Officials marked a significant milestone Wednesday with the launch of the Florida University Space Research Consortium, a partnership between three universities and the Kennedy Space Center that aims to enhance space research and technology capabilities.

Stacker compiled a list of the best colleges in Florida using rankings from Niche.

The 100 Black Men of Jacksonville (J100) will host their 2024 Infinite Scholars Scholarship Fair on Saturday at the Jessie Ball DuPont Center from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., according to a release.

Albert Manero said he was stuck in traffic listening to the radio when he heard an interview with a man who built 3-D-printed mechanical hands.

Jack Sweeney, the University of Central Florida student that made national headlines with his Twitter account that tracked Elon Musk’s jet, now appears to be doing the same with Gov. Ron DeSantis.

There are three proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution that the Florida Legislature voted to place on the ballot this November.

Of course, any loss is disappointing — especially one to an in-state foe who wants to capitalize on your down season.

Hundreds of people packed a Jacksonville church Tuesday to celebrate the life of Otis Anderson Jr.

Former University of Central Florida and University Christian football star Otis Anderson Jr., 23, died in a double shooting Monday night that also left his mother hospitalized — neighbors, former teammates and UCF leaders said Tuesday.

The Jaguars are expected to make a major announcement Thursday, according to a tweet from Roofclaim.com.

Florida colleges and universities could be required to issue campus-wide surveys gauging “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” under a measure passed Wednesday by the Senate.

Florida lawmakers are hardly the first in taking up the fight, which critics say could lead to the amplification of dangerous hate speech. The proposal wending through the Florida Legislature would require public universities to survey the prevailing political views on their campuses. It would specifically permit students to record classes when students feel a professor is imposing their political views upon them. She hopes the bill can help create civil discussion about free speech on Florida’s campuses. Critics of the proposed Florida legislation questioned what lawmakers would do with the results of the proposed surveys of campus populations.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Duval County Health Department confirmed Friday that one case of the COVID variant first identified in the United Kingdom has been found in Jacksonville. According to data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated Thursday evening, 347 cases of this B.1.1.7 variant have been found in Florida. That more than one-third of the 981 cases identified in the United States so far. This announcement of a variant in Jacksonville comes one day after a student at the University of Central Florida was diagnosed with the U.K. variant of the coronavirus, which is thought to be more easily transmissible. The unidentified student tested positive this week, Michael Deichen, associate vice president of UCF Student Health Services said Thursday in a statement on the university’s website.

ORLANDO, Fla. – A student at the University of Central Florida has been diagnosed with a variant of the coronavirus first found in the United Kingdom and thought to be more easily transmissible. The unidentified student tested positive this week, Michael Deichen, associate vice president of UCF Student Health Services said Thursday in a statement on the university's website. The Orlando-based university is one of the nation's largest with more than 66,000 students. University officials said the student was isolated and contact tracing measures were taken. Tens of thousands of college students around the nation have tested positive for the virus, and some campuses have seen spikes in cases with students returning to campus.

ORLANDO, Fla. – A 26-year-old man who fatally struck a University of Central Florida student last year as she walked near campus was sentenced to more than a decade in prison Wednesday. Hasan ran over a curb and hit London Harrell, 21, as she was walking home from a bar along a grass shoulder off the road in June 2019, authorities said. Prosecutors say Yousuf Hasan hit 21-year-old London Harrell in June 2019. Police body camera footage obtained by the Orlando Sentinel showed Hasan failing a field sobriety test. More on this story can be found on WKMG Click Orlando.

In one image Eade grabbed from the teen's Instagram account, McKinlay’s daughter shows off a tattoo. Tattoo parlors have reopened across much of Florida and it is not clear when the daughter got the tattoo. Also, McKinlay says her daughter is following all protocols at the University of Central Florida in Orlando where she attends classes. After Eade's post, McKinlay shot back with a fiery missive of her own on her county commission Facebook page at those accusing her daughter of wrongdoing. Her daughter attends the University of Central Florida in Orlando, where her mother says she is adhering to the schools coronavirus policies.

ORLANDO, Fla. The University of Central Florida on Wednesday suspended a sorority and a fraternity for violating the schools COVID-19 policies, News4Jax sister station WKMG reported. ZTA was placed on interim suspension for allegedly hosting an unapproved social gathering on campus, school leaders said. The sorority followed the universitys process for applying to host an event, but the event was still pending a decision from UCF when they elected to hold it anyway.Officials at the school also said the event willfully disregarded the universitys COVID-19 policies and guidelines. SAE was placed on interim suspension for allegedly hosting a large social gathering off campus that willfully disregarded the universitys COVID-19 policies and guidelines, officials added. Two students were placed on interim suspension for not complying with the universitys policies during the pandemic.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. The alcohol license has been suspended at a University of Central Florida-area bar after patrons and employees tested positive for the coronavirus. The DBPR said 13 employees of the bar tested positive for COVID-19 and 28 patrons of the bar tested positive for the coronavirus after visiting the bar. Court documents show The Knights Pub is accused of serving patrons alcoholic beverages while they were not being seated for service on June 5. According to court documents, social distancing measures were not enforced and patrons were being served alcoholic beverages while not being seated for service on June 6. In Phase 2 of Floridas reopening, bars and restaurants could reopen with seated service.

University of FloridaOn Wednesday, the University of Florida emailed all faculty instructing them to move classes online no later than March 16 to avoid face-to-face contact. Florida State UniversityFlorida State University announced Wednesday it will also shift from in-person classes to online classes by March 23 -- the Monday students resume coursework after spring break. Following UNF’s scheduled spring break, coursework will continue through virtual online teaching for two weeks, March 23 to April 5. Florida A&M UniversityAll FAMU announced that face-to-face instruction would be suspended when students return from spring break on March 23. Edward Waters CollegeEdward Waters College extended its spring break an additional week through March 20.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Two Walt Disney World employees and a University of Central Florida student were among those arrested Thursday during a child porn bust, officials said. According to authorities, Operation Guardians of Innocence IV: Fall Haul was a month-long special investigation by the Polk County Sheriff's Office Computer Crimes Unit. The investigators focused on identifying members of the community who possessed and shared child pornography, deputies said. According to officials, some men arrested had contacted children or were soliciting sexually explicit photos of children. Each one of these arrests has removed a predator from our streets, and the internet," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Two Walt Disney World employees and a University of Central Florida student were among those arrested Thursday on suspicion of soliciting child pornography, officials said. According to authorities, Operation Guardians of Innocence IV: Fall Haul was a month-long special investigation by the Polk County Sheriff's Office Computer Crimes Unit. The investigators focused on identifying members of the community who possessed and shared child pornography, deputies said. According to officials, some men arrested had contacted children or were soliciting sexually explicit photos of children. Each one of these arrests has removed a predator from our streets, and the internet," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.