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Margaret Galvan Receives Stanford Humanities Center External Faculty Fellowship

Galvan will research how American LGBTQ cartoonists in the 1980s and 1990s formed community through comics.

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Why We’re So Bad at Daydreaming, and How To Fix It

Psychology professor Erin Westgate shares how the ability to think for pleasure is important, and you can get better at it.

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UF Researcher Helps Confirm Ancient Primates Once Walked with Dinosaurs

A new study featuring UF geology assistant professor Courtney J. Sprain helps us better understand the oldest known primates.

How Virtual Reality Can Make History Accessible

English PhD student Laken Brooks uses virtual reality to highlight marginalized groups and histories.

Helping Students Through Difficult Times

The CLAS Cares fund helped Elisabeth Rios-Brooks weather a difficult period.

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UF Math Professor Sara Pollock Receives NSF CAREER Award

Math Professor Sara Pollock has received a prestigious CAREER award from the NSF to support ongoing research.

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The History of Self-Help

Associate professor Trysh Travis offers a new perspective on the history of self-help books as a guest on the popular By the Book podcast.

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Finding His Spark: Jon Renthrope and Cajun Fire Brewery

Alum Renthrope is the founder and CEO of Cajun Fire Brewing Company, only the fifth Black-owned brewery in the history of the United States and the first in the South.

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UF Astrobiologist Embarks on Second Mars Mission

After serving on the Curiosity rover team since 2009, Amy Williams is now a participating scientist on the Perseverance rover, which touches down on the red planet on Feb. 18.

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The New Extended Family: Pet Ownership During the Pandemic

PhD student Jennifer Applebaum designed a study to gauge how owners feel about their pets during the quarantine.

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2021 College Teaching/Advising Award Winners Revealed

The annual Teaching/Advising Awards recognize outstanding teachers and advisors in each college for the difference they make in students’ lives. 

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Lost and Found

A revered Afro-Brazilian abolitionist's tomb had been lost to history — until graduate student Licinio Nunes de Miranda embarked on a three-year quest to find it.