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Distinguished Professor awarded Galileo Galilei Medal

Pierre Sikivie, recently retired Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Florida, has been selected as one of 2 recipients of the Galileo Galilei Medal for 2025.

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.

20 CLAS faculty receive Humanities Scholarship Enhancement Fund awards

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

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Chastain Wealth Management amplifies student voices with $25,000 gift to UF Speech and Debate

UF Alumni Larren and Jennifer Odom make a transformative gift to support young orators.

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International CLAS students honored

Twelve students from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences were honored at the 30th Annual International Student Achievement Awards Ceremony.

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.

Zeta Phi Alumni Foundation honors legacy of leadership with $50,000 gift to UF African American Studies program

A generous gift from the Zeta Phi Alumni Foundation will empower students in the University of Florida’s African American Studies program to expand their horizons through international study.

UF Election Lab students making an impact beyond the classroom

UF students and alumni apply their experience in working with The UF Election Lab to campaign and voter awareness efforts across the country.

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.

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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 student awarded Obama Foundation public service scholarship

Eduardo Linardi, a University of Florida third-year student, is one of 100 students nationally selected to receive the Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service.

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Sea Snake Skin More Resembles Elephant Skin Than Snake Skin

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — New research led by University of Florida Professor of Biology Harvey Lillywhite uncovers an odd similarity between elephant skin and the skin of the yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) — namely, its ability to create a water sheath around the animal. In addition, sea snake skin has evolved to permit the animal […]

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Writing Across the Sahara

UF professor receives NEH fellowship to research under-studied African writing traditions

Professor Gayle Zachmann Is a Producer of a New Film on French Jew Who Survived the Occupation

The University of Florida Center for Jewish Studies and the Jewish Council of North Central Florida will host a special rough-cut preview of Cojot, a feature-length documentary that follows the life of Michel Cojot-Goldberg, a Nazi hunter, Entebbe hostage, and ultimately, a Klaus Barbie trial witness.

SPOHP Announces New African American Oral History Symposium

November 4, 2018: For Immediate Release The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida announces: From Segregation to Black Lives Matter. A Symposium and Celebration of the Opening of the Joel Buchanan Archive of African American Oral History at the University of Florida Contact: Tamarra Jenkins, (352-392-7168), aahpsymposium@gmail.com Organized by the Samuel […]

Ancient Mayan deforestation had long-term effects on watershed carbon cycles

Researchers: Mark Brenner, brenner@ufl.edu, 352-392-7226, Jason Curtis, curtisj@ufl.edu PIO: Rachel Wayne, 352-872-2620 The lowlands of Mexico and Guatemala experienced widespread deforestation by the Maya beginning about 4,000 years ago. The region has never fully recovered. Ancient Maya environmental impact provides a case study for the long-term effects of deforestation, and according to a new Nature […]

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Goldwater Scholars

University of Florida student Aaron Sandoval, a sophomore, has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year. Andrew Sack, a junior, was recognized with an Honorable Mention. Both are members of the UF Honors Program. Sandoval is a biology major and plans to earn an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Stem Cell and […]

ADMX announces breakthrough in axion dark matter detection technology

Forty years ago, scientists theorized a new kind of low-mass particle that could solve one of the enduring mysteries of nature: what dark matter is made of. Now the search for that particle has begun in earnest.

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The Starving Snakes of Seahorse Key

Mysteriously vanished waterbirds. Cannibalistic snakes. An island with no freshwater except for rainfall. It may sound like a Crichton novel or SyFy original movie, but it’s the reality of Seahorse Key, part of the Gulf Coast Cedar Keys that University of Florida biologists have been researching since the 1930s, when the renowned late zoologist Archie Carr first began studying the unusually large cottonmouth population there.