Located just south of Fort Myers and north of Naples on the Southwest Florida coast, Florida Gulf Coast University encompasses 800 acres on which academic buildings, residence halls and athletics facilities share space with wetlands, pinewoods and boardwalks in a natural setting. FGCU serves 16,000 students and offers more than 95 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. It emphasizes a university-wide commitment to sustainability and service learning, with students having completed more than 4 million hours of service since the university opened in 1997. With six colleges, FGCU is committed to serving Southwest Florida with academic programs designed to meet the workforce demands of the five-county region. Growing interdisciplinary programs include The Water School and the Daveler & Kauanui School of Entrepreneurship. 

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Gopher Tortoise Council (GTC)

American Water Resources Association (AWRA)

Phylogeny can Inform Animal Model Development for Both Inherited and Induced Conditions: Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)

Variations of Radon and Airborne Particulate Matter Near Three Large Phosphogypsum Stacks in Florida

Immediate Increase of plasma protein complement C3 in response to an acute stressor

Shoreline Stabilization and Habitat Enhancement in the Mulloch Creek Basin

Presenting the Scientific Process: Introducing Philosophy, Theory, Methods and Ethics of Science

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Nora Demers is an associate professor of comparative immunology and interdisciplinary studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. She teaches about environmental endocrine disruptors and their impact on humans and other species.

Human Health

Effects of Stressors on Biological Systems

Community Engagement

Immunology

Environmental Pollutants

Endrocine Disruptors

Health

Sustainability

Cela Tega Conference Series

San Carlos Park Mulloch Creek Restoration Initiative

National study finds "forever chemicals" in local tap water

Are Forever Chemicals in SWFL tap water?

Illegal tire dumping threatens ecosystem & health in Collier County

Fort Myers residents could face increased cancer risk from facility’s chemical emissions

Could we have a clean Estero Bay again? FGCU's Cela Tega conference offered a toolkit of ideas

Medication found in U.S. waterways

Bear sightings increase as SWFL communities grow

Professor says plastic waste in Florida contributes to world's wildlife death

Gulf Coast Water Quality Issues

Growth Management in Southwest Florida through eyes of a newcomer

The challenges, logistics and competing interests in attempting habitat restoration at Barefoot Beach Preserve, Collier County, Florida

Challenges of Competing Interests, Logistics, and Payoffs in Two Different Restoration Projects in Southwest Florida

Scientific Inadequacies of Evaluating Direct, Indirect and Cumulative Impacts from Phosphate Mining in the Peace River Watershed

Stable δ15N Ratios to Examine Sources of Nitrogen within a Residential Community

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Expert in health and pollution

A founding faculty member, Nora Demers was attracted to FGCU by its advertised mission "to practice and promote environmental sustainability as well as the emphasis on undergraduate education."

FGCU Founders Minute: Nora Demers

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