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Untangling Drivers of Dengue in Thailand

New work by a UF biologist uses mobility data and genetic sequencing to reconstruct how dengue viruses circulate within Thailand.

A Look Back at the Emerging Pathogens Institute’s COVID-19 Projects

Faculty from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences were key contributors to campus-wide COVID-19 research efforts.

Remembering Sam Hill

Hill is remembered as a thoughtful mentor of students and colleagues, a pioneering scholar and a key driver of the Department of Religion’s progress in the late 20th century.

Students’ Problem-Solving Recognized in International Math Modeling Contest

Four teams took on real-world problems involving fungi, music and higher education.

HiperGator

AI Can Tell Us Something About What It Means to Be Human

Three scholars from the college explored what artificial intelligence is learning from the humanities — and vice versa.

Spiral Galaxy

What is Deforming This Spiral Galaxy?

A spiral galaxy 120 million light-years away is looking a bit cockeyed.

Taking a bite out of frog tooth evolution: They’ve lost teeth more than 20 times

A UF biology student led the first comprehensive study of tooth evolution in frogs.

Streptomyces strain, producer of Benditerpenoic acid

Buried Treasure: How a Bit of Soil Led to a Rare Discovery for Microbial Chemistry

Researchers from the Whitney Lab and the Department of Chemistry identified a new molecule that could have medicinal purposes.

Phoebe Stubblefield

100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, a UF Researcher Shares Her Search for Truth

UF forensic anthropologist Phoebe Stubblefield has worked to uncover the truth of the tragic event.

Doctoral Students Selected for 2021 Graham Center Dissertation Fellowship

The fellows are in the final semester of their graduate research and will receive a $9,000 stipend to support the completion of their dissertation.

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Biological Anthropologists Grapple with Racism in Journal Issue Co-edited by UF Professor

The contributors explore how to address challenges such as racial health disparities and contend with how the field has approached race in the past.

Healing Victims’ Grief — and Her Own

After earning degrees in criminology from UF, a cold case expert found an unlikely second act after a personal tragedy.