FAU medical students awarded scholarships May 18, 2021 at 5:51 PM EDT - Updated May 18 at 5:51 PM
Several medical students from Florida Atlantic University are about to take their next important step to advance their career.
During this spring semester, Stephanie Byun, Isaiah Herrera, Alayna Kelly, and Faith Obimdike were awarded the T. Leroy Jefferson Medical Society Scholarship from the Student National Medical Association.
The scholarships also support the mission of Florida Atlantic University s Schmidt College of Medicine to address inequities in within the healthcare industry.
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Seffner Christian School: Tribune scholars profiles and essays
An invitation was extended to the top 3 percent of Hillsboroughâs graduating seniors to take part in the annual competition.
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Seffner Christian Academy, 1605 U.S. 92 in Seffner, opened in 1983 and is sponsored by First Free Will Baptist Church. [ MONICA HERNDON | Tampa Bay Times ]
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More than 200 of Hillsborough Countyâs top high school seniors from 35 public and private schools accepted an invitation to share their accomplishments and take part in an essay contest through the 2021 R.F. âRedâ Pittman Tribune Scholars program. Their profiles and essays are published here, just as the students submitted them. To search all schools, click here.
Monkey business: Researchers find origins of South Florida colony
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In this undated photo provided by Deborah Williams, a Vervet monkey is seen in Dania Beach, Fla. Williams, is the lead author of a study that determined where a colony of monkeys that has lived for about 70 years in urban South Florida came from. In 1948 a group of monkeys escaped from the Dania Chimpanzee Farm. Most were captured, but some disappeared into the mangrove swamp. The study determined that 41 descendants live in the area today. (Deborah Williams via AP) (Deborah Williams)
DANIA BEACH, Fla. – A colony of monkeys has lived for about 70 years in urban South Florida, near jets taking off from a nearby airport and fuel storage tanks.
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VIDEO: The non-native vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus sabaeus) have adapted to the urban and industrial environment of South Florida and have thrived there for more than 70 years. view more
Credit: Deborah Missy Williams, Ph.D.
Robust data and genetic research are providing important evidence on a colony of wild African vervet monkeys that landed in Dania Beach more than 70 years ago and settled in a thick mangrove forest near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in South Florida.
The non-native vervet monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus) population living in this urban coastal region is well known and beloved among local residents and city officials; however, it is relatively unknown to primatologists. Despite wide public interest, there has been only one scientific study (early 1990s), suggesting that the monkeys escaped from a failed roadside zoo in the 1950s and 1970s. Until now, there was no confirmation about the species identification, geo