Author: douglasray@ufl.edu

Veronica Hinman will have tenured appointment in UF Department of Biology along with leading the research laboratory near St. Augustine.

Growing up in Pensacola, REBECCA BURTON had a front-row seat to the Gulf of Mexico, where the power of the American Sea to build communities over the decades and to wipe them away in a season has been unfolding since long before the first Europeans arrived on its shores. She saw how development and industry […]

The Sahel stretches across Africa, a narrow band sandwiched between the arid Sahara to the north and the wetter savannas of the central continent to its south, a transition zone for culture as well as climate, where people flow across national borders like water. Migration through this crossroads has meant a mixing of languages, religions, […]

“How many languages do you speak?” The lecturer visiting from Guinea thought it was an odd question, posed by a student reporter for the Independent Florida Alligator. The answer took him a minute to consider: seven. FIONA MCLAUGHLIN, professor of linguistics and African languages, recalled that the lecturer, like many from West Africa, was highly […]

Twenty undergraduates pursuing majors across a dozen departments, some outside the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida, packed into the cozy Walker Hall offices of the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere in April to learn more about the Alexander Grass Scholars Program for which they had been selected […]

David Canton explains why civic and social engagement are important for racial minorities

When older adults experience financial fraud, they typically lose more money than younger victims. Those losses can have devastating consequences.

Catelyn Boze is awarded with the Dante Society of America’s prestigious Durling Prize.

Patricia Hilliard-Nunn, who inspired students in the African American Studies Program at UF before her death in 2020, was posthumously promoted to master lecturer.

Artificial intelligence reshapes humanities and social science research across the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

After achieving success as a media executive, UF alumnus Kevin Gentzel finds ways to guide the next generation on their own paths.

The Digital Humanities Lab in the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will create a physical and virtual hub for humanities researchers who work with big data, augmented reality, and digital storytelling tools.

Savannah Still partners with the nonprofit Cuscowilla Nature Retreat Center to host a solar eclipse watch party event.

Political scientists Michael P. McDonald, Juliana K. Mucci and Daniel A. Smith, all of the University of Florida, find voter turnout increased in states adopting voting by mail, but others find partisan efforts to suppress voting have little impact on election outcomes.

Students from the Class of 2023 reflect on a college experience fully shaped by COVID-19.

Exploring the histories of local racial injustice with the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program.

When ballots are packed with a crowded field of candidates, voters are more likely to sit out than turnout, according to a study that included Andrew Janusz, assistant professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida.

Hundreds of millions of planets could have the right orbit to sport liquid water and possible life.

Not all coastal environments are alike in how they capture and release greenhouse gases, but a new study published in Nature Climate Change provides the most detailed picture yet.

With a $350,000 federal grant, UF researchers will showcase recordings that tell how antislavery activists secretly assisted those escaping slavery.