Jacksonville University Professor Dr. Brian Lane is the brain behind the popular YouTube channel Let’s Code Physics, which recently hurdled the 6,600-subscribers mark. Designed to help teach students to produce code to simulate physics experiments, the channel helps answer …
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University working toward reopening campus in the fall
President Tim Cost ’81 announced some steps Jacksonville University is taking so we can safely welcome students, faculty and staff back to our beautiful campus.
Please watch the update from President Cost outlining how we are preparing our campus while …
Read More »Student newspaper publishes last edition for academic year
The Navigator, Jacksonville University’s award-winning student newspaper, recently published its last edition for the 2019-2020 academic year.
You can read all the articles here.

The Navigator, which was first published in 1934, maintains both a print publication and …
Read More »University nursing community finds new ways to serve
In the midst of current adversity, the Jacksonville University nursing community banded together to engage in initiatives to uplift and aid their colleagues, who are treating victims of the COVID-19 virus.
The idea evolved from Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing …
Read More »Committee names 2020 Jacksonville University Women of the Year
The COVID-19 crisis curtailed many Women’s History Month 2020 activities, including this year’s public celebrations of Jacksonville University’s Women of the Year.
Still, members of the University community had nominated 34 exceptional undergraduate and graduate students and faculty and staff …
Read More »JU mourns tragic loss of beach volleyball student-athlete
Over the weekend, Jacksonville University learned of the sudden and tragic passing of freshman and beach volleyball student-athlete Makenzie Befus.
“It is with a heavy heart that I wish to extend my deepest condolences to the family of Makenzie Befus, …
Read More »Tips to help you successfully work or learn from home
The country’s unprecedented response to the coronavirus has most of the Jacksonville University community working or taking classes from home. If you’re new to remote life, these tips collected from home-office pros can help you stay productive and maintain balance.…
Read More »Women’s History Month celebrates Valiant Women of the Vote
Women’s History Month highlights the contributions of women in history and contemporary society. In 1911, it started with a day, expanded to a week in 1980, and finally became a month of celebration worldwide in 1988.
Ever since, the celebration …
Read More »Student-athletes achieve highest aggregate GPA in school history
Sixty athletes finished the recently completed fall semester with grade point averages (GPA) of 4.0 to lead the Jacksonville University student-athlete cohort of more than 400 athletes to a school-record 3.36 average GPA.
“An average GPA of above a 3.0
University scientist, grad student join latest OCEARCH expedition
Jacksonville University Assistant Professor of Biology/Marine Science Dr. Bryan Franks and graduate student Christina LoBuglio will join the crew for OCEARCH’s latest expedition off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina.
The M/V OCEARCH vessel will search the Northwest Atlantic …
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