Awards & Honors
Humanities Professors Recognized with Distinguished Award
Two professors in the humanities, Jack Davis and David Leavitt, receive the prestigious Distinguished Professor Award.
UF Chemists Score Major Grant for Breakthrough Research in Polymer Science
Thanks to a MURI Grant from the U.S Department of Defense, chemists at UF will be able to expand their polymer research.
CLAS Professor Joins the AAAS Board
Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, PhD, professor in the Departments of History and Biology within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.
UF Students Earn Honors at International Math Challenge
Two UF teams received awards for their work with differential equations.
CLAS Researchers Named Scialog Fellows
UF researchers join Scialog's "Signatures of Life in the Universe," a collaboration that explores the possibilities of extraterrestrial life.
George Aaron Broadwell Awarded Victor Golla Prize
In honor of linguistic scholarship and service to the scholarly community, Elling Eide Professor of Anthropology George Aaron Broadwell is presented the Victor Golla Prize by the Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas.
Biologist Marta Wayne Named a Lifetime AAAS Fellow
Dean of the International Center and Associate Provost Marta Wayne earns a prestigious scientific honor for her work in evolutionary genetics.
Kellie Roberts Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Speech and Debate
Roberts, a champion for students' voices, joins the ranks with respected leaders and powerhouse college coaches in forensics.
UF Efforts to Boost Student Voter Turnout Recognized Nationally
The University of Florida made the list of ALL IN Campus Democracy's 2022 most engaged campuses for college student voting. The Bob Graham Center for Public Service has been tasked with leading the charge toward nonpartisan democratic engagement.
Pfizer Teams Up with UF to Offer Graduate Scholarship in Statistics
A new collaboration between UF and Pfizer Inc. opens doors for students to explore the growing field of biostatistics.
Juliane Dannberg Named Distinguished Speaker by Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics
The assistant professor will introduce concepts of computational earth science to diverse populations that are underrepresented in the field.
Faculty Tenure and Promotions Awarded for 2022
Twenty-seven members of the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty received promotions for 2022. Among them, seven faculty promoted to associate professor were also awarded tenure.
Beyond120’s Brittany Grubbs-Hodges Receives 2022 Career Influencer Award
The lecturer in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the assistant director of experiential learning for the Beyond120 program was recognized for preparing students for life after graduation.
UF’s Sadie Ryan to Co-Lead NSF-Funded Institute for Emerging Virus Research
Medical geographer Sadie Ryan will co-lead the new institute, which will work to predict and prevent pandemics using machine learning techniques and open source data.
Xiao-Xiao Zhang Receives Department of Energy Early Career Award
The physicist is one of 83 scientists from across the nation selected to receive significant funding for innovative research.
Mathematics Students Recognized for Problem-Solving Skills at International Competition
Hosted by the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP), the contest required participants to come up with solutions to real-world problems in 96 hours.
Amy Williams Receives Excellence Award for Assistant Professors
Amy Williams, of the Department of Geological Sciences, was recognized for exceptional promise in her research.
Victoria Pagán-Wolpert Honored for Contributions to Classics
The Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) awarded an Ovatio to Victoria Pagán-Wolpert, UF professor of classics.
Adania Flemming receives two University of Florida awards for diversity, equity and inclusion
Adania Flemming, aoctoral candidate in the Department of Biology, was recognized for her efforts to promote inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility across campus.
Students Place in Top Speech and Debate Tournaments
Boasting a winning season, members of the UF Speech and Debate Team reflect on the power of the experience.