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Professor with Student in Science Labratory

$1M NSF Award Spells STEM Advancement

Michael Candelaria January 5, 2021

Stetson receives nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation for an initiative involving science, technology, engineering and math

Elected to Protect the Area’s Environmental Resources

Cory Lancaster November 11, 2020

Professor Wendy Anderson wins a seat on the Volusia Soil & Water Conservation District

Rock specimens with graphic tat says "Selections from the Collections: Gillespie Museum"

The Hope Diamond is Missing: Curious Artifacts in the Gillespie

Cory Lancaster October 23, 2020

Among Gillespie Museum’s most interesting artifacts: a set of Historical Diamond replicas

Lifespan and Beyond

Michael Candelaria October 22, 2020

An emerging multidisciplinary center, under the initials CCHWAL, is helping to spell the future of health sciences on campus and in the community

Stetson’s Bartram Gardens & Trail Educates Community about Natural World

Cory Lancaster August 1, 2020

New gardens and nature trail honor American naturalist William Bartram

National Guard pulls a lifeboat with rescued residents through deep water

$404,000 Grant Funds Stetson’s Water Institute and South Atlantic Region Project

Cory Lancaster April 24, 2020

Research partners to evaluate solutions for cost-effective flood mitigation in coastal cities

‘Trust Science’

Michael Candelaria April 14, 2020

Asal Mohamadi Johnson, PhD — scientist, researcher and professor — has a message, especially for her students: Learn from the coronavirus pandemic

Stetson’s Water Institute Receives $185,000 Florida Sea Grant

Cory Lancaster February 29, 2020

Funding will help develop recommendations for land conservation in Volusia County

Preparing Florida for Sea-Level Rise

Cory Lancaster September 23, 2019

Stetson alumna Julia Nesheiwat will develop a strategy as state’s first Chief Resilience Officer

Stetson Receives NSF Grant for New Microscope

Michael Candelaria September 21, 2019

An inverted fluorescent microscope system will be used by undergraduate students and faculty in biology, health sciences and physics

Chris Ferguson and the Myth of Video Game Violence

Cory Lancaster August 22, 2019

Stetson professor draws on his 15 years of research to debunk fears about violent video games

graphic of circulating tumor cell in blood stream

Stetson student conducts cancer research this summer

Cory Lancaster August 9, 2019

Phasin Gonzalez ’20 studies circulating tumor cells in ongoing clinical trials at the University of Kansas

Jason Evans Named Water Institute Interim Executive Director

Michael Candelaria June 27, 2019

Associate Professor Jason Evans, Ph.D., to lead Water Institute

Stetson Selects New Dean for College of Arts and Sciences

Cory Lancaster June 14, 2019

Elizabeth Skomp, Ph.D., to begin new role in July

Grant Dollars for Aquatic Restoration

Michael Candelaria June 5, 2019

The new funding will enable Stetson Law to review the legal and financial mechanisms in place for the long-term protection of restored sites

Climate Solutions: Now Served in Restaurants Everywhere

Cory Lancaster June 2, 2019

Math Professor and Executive Chef Hari Pulapaka, Ph.D., writes about climate change and dining out

Seed Dollars for Cells of Growth

Michael Candelaria June 1, 2019

Editor’s note: This story originally was posted on Sept. 24, 2018. At the Sage Hall Science Center on the Stetson campus, first floor, tucked down a long hallway in a room that is cramped but filled with wide eyes, students — undergraduates — are exploring the world of curing cancer. They are researching cures for, […]