Tag: College News
Exploring Strange New Worlds: “Star Trek” Planet Vulcan Found
Among the TV series Star Trek’s many charms are its rich universe of characters and planets. Now, the Dharma Planet Survey, in a new study led by University of Florida (UF) astronomer Jian Ge and team including Tennessee State University (TSU) astronomers Matthew Muterspaugh and Gregory Henry, has shown that science fiction may be a little less so; the Dharma project has discovered what may be Star Trek’s famed planet Vulcan.
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 […]
Tracking Unseen Dengue
Researcher: Derek Cummings, 410-916-1371 PIO: Rachel Wayne, 352-872-2620 For many viruses, contracting the pathogen can have a silver lining: the subsequent antibodies confer immunity against future infection. Not so for dengue, a remarkably common and occasionally fatal mosquito-borne disease that affects between 50 and 390 million people per year. Because it is often asymptomatic, […]
CSI Troy — Before There Was Hippocrates, There Was Homer
A classicist chases down the origins of early anatomical description in Homer’s Iliad.
From Kinshasa to Gainesville
How comics of the Congo came to the libraries of UF.
Sticks and Stones
UF experts explain how research can address school and interpersonal violence.
Disease by the Numbers
UF professor uses mathematical models to explain viral dynamics and drug resistance.
American Tales
Get to know the history of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and the generations of students its helped teach the value of archiving oral histories.
Lil’ Mosses
how to interview and archive oral histories but also how to do scholarly research.
The Deepest Well in the Universe
UF astrophysicist studies the magnetic fields and cosmic streams pouring out of a black hole.
We Are All Archie Carr’s Children
Learn how the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research at UF carries on Archie Carr's work and legacy.
Faculty Profile — Jack Davis, History
Get to know Pulitzer Prize Winner Jack Davis.
Student Profile — Olivia Allen ’19
Get to know psychology major Olivia Allen.
His Brief History in Time
UF Professor of Physics Bernard Whiting remembers his friend Stephen Hawking.
Entrepreneurs and Innovators — Lea Blackwell ’96
Breast surgical oncologist Lea Blackwell has been treating both women and men with breast cancer since 2008. Wanting to find a way to make their recovery more comfortable, she developed the Blackwell Bra.
Alumni Profile — James Grippando ’80, JD’82
Author James Grippando ’80, JD’82 won the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction in 2017 for his novel Gone Again.
Creative License
Creative work created by the faculty and alumni of the college.
The Secrets of Spanish Florida
Forget what you learned in history class and imagine, for a moment, that the founding of the United States does not begin with Jamestown Colony or the Pilgrims.
Donor Profile — John Welsh ’75
A restauranteur with a Texas-sized love for Russian gives back to Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.
Kiss-met — The Levins
One big, happy Gator family.