MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 23 -- Florida International University, a component of the public university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * FIU acquires new tool to study life and death struggles of batteries By Christine Calvo Imagine a device so powerful, it could let you see the atomic-level drama unfolding inside your cell phone's battery as you use it to read this story online. Scientists at FIU are now equipped to do just that with the acquisition of a powerful and versatile  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 23 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU secures historic $10 million gift to revolutionize nursing education in Northwest Florida By Amy Farnum-Patronis Florida State University is set to advance nursing education and health care innovation in Northwest Florida with the support of a $10 million gift from The Fairholme Foundation. This landmark philanthropic gift -- the largest-ever to the College of Nursing -- will help FSU expand nur  more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 23 -- Florida International University, a component of the public university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * Get it to grow: FIU shares agricultural knowledge with farmers in South Africa By Daniela Ghelman South Africa is on a mission to improve its national soil health, and FIU is helping lead the charge. Over the summer, the agroecology program hosted a series of soil health workshops at leading South African universities, including the Universi  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 23 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Home run partnership: Duke Energy Foundation, Tampa Bay Rays donate $82,000 to help Florida customers pay energy bills * The Foundation donated $1,000 for every Rays win this season * Donations will go to community agencies that provide financial assistance for customers in need * Duke Energy Foundation and the Tampa Bay Rays announced a $82,000 donation to help customers across Florida pay their en  more

HOLLYWOOD, Florida, Sept. 19 -- Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, issued the following news: * * * Miami Comedy Festival Returns to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, Jan. 17, 2026 * Miami Comedy Festival Returns to Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 10 a.m. and start at $69. Fans can access the venue presale Monday, Sept.   more

MIAMI, Florida, Sept. 23 -- Miami Dade College issued the following news release: * * * Recent Miami Dade College Graduate Daniel Yantani Coto Named a 2025-26 Newman Civic Fellow Miami Dade College (MDC) graduate Daniel Yantani Coto has been named a 2025-26 Newman Civic Fellow, the nation's highest honor for student engagement leadership. Earlier this year, he was awarded a prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, a highly competitive award that provi  more

PENSACOLA, Florida, Sept. 22 -- The University of West Florida, a component of public state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: * * * UWF recognizes decades of giving from Warren Averett The University of West Florida celebrated the lifetime giving of Warren Averett at a special ceremony in the Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business. The regional accounting and advisory firm's philanthropic relationship with UWF began when Mort O'Sullivan's accounting firm made its fi  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * First-ever construction helmet ratings show modern designs can save lives By Travis Williams The 2018 collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Miami, Florida, served as a headgear wake-up call for Scott Greenhaus. A 40-plus-year veteran of the construction industry, Greenhaus was working with his team to install a post-tensioning system when the bridge collapsed. It killed five motorists and one team member and left  more