Eckerd College

09/06/2026

This fall, 23% of our first-year students are the first in their family to attend college. Our support for these students just got a boost.

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09/04/2026

Some biologists collect vast amounts of data and don’t utilize it for years because they don’t know how to handle, analyze or ask questions about it. Not at Eckerd, where an interdisciplinary approach with computer science faculty has helped student researchers address complex questions—and co-author scientific papers as a result.

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09/03/2026

Journalist, author, activist and women’s rights advocate Gloria Steinem’s enduring legacy includes a 2008 visit to St. Petersburg to speak at Eckerd College. As admirers and beneficiaries of her life’s work mourn her passing today, we reflect on the moment her story intertwined with our own.

Gloria Steinem led a conversation with Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Jennifer Baumgardner, Amy Richards at Eckerd College in Florida.

08/31/2026

Much more than just lab skills: This summer, six Eckerd students completed prestigious medical internships at Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Genomic Medicine, studying topics such as type 2 diabetes, autism, familial dysautonomia, Friedreich’s ataxia and Sanfilippo syndrome.

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08/28/2026

The cownose ray population in Florida may be falling. Assistant Professor of Marine Science John Hlavin weighs in as MyFWC Florida Fish and Wildlife is considering the first harvest regulations for this animal which has a relatively slow reproductive rate. Hlavin highlights the ray's vital role in coastal ecosystem health and tourism value in this story by USA TODAY affiliate The Palm Beach Post.

A marine species that produces just one pup a year is at the center of a growing battle over Florida fishing rules.

08/27/2026

Thank you, Dr. Annarelli! 👏

SSC Commissioner Chris Graham visited the Eckerd Tritons campus and thanked Dr. James Annarelli for his two years of service as President of the SSC President's Council.

The SSC appreciates Dr. Annarelli’s leadership and commitment to the conference!

08/24/2026

Ever see an Eckerd sunset combined with an Eckerd rainbow?
Photo by Martina Garofalo '29

08/23/2026

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium's Protect Our Reefs Grant has awarded Eckerd College $25,000 for crab research. “Every day I was in the lab, salty, sweaty, working with crabs. None of this was hands-off,” says Maggie Crofford, a senior marine science and environmental studies major who has been researching Caribbean king crabs in the Florida Keys since her sophomore year.

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08/21/2026

It was a “master class in collaboration,” says Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Amanda Hoffman-Hall, a remote sensing scientist who co-authored a research paper with 65 other authors across 57 institutions.

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08/20/2026

Millions of miles separate Florida from Mars. Yet soil samples taken on campus by Eckerd students indicate these two contrasting locales may have something in common—a resilient microbe named Bacillus safensis.

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