The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida will collaborate on a new Air Force Office of Scientific Research Center of Excellence focused on high-speed flight and morphing aerospace vehicles, which…
November 1, 2023 – Florida LambdaRail (FLR), Florida’s Research and Education Network, proudly announced today it has completed a significant network expansion, propelling its capabilities to a remarkable 400 gigabits per second (Gbps) and establishing FLR among the world’s highest…
Sept. 15, 2023 – Florida A&M University announced this morning it has accepted an offer to join the Board of Directors of Florida LambdaRail as they plan to grow their campus cyberinfrastructure to 100Gbps. Read the FAMU Press Release FAMU…
State and National leaders have declared a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Idalia which is expected to impact the West Coast and Big Bend areas beginning as early as today, Tuesday, August 29. FLR is monitoring this system…
High schools across the state will offer AI coursework this upcoming year through a UF-designed education program. The program’s goal is to equip youth with the skills required for an AI-enabled workforce. Nancy Ruzycki, a professor at UF’s Herbert Wertheim College…
Moffitt Cancer Center will open a $400 million inpatient surgical hospital on July 31 adjacent to its existing hospital in Tampa. The nearly 500,000-square-foot facility has 128 rooms with the capacity to expand in the future. Full Story
The Association of American Universities has announced that six US research institutions, including the University of South Florida and the University of Miami, have been invited to join the organization. Founded in 1900, the Association of American Universities is composed…
The invitation to join the prestigious organization—considered the gold standard in American higher education—comes as the University’s research and sponsored program expenditures totaled more than $413 million in fiscal year 2022, demonstrating a critical focus to address the world’s most…
The University of South Florida has reached a historic milestone by accepting an invitation to join the Association of American Universities (AAU), a prestigious group of the 71 leading research institutions in the United States and Canada. USF is the…
FLR recently bade farewell to Dr. Rick Burnette who earlier this month completed a two-year term as FSU’s representative on the FLR Board of Directors. Dr. Burnette, who served as Interim CIO at FSU from 2021 until just recently, will…
FLR hosted a series of meetings on UCF’s Orlando campus on May 1st and 2nd. The Board of Directors met for its quarterly meeting on the morning of May 1st followed in the afternoon by our first-ever All-Members meeting. The…
Florida State University is ranked among the world’s top universities for creating patented technology, according to a new report from the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association. Full Story
Florida State University Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Jim Clark announced today the appointment of Jonathan Fozard as the university’s chief information officer and associate vice president for Information Technology Services (ITS). Full Story
Faculty in Florida State University’s College of Criminology and Criminal Justice are No. 1 in the country for research productivity and influence among faculty in their field, according to a quantitative assessment in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education. Full Story