Inspiring People: Philanthropist spreads her wealth across SWFL
Published: December 15, 2020 3:26 PM EST
Updated: December 15, 2020 5:11 PM EST
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A local philanthropist has been named one of Gulfshore Life magazine’s Women of the Year.
Janet Cohen has donated to several different Southwest Florida organizations, helping people of all ages, from children to college students and older.
“Well, I somehow have more money than I anticipated having, and I thought to share it with other people was a very good thing to do,” Cohen said. “It became a habit. If you can have a habit of giving away money.”
It started in the 90’s, when Cohen and her late husband Harvey donated to the Naples Philharmonic. Since then, she’s helped create a garden at the Golisano Children’s Hospital, donated to the Holocaust Museum and created a warm place for children to grieve at Avow Hospice.
FGCU Water School and Mote Marine Lab study decomposing fish
Published: December 15, 2020 4:06 PM EST
Updated: December 15, 2020 5:51 PM EST
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An experiment into the effects of dead fish on red tide show that fish carcasses could be supplying nutrients to the algal bloom that could make them worse.
Researchers at the Water School at FGCU and the Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota have been studying how dead fish affect red tide, which plagued Southwest Florida beaches in 2018.
Most recently, on Tuesday, a red tide bloom was reported at Lighthouse Beach Park on Sanibel prompted the Florida Department of Health in Lee County to a health alert.
American medical schools see increase in applications amid pandemic
FORT MYERS, Fla. Medical schools across the country are calling it the Fauci Effect.
Some are attributing the increase in medical school applications, up 18 percent in 2020, to students that are inspired by medical workers and public health figures Like Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Applications to Florida Gulf Coast University’s medical programs are up more than 50 percent compared to last year.
Jacqueline Cortes, a FGCU PA School student, said she has been interested in the medical field for years.
“I worked as a medical scribe, from there i worked as an EMT, then from there i worked for neurosurgeons,” Cortes said.
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