University of North Florida News

As former Jacksonville State Attorney Harry Shorstein awaits word on whether he'll be President Obama's choice to be Central Florida's top federal prosecutor, an old rival struck a blow against his candidacy.

The 2009 Playwrights' Project, a festival featuring one-act plays written and directed by University of North Florida students, will be presented at two venues on Dec.

MAGGIE FITZROY/Staff Young boys and girls dance in a party scene of "The Nutcracker" last year at the University of North Florida.

This weekend is a chance to see the work of the up-and-coming generation of playwrights.

KELLY JORDAN/The Times-Union Merrill Road Elementary School second-graders Danielle Allen Michael Mattle and Christopher Correa peek at pages as JU senior Sarah Stiriz reads to them in class.

Here are highlights from residents in Arlington and surrounding neighborhoods: - Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford presented this month's Meritorious Awards Ceremony Nov.

WILL DICKEY/The Times-Union Rosa Yol and her 21-year-old son, Francis, are struggling financially after fleeing the war in Sudan.

University of North Florida Professor Nirmalkumar Patel kneels next to sensor equipment developed at UNF that was launched into the mesosphere in Jun to take air samples to determine the atmospheric composition at those heights.

The Beaches Division of the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted its 16th annual trade show Monday at the University of North Florida, with more than 60 vendors and 400 people turning out to catch up with old business partners or meet a new ones.

Students at St. Johns River Community College are about to become part of a program the college hopes will begin "seamless" transitions into senior colleges, says SJRCC president Joe Pickens.

Mel Ferrotta and her mother, Mildred Jackovich, of Green Cove Springs, were among those helped last year by the Hope Fund.WILL DICKEYThe Times-Union Will Dickey A year ago, Mel Ferrotta couldn't even walk around on the plywood floors of her trailer.

Her portrait of the young Florence is surrounded by a cloudy mist that denotes the chaos of her life.

Here are highlights from residents in Arlington and surrounding neighborhoods: - Cathedral Arts has recognized Guardian Angels with a reception.

Maxine Wiess, left, and Rachel Abuhl, right. Both are sophomores at Pedro Menendez High School.

The Aetna Foundation has awarded the Nutrition and Dietetics Department in the Brooks College of Health at the University of North Florida $9,000 to support grocery store-based diabetes health fairs in Jacksonville's high-risk populations.

Nassau County is experiencing the same downturn in crime as elsewhere in the region, and theories abound regarding the reasons.

Provided by Karen Sadler Film director Joey Travolta worked at the University of North Florida with members of the HEAL Film Camp.

Feld Entertainment Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will make its annual stop in Jacksonville from Thursday, Jan.

A Jacksonville man said a video captured by a neighbor's surveillance system shows a University of North Florida professor hitting him with a 2x4.

Submitted by Matt Coleman on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 14:10. A new crop of senators was sworn in at the University of North Florida's Student Government chambers last week.