MIAMI, Florida, July 30 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Bascom Palmer Remains No. 1 in 2025 U.S. News & World Report Rankings By Richard Westlund Neurology/neurosurgery and Sylvester rise in this year's national rankings. For the 24th year, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, part of UHealth--University of Miami Health System, is the No. 1 ophthalmology hospital in the U.S., according to the newly released 2025 U.S. News & World Report "Best Ho  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Donald Trump Jr.'s Drone Ventures Could Make a Killing -- Thanks to His Dad's Billionaire-First Budget Key Point: "Last November, shortly after Donald Trump was reelected president, his son Donald Trump Jr. joined a venture capital firm with investments in several defense companies. Later that month, he was appointed the advisory board of Unusual Machines, a small, Florida-based drone comp  more

BOCA RATON, Florida, July 30 -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * FAU Earns 2025 Eduventures Innovation Award By Jonathan Fraysure Florida Atlantic University is one of just four higher education institutions in the nation to be recognized with the 2025 Eduventures Innovation Award, presented annually by Eduventures Research. Each year, the award showcases schools that embrace innovation, and the 2025 Eduvent  more

BOCA RATON, Florida, July 30 (TNSjou) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * FAU Experts: Prescribe High Potency Statins for Treatment, Prevention By Gisele Galoustian There is broad consensus that the overall body of evidence shows lowering LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol provides both statistically significant and clinically meaningful benefits in treating and preventing cardiovascular disease. Often  more

BOCA RATON, Florida, July 30 (TNSjou) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * Study Refutes Blood Thinner Brain Bleed Risk After Falls in Seniors By Gisele Galoustian There are about 70 million baby boomers in the United States, many now over age 65. As people age, rates of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases rise, leading to more use of blood thinners such as warfarin. At the same time, older adults fac  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 30 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * Florida State University's inaugural Data Day Conference celebrates innovation and collaboration By Logan Lowery Florida State University began a new collaboration among faculty and staff with its first-ever Data Day, a one-day conference hosted by the Office of Institutional Research and sponsored by the Office of the Provost. The new event provided attendees with insightful talks, hands-on workshop  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 30 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * Fulbright Fellowship enriches academic and creative endeavors for FSU student pursuing a doctorate in history By Clara Celedon Historians, tasked with piecing the past together, often cross countries and oceans to access sources and better understand their topics of research. For Danielle Wirsansky, a doctoral student in the Department of History at Florida State University, this meant traveling to I  more

TAMPA, Florida, July 30 -- The University of South Florida issued the following news: * * * How a USF student's personal battle with dengue helped develop mosquito-fighting AI By Paul Guzzo Farhat Azam thought her parents were going to die. It was 2019, and they contracted dengue from a mosquito bite during what would become the worst dengue epidemic on record in Southeast Asia, with 658,000 cases reported. Azam was infected too. But at 23, she was far younger than her parents and better   more

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, July 30 -- The University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus issued the following news: * * * Undergraduate students highlight innovative research at summer symposium By Cliff McBride More than 30 undergraduate students from universities across the country gathered at USF St. Petersburg on July 23 to showcase their research projects during the 2025 OneUSF Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. The student-led presentations marked the culmination of a summer of  more

TAMPA, Florida, July 30 -- The University of South Florida issued the following news: * * * USF doctoral student, Army veteran named 2025 Tillman Scholar By Paul Guzzo Nathaniel Hays has spent his adult life serving and protecting the United States -- first through 23 years in the U.S. Army, including three deployments to Iraq, and now as a University of South Florida doctoral student studying cellular and molecular biology with hopes of advancing cancer research. "When I was a little kid,   more