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By Lauren Michelle Tidwell ’13

BA English/BFA in Art with Photography Concentration

JU assistant professor of Spanish Jorge Majfud is being praised as one of the current 10 most important Hispanic authors in Impacto Latin News, New York’s oldest …

Dr. Stephen Baker remains a go-to source for political analysis, even in his retirement.

Baker, who taught political science at Jacksonville University for 28 years until calling it quits this spring, will be on Melissa Ross’s “First Coast Connect” show …

Former JU student Margaret “June” Applen, who met her college sweetheart at the University in the 1950s, is the subject of a heart-warming, uplifting Mark Woods column in The Florida Times-Union as she bravely battles ovarian cancer and crosses off …

Jacksonville University’s Davis Aviation Center announced it is one of the first schools in the nation to team with American Eagle Airlines on a new Pilot Pipeline Program that helps graduates gain experience and flight hours for a career as …

When Jacksonville University alumni think back to their days as students, memories of walking across the picturesque campus or enjoying an outdoor sporting event may come to mind.

Attending a JU ice hockey game? That wasn’t conceivable.

A group of …

 By Suwanda Baker/Upward Bound Academic Counselor

JU Upward Bound is a college preparatory program for Duval County High School students. For almost 40 years, we have had the pleasure of working with some of the area’s brightest young adults. …

To the JU Community,

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you that helped make the June 1-2 First Coast Kids Triathlon at Jacksonville University a great success.

With more than 1,900 participants and thousands of well-wishers on

By JU Athletics

The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Jacksonville University junior Chris Anderson on Thursday, June 6 in the first round of the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Taken with the No. 18 overall pick, Anderson is the …

Jacksonville University alumni gathered May 30-31 in New York City for fellowship and to meet President Tim Cost, who provided an update on JU projects.

Receptions were held at the Stone Rose Lounge and Le Parker Meridien.

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Jacksonville University has received a $2,000 Kurt Weill Foundation for Music grant to reimburse JU for advertising and musician expenses from its April production of “Street Scene: An America Opera.”

The Kurt Weill Foundation (www.kwf.org) is a New