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Streptomyces strain, producer of Benditerpenoic acid

Buried Treasure: How a Bit of Soil Led to a Rare Discovery for Microbial Chemistry

Researchers from the Whitney Lab and the Department of Chemistry identified a new molecule that could have medicinal purposes.

Phoebe Stubblefield

100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, a UF Researcher Shares Her Search for Truth

UF forensic anthropologist Phoebe Stubblefield has worked to uncover the truth of the tragic event.

Doctoral Students Selected for 2021 Graham Center Dissertation Fellowship

The fellows are in the final semester of their graduate research and will receive a $9,000 stipend to support the completion of their dissertation.

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Biological Anthropologists Grapple with Racism in Journal Issue Co-edited by UF Professor

The contributors explore how to address challenges such as racial health disparities and contend with how the field has approached race in the past.

Healing Victims’ Grief — and Her Own

After earning degrees in criminology from UF, a cold case expert found an unlikely second act after a personal tragedy.

Jain temple

New Endowment to Establish Jain Studies Program at UF

The Sri Kanjiswami Endowment in Jain Studies will support courses, research projects and other offerings that highlight the ancient Indian religious tradition.

Exploring the ‘Aesthetics of Excess’

Assistant Professor Jillian Hernandez used her first book to highlight the styles of working-class Black and Latina women and girls.

Paul Torrey

Astronomer Paul Torrey Receives UF Excellence Award for Assistant Professors

Each year, the award honors 10 pre-tenure faculty members throughout the university who have shown outstanding promise in research.

Exploring the ‘Aesthetics of Excess’

Assistant Professor Jillian Hernandez used her first book to highlight the styles of working-class Black and Latina women and girls.

Delia Steverson Named Citizens & Scholars Career Enhancement Fellow

Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Career Enhancement Fellowship supports the research of underrepresented junior and other faculty members in the humanities, social sciences and arts.

Mapping the Spread of COVID-19 in Brazil

Mathematician Burton Singer collaborated with researchers from Brazil and Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health to understand the spread of COVID-19 throughout Brazil.

UF offers AI certificate for undergraduates of any major

UF students from any major can now pursue a certificate that teaches them the basics of artificial intelligence, a field likely to uniquely position students for the future workforce.