June 18, 2025
Jacksonville University is launching a Sea Turtle Program in conjunction the turtle patrol program in St. Johns County.…
June 17, 2025
BIT OF JOY | Studying sea turtles
Jacksonville University students will study sea turtles through a new partnership with the Mickler’s Landing Turtle Patrol.…
May 30, 2025
BIT OF JOY | JU art highlighted in award-winning documentary
A 9-minute documentary about the glowing glass obelisk erected in front of Jacksonville University in 2023 has won four 2025…
April 25, 2025
Making way for manatees in the St. Johns River
A committee is studying how to protect manatees while supporting recreational and commercial uses of the river.…
April 22, 2025
JU students protest cuts as financial details emerge
Protests have continued since JU announced it will eliminate music and theater programs and cut 40 faculty jobs.…
April 15, 2025
JU cuts 40 faculty and ends music and theater programs
JU’s reorganization is intended to align the university’s courses with the needs of today’s working world.…
April 9, 2025
BIT OF JOY | JU students selected as finalists in NASA competition
Two student teams from Jacksonville University are finalists in NASA’s Human Lander Challenge.…
March 26, 2025
JU breaks ground on region’s first 4-year medical school
Jacksonville University and the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine will accept students in 2026.…
August 26, 2024
JU law school opens at new Downtown site
Jacksonville’s only law school has officially opened its home in the historic former Atlantic Bank Building.…
June 13, 2024
Here’s how Jacksonville fared in the new state budget
Gov. Ron DeSantis cut funding for at least 70 projects or programs in the Jacksonville area, but other organizations won…
May 29, 2024
Blue Cypress Golf Course adding 3 holes and clubhouse
The city-owned course in Jacksonville’s University Park area will add three par-3 holes to the nine-hole layout.…
April 30, 2024
UNF announces new fintech programs
The fintech programs will position students in one of Jacksonville’s most prominent economic sectors.…
March 4, 2024
JU law school obtains provisional accreditation
Accreditation from the American Bar Association makes students eligible to take the bar exam.…
February 16, 2024
Jacksonville University honors former Sheriff Nat Glover
Jacksonville University’s Public Policy Institute will name its Master in Public Policy Minority Fellowship Program in honor of former Sheriff…
January 23, 2024
City panel OKs funding for JU law school to move
The $3.5 million would help the law school move into the historic 121 Atlantic Place Building Downtown.…
November 22, 2023
JU law school will move to permanent home Downtown
Jacksonville University’s new law school has signed a lease for the former Atlantic Bank Building at Hogan and Forsyth streets.…
September 20, 2023
Glowing blue obelisk dedicated as public art at JU main gate
The Obelisk in front of Jacksonville University was officially dedicated as a public art piece on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023.…
August 24, 2023
JU opens renovated tech and arts institute
The STEAM program offers training in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.…
August 7, 2023
Jacksonville University law school grows ‘brick by brick’
Twenty-seven students will compose the second cohort of juris doctor candidates at the JU College of Law, nearly twice as…
May 29, 2023
‘You don’t see a lot of Black, female pilots.’ This Riverside graduate aims to be one.
This Riverside High graduate plans to enroll in Jacksonville University’s School of Aviation.…