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2025 College Teaching/Advising Award Winners Revealed

The awards honor exceptional teachers and advisors in each college for their commitment to enhancing the student experience.

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UF Election Lab is national resource for early election data

UF political scientist Michael McDonald has changed the way we view early voting data and created new opportunities for students.

20 CLAS faculty receive Humanities Scholarship Enhancement Fund awards

The 2025 recipients of The Humanities Scholarship Enhancement Fund at UF have been announced.

Warning: Don’t miss Thanksgiving dinner, it’s more meaningful than you think

UF researchers, led by Assistant Professor of Psychology Erin Westgate, Ph.D., investigate the factors that lead people to underestimate the meaningfulness of future life experiences.

Fullerene database provides researchers a path toward a more perfect match

UF researchers, led by Mingjie Liu, assistant professor of chemistry, create the most comprehensive dataset of C20 to C60 fullerenes to date.

Meet the new CLAS chairs and director

The UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences congratulates several faculty members on their recent appointments as department chairs.

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Three interim associate deans appointed within College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The start of the academic year has brought three UF faculty members into new roles as interim cognizant associate deans for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The appointments were announced recently by Interim Dean Mary Watt.

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UF writing courses redefine the role of AI

Zea Miller challenges academic stigmas by integrating AI into writing instruction, empowering students to harness the tools for creativity and efficiency in their work.

UF joins NASA mission to launch artificial star into Earth’s orbit

The University of Florida announces its collaboration with nine other universities on the Landolt NASA Space Mission, a $19.5 million project to deploy an artificial "star" to aid astrophysical research.

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Invasive amphibian pathogen may have no issues adapting to American soils

A new study from UF biologists raises concerns over a fungal pathogen’s ability to survive in Appalachian soils.

Two CLAS professors named Distinguished Teaching Scholars

Jonathan Martin and Selman Hershfield were recognized for their innovative teaching methods and exemplary 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.

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Golden Years

Carolyn Tucker's initiative empowers elders to improve their mental, physical and spiritual health.

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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.

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Petty Disputes, Serious Study

Professor of Linguistics Diana Boxer put Thanksgiving quarrels to good use in a new study focused on bickering.

2020 College Teaching/Advising Award Winners Revealed

The college-wide awards honor those who make a difference in students' lives.

Zika Epidemic Likely Suppressed Dengue in Latin America

Researchers from the Department of Biology describe how dengue was likely suppressed to abnormally low levels in Latin America in the years following the Zika epidemic.

The Writing Life

The University of Florida’s creative writing program nurtures and pushes its graduate students.

Taking Ebola’s Measure

New research by the Department of Mathematics Distinguished Visiting Professor Burton Singer quantifies how civil disruption and violence has unraveled Ebola control measures in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A Rearranging Earth Was Bad News for Dinosaurs

Scientists have unraveled the mystery of what happened to dinosaurs in North China.