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UF doctoral student studies sea turtle feeding during nesting season

July 9, 2026

University of Florida doctoral student Ariadna Arnau is spending the leatherback sea turtle nesting season in Juno Beach, Florida, working with the Loggerhead Marinelife Center to better understand their feeding tendencies.

Coqui frog.

Young frogs “play it safe” when disease strikes, UF researchers find

June 15, 2026

UF researchers found that young coqui frogs prioritize rapid growth over immune defense until infections become severe, highlighting how energy allocation and seasonal conditions influence survival and disease outcomes.

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UF doctoral student studying turtle movement patterns to decrease boat strikes

May 28, 2026

UF doctoral student Aileen Lavelle is placing satellite tags on sea turtles, so she can track their movement patterns and decrease collisions with boats.

Stars and gas captured by the James Webb Space Telescope

Stunning new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal ‘hidden’ stars being born

April 7, 2026

Space.com features the James Webb Space Telescope photos of the W51 star-forming region by UF Professor of Astronomy Adam Ginsburg, Ph.D., and doctoral candidate Taehwa Yoo.

Gas and stars captured by the James Webb Space Telescope

NASA’s James Webb Telescope Has Revealed the Curious Cosmic Inhabitants of W51, a Once “Invisible” Region of the Cosmos

April 7, 2026

UF Professor of Astronomy Adam Ginsburg, Ph.D., and doctoral candidate Taehwa Yoo discuss their James Webb Space Telescope photos of the W51 star-forming region.

Stars and gases in space.

Researchers use James Webb Space Telescope to capture photos of W51 star-forming region

March 31, 2026

A team of UF researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to capture the newest and most clear image of a star-forming region.

An artist's rendition of life in Jamestown with a donkey in the foreground.

Jamestown colonists brought donkeys, not just horses, to North America, old bones reveal

October 7, 2025

A new study by Anthropology Chair John Krigbaum found that donkeys were among the first animals brought to Jamestown, despite there being no written records of their presence.

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UF’s Perez Lab Gators team wins international AI protein design competition

October 1, 2025

The UF team successfully proved one way AI can be utilized in cancer treatment. The molecular recognition group participated in this five-week competition against teams from 40 countries.

Sediments exposed by glacier melt begin emitting greenhouse gases over time

July 10, 2025

This study, led by Professor of Geological Sciences Jonathan Martin, suggests that as ice sheets retreat, glacial environments initially absorb greenhouse gases but soil development over long times creates a source of greenhouse gases.

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Musician-turned-chemist named UF’s first Knight-Hennessy Scholar

May 8, 2024

Yu Tin Lin becomes the first Gator to receive the Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, which will provide funding for his pursuit of a PhD in Chemistry at Stanford University.

An orange and black salamander sitting on a mossy stone.

Invasive amphibian pathogen may have no issues adapting to American soils

April 19, 2024

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

Milky Way

UF astronomers illuminate dark region of Milky Way

December 4, 2023

Despite its potential for star formation, a perplexing dark region at the heart of our galaxy has remained oddly quiet. We finally have some insight into what’s going on, thanks to a team of UF astronomers who are using observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to unravel the mysteries.

UF Chemists Uncover New Natural Compound

October 24, 2023

UF chemists have uncovered a new natural compound and family of enzymes, offering insights into how complex molecules are made in nature.

María Victoria Muñoz writing on a whiteboard.

CLAS Graduate Student Receives Excellence in Teaching Award

September 19, 2023

Maria Victoria Muñoz, a graduate student and teaching assistant from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, was awarded the VanderWerf Award.

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Climate Change Threatens Public Health: Study Reveals Lack of Modeling Tools

June 5, 2023

As climate change increases the risks of infectious diseases, a new study led by UF medical geographers reveals the critical need for more tools to predict and manage these threats.

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UF Chemists Score Major Grant for Breakthrough Research in Polymer Science

April 24, 2023

Thanks to a MURI Grant from the U.S Department of Defense, chemists at UF will be able to expand their polymer research.

Rare Bird Behavior Observed in Southern China

January 12, 2023

Department of Biology graduate student Wenyi Zhou observes a rare social behavior between two species of birds.

Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to look deep into the heart of the pair of merging galaxies known as UGC 4211 discovered two black holes growing side by side, just 750 light-years apart. This artist’s conception shows the late-stage galaxy merger and its two central black holes. The binary black holes are the closest together ever observed in multiple wavelengths.

Scientists Find Black Holes Tangled in Cosmic Dance

January 9, 2023

An international team of scientists, including UF astrophysicist Laura Blecha, makes a surprising discovery at the heart of a galactic merger that could expand our knowledge of space and time.

A New Podcast Opens Up About Grad Student Challenges

June 9, 2022

Across coasts, two PhD candidates in the humanities use their podcast series to amplify graduate students’ perspectives.