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Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 11, 2018

Take a break from politics to geek out about space travel for a moment. Florida Polytechnic University researchers are working on a breakthrough technology that could simplify the way oxygen is created for such travel. Student researchers and faculty are exploring ways to use algae to capture carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. The technology would simplify […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 18, 2018

Florida Polytechnic University students in Lakeland are learning how to be the bad guy hackers in order to gain a superior understanding of cybersecurity. Students are developing 10 different cybersecurity projects including hacking a user’s device and altering codes on Android devices for malicious purposes, the school announced Wednesday. “One of the most basic strategies […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 26, 2018

Saving babies is the latest order from Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland. Faculty and student researchers there are developing a new method that would create more accurate maternal and fetal electro-cardiogram signals. The improved technology would allow doctors to better treat cardiac defects in fetuses before birth. Noise and interference makes obtaining near-perfect fetal and […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 19, 2018

Florida Polytechnic University is launching a program to further development and testing of autonomous vehicle technology, the school announced Tuesday. The Advanced Mobility Institute (AMI) is the first of its kind in Florida and one of the largest centers in the nation specialized on testing and verifying autonomous vehicles technology, according to the Lakeland-based school. AMI’s […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerMay 13, 2018

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Florida’s public universities graduated 57 percent of low-income students receiving federal Pell Grants in six years, but that trailed the graduation rate of non-Pell students, a new study shows. The analysis by Third Way, a Washington, D.C.- based think tank, used newly reported federal data to track a 2010 cohort of first-time, full-time Pell students […]

Drew WilsonMay 6, 2018

Florida’s newest public university graduated 220 students Friday, most of whom were part of university’s inaugural class. Florida Polytechnic University, or Florida Poly, shed its old status as the Lakeland campus of the University of South Florida back in 2012 after the Legislature approved a plan for the school to be spun off as its […]

Peter SchorschApril 27, 2018

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Florida’s newest public university will graduate more than 200 students who’ve been at the university since it opened its doors in a commencement ceremony next week. Florida Polytechnic University, or Florida Poly, shed its old status as the Lakeland campus of the University of South Florida back in 2012 after the Legislature approved a plan […]

Drew WilsonMarch 8, 2018

Florida Poly announced Thursday that it had pulled in its first National Science Foundation grant for a project proposed by a pair of computer science professors. Florida Poly, also known as Florida Polytechnic University, became an independent institution in 2012. Before its independence, it served as the Lakeland campus of the University of South Florida. […]

Staff ReportsNovember 13, 2017

Last week, Gov. Rick Scott announced seven appointments and reappointments to a variety of Florida boards and commissions. Florida Board of Pharmacy Scott began by appointing two to the Florida Board of Pharmacy. Dr. Jeffrey Mesaros, 40, of Orlando, is the senior legal counsel of pharmacy practice for CVS Health. Mesaros received his doctor of […]

Peter SchorschJuly 25, 2017

If you haven’t already seen the “must-read” article from the Naples Daily News linked to in Monday’s Sunburn — check it out now. Here’s why: Arek Sarkissian stumbled onto a big scandal, but not the scandal he wrote about. Sarkissian’s reporting focuses on Miami-based lobbyist Fausto Gomez for his involvement in Education Management Services (EMS), […]

Tag: Florida Polytechnic University

Florida Poly students identify new way to create oxygen in space

To be the good guys, Florida Polytechnic students first learn how to be the bad guys

Florida Polytechnic latest reach: Saving babies

No hands: Florida Poly to research driverless vehicles

Pell Grant students trail in graduation rates

Florida Poly graduates inaugural class

Florida Poly graduating inaugural class next week

Florida Poly gets first National Science Foundation grant

Rick Scott announces seven state board appointments

Naples Daily News pops lobbyist, gives state universities free pass