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A lifelong passion for the environment and our river’s health rewarded

As a child growing up near the Elizabeth River system in Norfolk, Va., Quinton White saw firsthand how neglecting or harming the environment can directly shape the quality of a person’s life.

“We kids would go down to the mudflats …

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RIVER LIFE: St. Johns River a diverse ecosystem

The St. Johns River is so big and complex that it is hard to know everything about it, especially the who, what and where of plant and animal life at any given moment in time.

But I get help. When …

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RIVER LIFE: Clean drinking water may be in short supply

“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink” goes the line from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The statement may soon be more true than many in our area would like to believe in the …

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Hands-on and up-close at 7th annual JU MSRI Ripples on the River

By Christina Kelso

JU Communications senior

For the more than 300 visitors who explored the Jacksonville University Marine Science Research Institute’s Seventh Annual Ripples on the River event on Saturday, May 17, the St. Johns River became more than a …

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JU a host site for March 8 Jacksonville Science Festival!

Jacksonville University, MOSH, Hemming Plaza, Friendship Park and
Jacksonville Main Library to feature free S.T.E.A.M.-related exhibits

What: The Second Annual Jacksonville Science Festival highlighting the power of S.T.E.A.M. through more than 125 interactive exhibits, hands-on activities and staged performances celebrating …

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JU Marine Science Research Institute partners with Jacksonville Marine Charities on kingfish research

Jacksonville University’s Marine Science Research Institute has received a $2,500 gift from the organizer of the Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament to study the diet and migratory patterns of king mackerel.

“We’ve partnered with the Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tournament for more …

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JU MSRI Executive Director Quinton White’s Times-Union River Life Column: When the river ‘boils,’ it must be mullet

Mullet is the subject of the Friday, Oct. 25, monthly River Life column in The Florida Times-Union by JU Marine Science Research Institute Executive Director Quinton White.

Not the hairstyle, the fish.

White discusses watching a recent mullet run and …

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JU’s Dr. Quinton White talks salinity – or lack of it – in latest Florida Times-Union “River Life” column

Dr. Quinton White, executive director of Jacksonville University’s Marine Science Research Institute, takes on the topic of our river’s saltwater — or lack of it — in the latest installment of his regular River Life column in The Florida Times-Union …

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