The Library Learning Commons initiative will add new renovations, adding more study spaces and resources at the Thomas G. Library. Funded by Florida's BOG, the construction is expected to begin late July and completed by late Jan. 2015.
Having a diffractometer, an expensive piece of equipment used for chemical and physics research like quantum computing, can help raise UNF's profile in the state.
With parking being especially tricky due to spots lost to the construction of a new garage, Parking Services will issue warnings instead of tickets until Sept. 2 for cars without correct permits.
Dr. Paula Horvath’s social media reporting class at UNF formed #IgniteMedia to cover One Spark in Jacksonville. Now they hope to fundraise enough to travel overseas to One Spark Berlin.
The Auxiliary Oversight Committee met on Aug. 13 to discuss several funding requests submitted by several UNF programs. Requests approved ranged from increased funding for music camps to Spinnaker Radio's request for a LPFM radio broadcast.
The Lufrano Intercultural Gallery 's most recent exhibit includes photographs by Jacksonville native and UNF alumnus Douglas J. Eng. His exhibit, "On Fertile Ground: The Wing Lee Yuen Truck Farm," depicts his grandfather's farm, which produced Chinese produce in Jacksonville from the 1950s-70s.
Eight UNF students rode NASA's "Vomit Comet," a plane that simulates reduced gravity for 15 to 30 seconds. While on the plane, the students conducted a test on the flow of fluids in zero gravity.
After surveying 130,000 students attending schools around the nation, the Princeton Review ranked UNF among the "Best Colleges in the Southeast" and a "Best Value College" today.
