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This transformational investment—the largest in USF’s nearly 70-year history—marks the first named college in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to the convergence of AI and cybersecurity. Full Story
The development is the latest milestone in UF’s ongoing collaboration with NVIDIA, which began in 2020 and spans education, research, and operations at the university. Full Story
The Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) program is now accepting applications for the 2025 program. Since 2015, the WINS program has provided an immersive “hands-on” mentorship opportunity for early- to mid-career applicants in the IT field who are…
In partnership with Merit, Arizona State University, and the Marconi Society, The Quilt is offering a digital inclusion leadership certificate program. The course is intended to address the urgent demand for expertise in closing the digital divide. This Quilt-Merit certificate…
Hurricane Milton has passed and we are pleased to report the FLR network survived fully intact. And yet while the West Coast of Florida has suffered a terrible blow, it could have been even worse. A shift in the…
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The University of South Florida will serve as host for the international headquarters of the Global Virus Network (GVN), a distinguished organization comprised of virologists spanning in excess of 80 Centers of Excellence and Affiliates in more than 40 countries…
FLR is hosting three days of meetings beginning the afternoon of Tuesday, May 7, 2024, with our annual member meeting to be held at Nova Southeastern University. All FLR members and affiliates are encouraged to attend an afternoon of informative…
The Board of Governors announced research expenditures for the State University System of Florida reached $2.94 billion for the 2022-23 academic year, which is an increase of more than $400 million over the prior year. Full Story
The University of South Florida has announced its intention to create a college focused on the rapidly evolving fields of artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity and computing, with the goal of positioning the Tampa Bay region and state of Florida as…
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…