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Florida Tech Marine Biology Alumna Martha Guyas Turns Commercial Fishing Passion into Career

Martha Guyas ’09 M.S. has always had a connection with the water. Born and raised in Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay, she was surrounded by it. […]

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Florida Tech Researchers Speak on ‘Green Comet’, Set to Make Debut for First Time in 50,000 Years on Feb. 2

Looking to the skies over the next week or so, you may see something you will not see again for 50,000 years. This occasional visitor, C/2022 E3 (ZTF), also known as the “green comet,” will make its closest approach to Earth on Feb. 2. […]

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Four Rockledge High Students Win Florida Tech’s 24th Annual High School Business Ethics Competition

Florida Tech thanked the Cavallucci-Strouse Family Endowment for Ethics and Leadership and Community Credit Union for their sponsorship as several local high schools participated in the 24th Annual High School Business Ethics Competition. […]

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Florida Tech and Larsen Motorsports Attend Annual Interservice, Industry Training Education Conference

Florida Tech and university affiliate Larsen Motorsports turned heads at this year’s Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference, the largest such event in the world by showcasing their newest jet dragster, a sleek and shiny race car powered by a Northrop F-5 supersonic fighter engine. […]

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Stanford University: Florida Tech Faculty Members Named Among Top 2 Percent of Scientists Worldwide

Fourteen faculty members associated with Florida Tech have been named to the 2022 lists from Stanford University that compile the top 2 percent of scientists worldwide. Inclusion on the list is based on standardized academic citations, co-authorships, and, for the career-long list, related composite metrics that gauge impact over that time. […]

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Florida Tech Provost Marco Carvalho Named to Florida Inventors Hall of Fame Advisory Board

Marco Carvalho, Ph.D., executive vice president, provost, and COO at Florida Tech, has been named to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame Advisory Board. Carvalho, who is also a professor of computer sciences, joins a board featuring distinguished leaders and inventors with diverse backgrounds from both the public and private sectors. […]

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Florida Tech Aims to Bring the Community Together with New University Diversity Council

Florida Tech has formed a University Diversity Council to champion Florida Tech’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts while embracing the challenge, as all institutions must, of examining the university climate, culture, practices, and policies to ensure they are equitable and inclusive. […]

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Florida Tech to Discontinue Five Varsity Programs Including Rowing and Track, Will Transition to Club Sports

Florida Institute of Technology announced today that it will discontinue five varsity sports programs this fall and transition them to club sports: men’s rowing, women’s rowing, men’s cross country/distance track, women’s cross country/distance track, and men’s golf. […]

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