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×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Tech Runway® Reveals its Largest Class

By | May 11, 2018

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Tech Runway® held its 2018 Launch Competition and Demo Day, revealing its sixth and largest class. The top seven winners each received a $15,000 check, totaling $105,000 in cash investments.

How Parents Cause Children's Friendships to End

By | May 10, 2018

A new study reveals why childhood friendships fall apart and is the first to demonstrate that parents are an important source of these breakups.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Student Wins CFGS 3MT Competition

By | May 7, 2018

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ student Keith Murphy recently won the Conference of Florida Graduate Schools (CFGS) 3MT Competition with his presentation, "Using Light to Control Meal Size."

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Graduate Leading the Way for Women in Tech

By | May 2, 2018

Océane Boulais, a self-described "theater geek," took one engineering class during her freshman year at ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ and became hooked.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ Graduate Finding New Ways to Study Sea Level Rise

By | May 2, 2018

Mosquitoes, alligators, crocodiles and pythons haven't stopped Hannah Cooper from collecting important data on the impacts of sea level rise deep within the Florida Everglades.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ and Max Planck Team Up on First Joint Position

By | April 26, 2018

As of May 1, Ken Dawson-Scully, Ph.D., will be newly appointed to the role of associate vice president for strategic initiatives and head of institutional partnerships for ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ and Max Planck.

Bio-inspired Robotics Lands Professor $500,000 NSF Award

By | April 26, 2018

Using the knifefish for inspiration, a researcher from ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ's College of Engineering and Computer Science has developed bio-inspired flexible structures for underwater vehicles and robotic systems.

Study Looks Beyond Peer Influence on Teen Substance Use

By | April 25, 2018

Parents spend a lot of time worrying about the influence of peers on teen substance use. A new study examines if there is a genetic component that drives their desire for risk taking and novelty.

Engineering Colleges Showcase High-Tech Talent Pipeline

By | April 25, 2018

The deans of 10 engineering colleges throughout Florida have formed a first-of-its-kind partnership in an effort to demonstrate the impact their colleges have on the state's and the nation's innovation economy.

×ó°®ÊÓÆµ High Student Places First at 2018 State Science Fair

By | April 23, 2018

Vithulan Suthakaran, 17, a junior at ×ó°®ÊÓÆµ High School, recently placed first in the environmental engineering category at the 2018 State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida.

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