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By Kevin Hogencamp/Jacksonville University

MARINELAND, Fla. — Call her “Dr.” Nellie, if you will. You could even say that she’s “old school.”

Jacksonville University’s beloved marine mascot  – the oldest dolphin in human care – received an honorary doctorate degree …

Pub owners should be concerned about a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation to lower the driving-under-in-the-influence blood-alcohol threshold, Jacksonville University Business Dean Don Capener says in a May 24 Florida Times-Union article.

“Those (regulations) increase the costs and risks for …

Music lovers can catch two jazz-playing Jacksonville University professors within three blocks today — Friday, May 24 — at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival.

The Gary Starling Group — featuring its guitar-playing namesake, a Jacksonville University Artist-in-Residence — will perform from …

San Francisco, CA (May 23, 2013) – NerdWallet, a consumer advocacy and financial literacy website, has compiled a list of the top metro areas for veterans, and laud’s Jacksonville University for its focus on military education benefits.

NerdWallet ranked the …

The Jacksonville University men’s and women’s soccer programs will host their annual skills camp this summer from June 10 through June 14.  Boys and girls ages 5-14 are invited to come and participate in the camp designed to develop young

A Mayoral Breakfast at JU’s Davis College of Business this week turned into an impromptu training exercise for Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown as he tried out the Davis Aviation Center’s new flight simulator.

Brown, an ’85/’89 JU alumnus, had heard

As temperatures rise, it’s time to be aware of more marine life in our waterways, JU Marine Science Research Institute Executive Director Quinton White says in his Friday, May 24, Florida Times-Union “River Life” column.

“With spring we begin to …

Three JU employees — Dr. Kim Capriotti, Dr. Rhett Yates and Dave Farraday — placed fifth as a relay team in the fifth annual Never Quit Beach Fest Series on May 19 in Jacksonville Beach.

Capriotti is associate professor of …

Sometimes we can forget the talent we’ve got right under our noses or in front of our eyes here at Jacksonville University — or in this case, right next to our ears.

John W. Ricci, Director of Jazz Studies at …

By Kevin Hogencamp/Jacksonville University

            In an effort to control the expanding feral cat population on the Jacksonville University grounds, cats will be trapped, spayed or neutered, and returned to campus this summer.

            Senior JU biology major Danielle D’Amato will administer …