University of North Florida News

University of North Florida biology graduate student Liliana Kolluri was awarded a $500 research grant from the Timucuan Preserve Student Research Grant Program to further her research with the diamondback terrapin population.

The nearly 450-year-old site of North America's first French colony is on a small island between Mayport and Buck Island, state Rep. Lake Ray said Tuesday.

Northeast Florida consumers are optimistic, but worry about health care costs, having enough money in savings and saving for retirement, according to a survey by Chase Bank and JAXUSA Partnership.

Kim Radcliffe, PT, MHA, has been promoted to president of Align Networks , which is a One Call Care Management business unit and provider of workers' compensation physical medicine programs, according to a recent news release.

The University of North Florida will honor one student with an outstanding record of volunteerism when it hands out nearly 780 degrees Friday, Aug. 1, during summer commencement at the UNF Arena, Building 34, on campus.

Parasites, memory and mockingbirds are just a few of the subjects undergraduates at the University of North Georgia are researching this year as part of Faculty-Undergraduate Summer Enrichment.

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Education, University of North Florida; Associate of Arts, St. John's River Community College; Certifications with the Florida Department of Education and Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools ; Certifies Teacher Trainer Healthy Schools; I will support the continued improvements and remodeling of our ... (more)

Nick Morken and Mackenzie Dye were winners of Saturday's Run with the Wolves 5K on the cross country course at Indiana University East.

Newman Student Housing is a few steps closer to developing a 204-bed project for University of North Florida students who want to live a campus housing life aligned with faith-based principles.

For those who love Italian food and the Mediterranean diet, one of the staples is beans - particularly cannellini beans.

The CPI, after seasonal adjustment, went from 116.02 in May to 115.65 in June, said Paul Mason, an economist at the University of North Florida.

When Ajay Samant was hired as dean of the Coggin College of Business at the University of North Florida in 2010, he had three main objectives.

Jacksonville's unemployment rate edged up in June for the second straight month, due likely to the normal influx of graduating students entering the workforce, according to data from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.

Bruce.Lipsky@jacksonville.com Amy Buggle, the founder and executive director of DLC Nurse & Learn, reacts to the progress Kaidyn, 2 1/2, as she cruises along a bookcase to grab a toy.

Nearly every state legislator from Northeast Florida saw their net worth rise during the past year, according to financial disclosure forms the state finished posting online this month.

Barry Robbins says that his background in banking and finance has helped prepare him to serve on the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners.

It's only right that Jacksonville is ranked among the top 25 cities in the country for small business, local business leaders say.

Playing steady in wet, windy conditions Saturday at the difficult Honors Course, St. Pete's M.J. Maguire won the 108th Southern Amateur.

A lawsuit filed by Florida's largest teachers' union and the case of a local teacher accused of producing and distributing child pornography have put a spotlight on a controversial statewide program that allows students to attend private schools on the public's dime - but doesn't hold those schools to the same standards and level of transparency ... (more)

Jobless figures were released Friday and the state and local unemployment numbers dropped from the previous month.