of West Florida, discusses a recent Haas Center study that gauges Santa Rosa County residents’ sentiment regarding the county courthouse. Among the survey’s findings: Sixty-three percent of those surveyed said they believe the county needs a new courthouse. Forty-nine percent […]
