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  • Student Profile — Gabriella Larios

    March 27, 2017

    Student Profile — Gabriella Larios
    Breaking the Color Barrier Gabriella Larios ’17 enjoys putting the pieces together — literally. This aspiring lawyer discovered jigsaw puzzles for stress relief while studying for the LSAT and now regularly assembles 500-piece puzzles when she’s not leading student government or ...
  • Faculty Profile — Thomas S. Bianchi

    March 27, 2017

    Faculty Profile — Thomas S. Bianchi
    Delta Blues “Burn and burial,” offers Thomas S. Bianchi, the Jon L. and Beverly A. Thompson Endowed Chair of Geological Sciences, as a central theme of his research. He’s referring to carbon cycling, especially the release of carbon into the atmosphere ...
  • Recent Discovery Questions the Origins of the Universe

    March 27, 2017

    Recent Discovery Questions the Origins of the Universe
    Astronomers find the first binary–binary. Everything we know about the formation of solar systems might be wrong, say Professor of Astronomy Jian Ge and postdoc Bo Ma. They’ve discovered the first “binary–binary,” or two massive companions around one star in a ...
  • Humanities and the Sunshine State

    March 27, 2017

    Humanities and the Sunshine State
    High school students enjoy a different kind of summer camp. Water is Florida’s largest resource. UF’s Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, in collaboration with UF’s Center for Precollegiate Education and Training, has developed a distinctive weeklong program that ...
  • Most dengue infections transmitted in or near home

    March 23, 2017

    Most dengue infections transmitted in or near home
    Study findings could aid in interrupting transmission chains and reducing severe illness The majority of dengue virus infections appear to happen very close to home and are transmitted from the same family of mosquitoes, suggests new research led by the University ...
  • Libris | March 2016

    March 1, 2017

    Libris | March 2016
    “ The Medieval Risk-Reward Society Courts, Adventure, and Love in the European Middle Ages Will Hasty The Medieval Risk-Reward Society: Courts, Adventure, and Love in the European Middle Ages offers a study of adventure and love in the European Middle Ages focused on the ...
  • Three Biology Faculty Named AAAS Fellows

    January 3, 2017

    Three Biology Faculty Named AAAS Fellows
    Every year since 1874, the American Academy for the Advancement of Science names its fellows for significant contributions to society and technology. In 2016, its 391 fellows included five UF faculty, three of whom are from the Department of Biology: ...
  • UF’s Department of Political Science Partners with the Harn Museum of Art to Unite Arts and Sciences

    December 15, 2016

    UF's Department of Political Science Partners with the Harn Museum of Art to Unite Arts and Sciences
    The University of Florida has one of the best art museums on a college campus, yet many faculty members don’t know about it, let less find ways to incorporate art into their curricula. On Dec. 9, 2016, faculty of the ...
  • Professor of Political Science Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship

    December 14, 2016

    Professor of Political Science Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
    Professor Leslie Elin Anderson investigates Nicaraguan politics. Professor of Political Science Leslie Elin Anderson has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities for her book project, Democratic Enclaves in Times of Trouble: The Politics of Resistance in Nicaragua. ...
  • From the Dean

    December 8, 2016

    From the Dean
    Dean David E. Richardson introduces the first issue of Ytori. Read more "From the Dean"