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Polks weekly positivity rate rose slightly to 28.9%, near an all-time high.

State University System guidelines say schools are not expected to provide on-campus housing for students who must isolate because of COVID-19.

The county had an unemployment rate of 6%, down from a 6.6% rate reported in June. The rate is less than half the 13.4% posted in July 2020.

The schools will still be vigilant for COVID-19 symptoms and will require infected students to quarantine. Here is a roundup of Polk County’s colleges and universities: Florida Polytechnic University Polk County’s only public university is transitioning during the summer back to “a pre-pandemic style of operations,” spokeswoman Lydia Guzman said by email. That means normal capacity in classrooms and other common spaces. Florida Poly will no longer require masks but strongly recommends t...

NSF research experience sets Florida Poly student on path to high-tech, entrepreneurial future Share Article A Florida Polytechnic University junior is spending the summer pursuing a prestigious internship from the National Science Foundation at Georgia Tech Manufacturing in Atlanta, Georgia. Jabari Acre, a junior at Florida Polytechnic University, is completing an NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates this summer at Georgia Tech Manufacturing in Atlanta, Georgia. "This experience has allo...

The Applied Research Center continues to assume its striking exterior features more than a year and a half after construction began, and Florida Poly officials are celebrating an infusion of state funding that will allow it to be completed on schedule. The Florida Legislature included nearly $14.9 million for the project in the budget adopted this session, and Gov. Ron DeSantis refrained from vetoing the funding when he signed the budget on June 2. That action came as a relief to David Calhoun,...

Fully funded, Florida Poly’s new research building moves full steam ahead Share Article The Applied Research Center (ARC) at Florida Polytechnic University has received full funding to complete its construction by next spring. The building is designed to become a research hub for Central Florida and the state. New rendering shows a multi-use room inside the Applied Research Center, a research facility being built at Florida Polytechnic University. “Providing the funding to complete construc...

Florida Poly graduate project aims to transform traffic in Brazilian city Share Article A graduate from Florida Polytechnic University developed a project that transformed raw traffic sensor data into real-time visualizations for improved traffic management in Sorocaba, Brazil. The project is part of a partnership between Florida Poly and Centro Universitário Facens. Diego de Paula ’21 completed a graduate-level project that transformed raw traffic sensor data into real-time visualizations f...

Florida Polytechnic University students project aids Brazilian traffic managers The Ledger © The Ledger 2016 A student walks into the Innovation, Science and Technology building at Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland. A partnership between Florida Polytechnic University and Centro Universitário Facens in Brazil has produced a project intended to relieve traffic congestion in the Brazilian city of Sorocaba. Diego de Paula, who recently completed his master’s degree i...

The sensors allow the user to see the traffic at any point, giving traffic managers information to improve congestion issues and more effectively manage slowdowns caused by crashes and other incidents. Previously, traffic managers only had access to data from three sensors. De Paula, an international student from Brazil, completed his studies remotely in his home country during the COVID-19 pandemic. He worked with an interdisciplinary team that included individuals from both Facens and Grupo S...