By Phillip Milano

Dr. Franklyn A. Johnson, who masterminded Jacksonville University’s transition to a full four-year institution as its president, while boosting enrollment, raising admission standards and strengthening faculty quality, died early Wednesday, July 24, of congestive heart failure. The …

Incoming JU freshman Jacob “Jac” Shacter is getting praise in the media for his efforts to bring clean drinking water to African communities.

Shacter, beginning at age 12, received the chance to give $2,500 from his family’s foundation to a …

JU sociologist Heather Downs weighed in on the royal baby frenzy on Tuesday, July 23, discussing the new birth and its cultural implications on WJXT TV-4’s “Morning Show.”

Downs discussed the fascination with the royal offspring and why even people …

To the Jacksonville University campus community:

It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Bill Crosby, Dean of our College of Interdisciplinary and Professional Studies (CIPS), has agreed to become Acting Chief Academic …

Jacksonville University incoming student Victoria Miller was touted as a “triple threat” on TV Monday, July 22, as the music theater major discussed her role in the University of South Florida’s Broadway Theatre Project.

FOX 13 “Good Day Tampa Bay”

In a move to enhance students’ skills and boost their career chances, Jacksonville University’s Davis College of Business is for the first time offering a full series of free GMAT/GRE classes for graduate business applicants.

To make the prep courses …

Rick Mullaney, Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute founding director

Rick Mullaney, founding director of Jacksonville University’s Public Policy Institute (JU PPI), has begun hosting a quarterly radio show, “Policy Matters,” on WJCT-FM 89.9’s “First Coast Connect.”

“The goal of the …

From the National Park Service

The National Park Service and its official Friends Group, the Timucuan Trail Parks Foundation, has awarded its first two $500 research grants to local students, including …

Dr. Quinton White, JU’s Marine Science Research Institute executive director, was a guest Thursday, July 18 on a WJCT-89.9 FM “First Coast Connect” radio segment about an upcoming forum on the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project.

White said on the show …

Congratulations to JU Professor of Philosophy Erich Freiberger, whose article “Just War Theory and the Ethics of Drone Warfare” has been published at e-International Relations (e-IR), the world’s leading website for students of international politics with a readership of 1.5 …