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Prof. Jillian Hernandez Named Getty Residential Scholar

Associate Professor Jillian Hernandez will take residence and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty Center.

UF Research Awards

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Earn $39.6 Million for Research

In fiscal year 2021, the college brought in substantial funding for important research, despite the significant challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cyclic Polyacetalene

A Silvery Film is Opening New Possibilities for Flexible Electronics

UF chemists' efficient process for synthesizing this semiconducting polymer could be a game-changer.

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Using CRISPR, UF Team Identifies Targets for COVID-19 Antiviral Therapies

Research assistant professor Michael Norris and biological scientist Andrew P. Bluhm of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences worked to identify dozens of novel therapeutic targets.

Prachi Sharma

Physics Graduate Student Receives Prize for Invited Talk

Physics graduate student Prachi Sharma received the best presentation SIlver Prize for her invited talk at an international conference.

Fulbright Finalists

CLAS Students and Alumni Named Fulbright Finalists for 2021-22

Out of nine UF finalists and four alternates, six finalists and two alternates were from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

NSF Awards $1 Million to Study Sustainable Indigenous Practices

Faculty from the Department of Geography and the Center for Latin American Studies are among a multidisciplinary team of researchers awarded by the National Science Foundation to study the Ecuadorian Amazon.

The Connector

Alumnus Ed Tancer had a knack for bringing people together. A new scholarship will continue his legacy.

UF alumna named NSF assistant director for geosciences

Alexandra Isern, who received her bachelor’s degree in geology at the University of Florida, will be the first Hispanic person and second woman to hold the position.

Carolyn Tucker Elected to the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida

The psychology professor was honored for “creating science-based tools for health promotion and culturally sensitive health care in underserved communities.”

Gut Microbial Health Could be the Key to Health Disparities

A UF infectious disease expert and mathematics professor calls for research into connections between the gut microbiome and health inequities.

This Moss’s Huge, 300 Million-Year-Old Sex Chromosomes Offer Clues About Our Own

New research into the genome of fire moss has biologists rethinking assumptions about the development of human sex chromosomes.