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UWF offers advanced degrees and certificates for a wide range of academic disciplines. We have more than 4,750 students pursuing master's and doctoral degrees, as well as graduate-level certificates.
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UWF students explore the Luna settlement and the Emanuel Point III shipwreck
The University of West Florida’s Archaeology Institute recently wrapped up its summer field schools. Thirty-nine undergraduate and graduate students participated in either a maritime field school or terrestrial field school, with unmatched opportunities to conduct archaeological investigations. The terrestrial field school was led by Dr. Ramie Gougeon, director of the Archaeology Institute, chair and professor, and the maritime field school was run by Dr. Greg Cook, associate professor, and Dr. John Bratten, professor of anthropology, with assistance from the Archaeology Institute's Will Wilson, marine archaeologist.
UWF and three other State University System of Florida institutions partner to test a model for oyster metabolites and Vibrio bacteria
A research team composed of faculty from the University of West Florida, the Florida Institute of Technology, Florida Gulf Coast University and New College of Florida were recently awarded $200,000 from the Gulf of Mexico Alliance for their project, “An AI-Directed Tool Development for Pathogenic ‘Flesh-eating’ Vibrio Bacteria Prediction and Control.”
UWF team places in top 5 in national data science competition
A University of West Florida team placed fifth against teams including Yale University, Dartmouth College and others at a national competition held by the University of South Carolina. The USC National Big Data Health Science Student Case Competition was held Jan. 26-28. UWF graduate students Gail Han and Jason Gerstenberger and UWF undergraduate student Dylan Wright worked for more than 24 hours to solve a healthcare data science challenge. The team, “Data Detectives,” was guided by faculty members Dr. Achraf Cohen and Dr. Shusen Pu, who work in UWF’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
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