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Dozens of dignitaries, business people and residents got an eyeful and earful of the progress sweeping across Jacksonville University’s campus on Wednesday, Aug. 14, as the University hosted an #ilovejax Chamber of Commerce tour.

“This is a town of unusual …

Some of Brazil’s emerging leaders in environmental issues were on hand Tuesday, Aug. 13,  to tour Jacksonville University’s Marine Science Research Institute and learn about some of its cutting-edge projects.

MSRI Executive Director Dr. Quinton White showed the group the

Congratulations to JU alum Earnie Franklin, who has been tapped to head Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown’s Office of Public-Private Partnerships.

Franklin, a 2003 JU Davis College of Business EMBA grad, has been president and CEO of Florida Blue subsidiary Incepture

Jacksonville University recently hosted more than 100 Certified Athletic Trainers, Physicians and EMS Providers from throughout Northeast Floridia and Southeast Georgia for The Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program’s spine board and airway management training.

The event in Gooding Auditorium featured special

 Jacksonville University employees:

Your Employee Advisory Council is hosting its annual Ice Cream Social just for you at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16 in the Howard Administration Building lobby. It’s our traditional end-of-summer, beginning-of-fall get-together!

Come and make your own …

Jacksonville University ranks fifth in the state among colleges offering the highest lifetime return on investment, in a list released by an organization that identifies affordable colleges. 

According to AffordableCollegesOnline.org (AC Online), graduates from these schools “enjoy the largest earnings …

The Jacksonville Sharks’ success on the field, particularly when it makes it to post-season play as the arena football team has done four consecutive years, is a boon to the local economy, Dr. Don Capener, the Jacksonville University Davis College

People in Florida and other humid climates should worry as much about drinking up as covering up with sunscreen on a sunny summer day, Heather Hausenblaus, Jacksonville University associate professor of exercise science, said in a Tampa Tribune article.

Dehydration,

Some people write books about economics.

Some write about soccer.

And some write about talking to ladies at clubs.

Jacksonville University alumnus (’10) Chris Lai of Kingston, Jamaica, probably could do any of these – but he chose to …

A package of stories in the Sunday, Aug. 12, Life section of The Florida Times-Union takes a look at life on — or in — Fleming Island.

Edward McCourt, assistant professor of English and director of the writing center at