Awards & Honors
Astronomy Graduate Student Quadry Chance Named Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Astronomy graduate student Quadry Chance was recently named one of this year’s Predoctoral Fellows at the Center for Computational Astrophysics.
Physics Machine Shop Building Device to Protect Health Workers
A decontamination unit is in the works to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in health care facilities.
When the Dinosaurs Died, the Ferns Survived
Biology professor Emily Sessa receives NASA grant to understand why ferns bounced back after a mass extinction.
Physics Professor Bartos Named 2020 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
Imre Bartos probes gravitational wave surges, a topic that has exploded with intriguing questions in the last five years.
Reimagining the Humanities
Now in its second decade, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere is bringing disciplines together to tackle grand-challenge questions.
The Odd Couple of Economics
Evening of Excellence honoree Mark Rush and economics chair Thomas Knight have a irreverant — and competitive — rapport.
How Can We Change Healthcare? Build Better Doctors
Professor Laura Guyer helps students tackle health disparities with a rapidly growing minor.
Amy J. Galloway (’81, JD ’85) Began a Lifetime of Learning at UF
A successful alumna made sure her college education was more than just a steppingstone toward law school.
Evening of Excellence 2019 Honorees
The annual Evening of Excellence shines a spotlight on those who make the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences an essential part of UF.
2020 College Teaching/Advising Award Winners Revealed
The college-wide awards honor those who make a difference in students' lives.
New Book Releases from Faculty and Alumni
Check out the latest published work by our talented faculty and alumni.
UF Professor Earns Hall of Fame Spot for Groundbreaking Invention
Chemistry professor Richard Yost's invention has been used to test Olympic athletes for drugs and to save newborns' lives.
CLAS Faculty Receive National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
Lillian Guerra, professor in the Department of History, and Amanda Concha-Holmes, courtesy faculty in the Department of Anthropology, received grants.
Kenneth D. Wald wins 2019 National Jewish Book Award
The Foundations of American Jewish Liberalism was honored as the best nonfiction book about the Jewish experience in North America.
Geology Professor Honored at AGU Meeting
Thomas S. Bianchi, the Jon L. and the Beverly A. Thompson Endowed Chair of Geological Sciences, was honored at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting in December 2019 as an AGU Fellow.
UF Pre-Law Fraternity Wins Big at National Conference
The UF chapter of Phi Alpha Delta (PAD) Pre-Law Fraternity recently won multiple awards at the PAD Pre-Law Conference, Mock Trial Competition, and Law School Expo.
UF Student Research Team Wins Silver Medal at International Competition
The 2019 UF iGEM Team recently won a silver medal at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition, held in Boston from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4.
Stand Up and Holler
UF's campus-wide fundraising event raised over $12 million thanks to dedicated donors and alumni.
Professor of Anthropology Receives ACLS Fellowship
Professor of Anthropology Richard Kernaghan receives an ACLS fellowship for new book project.
LIGO Director David Reitze Honored
On April 20, 2017, David Reitze, UF professor of physics and current director of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Waves Observatory (LIGO) at Caltech, will be recognized by the National Academy of Sciences for his leadership at LIGO, which has detected two chirps of gravitational waves from colliding black holes. The discovery is significant because it demonstrates that the fabric of space-time is rippled by enormous outputs of energy, as Albert Einstein predicted in 1916. Learn more about gravitational waves and their detection, below.