Nearly 70 ×ó°®ÊÓƵ Faculty Named Among World's Top 2% of Scientists
Nearly 70 ×ó°®ÊÓƵ faculty are ranked among the world's top 2% of scientists by Stanford-Elsevier, recognizing their global research impact across 22 fields and 174 subfields from engineering to humanities.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Researchers 'Zoom' in for an Ultra-Magnified Peek at Shark Skin
What gives shark skin its toughness and sleek glide? Tiny, tooth-like denticles. Researchers used electron microscopy to reveal how these structures shift with age, sex, and function in bonnethead sharks.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Lands EPA Grant to Use Genetics in Florida Bay Sponge Restoration
Funded by the U.S. EPA, the project marks the first genetic assessment of sponge recovery in the region, with broad implications for ecosystem health and economically important species like the spiny lobster.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ High School Merit Scholars on the Rise
The class of 2026 at ×ó°®ÊÓƵ High School continues to exemplify outstanding academic achievements, with 23 seniors named as National Merit Scholar semifinalists, and 43 designated as "commended students."
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Joins VIP Consortium, Launches Inaugural Research Teams
×ó°®ÊÓƵ is the first university in Florida to join the international VIP Consortium, a global network of more than 50 institutions of higher education, and has selected its first official VIP teams.
Record Number of Merit Scholars Attending ×ó°®ÊÓƵ
×ó°®ÊÓƵ is welcoming 40 National Merit Scholars this semester, with 19 of them returning and 21 of them attending ×ó°®ÊÓƵ for the first time.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Receives NIH Grant to Investigate Amphetamine Addiction
With this grant, the ×ó°®ÊÓƵ research team will use tiny roundworms to study how amphetamines disrupt dopamine, aiming to uncover addiction mechanisms and train the next generation of neuroscience researchers.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Joins First Global Effort to Map Microplastics in Ocean Systems
An ×ó°®ÊÓƵ researcher joins an international team of scientists who have moved beyond "scratching the ocean's surface," marking a turning point in understanding microplastics' path through critical ocean systems.
×ó°®ÊÓƵ Hosts 56th Annual Honors Convocation
×ó°®ÊÓƵ President Adam Hasner and Interim Provost Russell Ivy recently hosted the 56th annual Honors Convocation.
WHC Student Honored by Forum Club of the Palm Beaches
Ellie Pfahler, a student at ×ó°®ÊÓƵ's Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, is the inaugural recipient of the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches' Student Civic Engagement Award.