humanities

From classroom to career
January 27, 2026Beyond120 and the Career Connections Center expand opportunities for arts and humanities students through intentional programming.

CLAS Staff Spotlight: Tania Fleming
August 5, 2025Tania Fleming serves as the office manager in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies and is a three-time winner of the UF Superior Accomplishment Award.

UF workshop uses comics to build community and support transfer students
July 25, 2025This three-day workshop introduced participants to the academic study of comics and showed how students can transfer to CLAS.

Distinguished professors named in College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
June 27, 2025Michael Hofmann and Jonathan Martin have been recognized as Distinguished Professors, among the most prestigious honors awarded to faculty.

2025 CLAS Staff Excellence Awards
June 27, 2025The CLAS Staff Excellence awards recognize staff members who contribute outstanding and meritorious service in their fields.

Professor of classics earns Teacher/Scholar of the Year award
April 10, 2025Professor of Classics Victoria Pagán says prestigious award affirms value of UF humanities.

2025 College Teaching/Advising Award Winners Revealed
January 17, 2025The awards honor exceptional teachers and advisors in each college for their commitment to enhancing the student experience.
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day by attending annual MLK Lecture Series
January 10, 2025This free, public event will feature a guest lecture by Hasan Kwame Jeffries on Afrofuturism and Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for America.

Chastain Wealth Management amplifies student voices with $25,000 gift to UF Speech and Debate
December 16, 2024UF Alumni Larren and Jennifer Odom make a transformative gift to support young orators.

UF history professor helps craft policy recommendations for national cannabis education
November 27, 2024Joseph Spillane, chair of the Department of History, contributed his historical expertise to this National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine panel

Zeta Phi Alumni Foundation honors legacy of leadership with $50,000 gift to UF African American Studies program
November 19, 2024A 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.

The Alexander Grass Scholars’ Program celebrates a successful first year
November 15, 2024Students, faculty, and staff from the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere gathered to celebrate the completion of its first round of student research projects.

New (Un)Common Writes courses inspire innovative penmanship
October 24, 2024New University Writing Program courses, in collaboration with the UF Honors program, are designed for students to think beyond traditional writing styles.

UF Gulf Scholars bring hope and healing to coastal communities
October 14, 2024On a warm June day, under the shade of her home’s carport near Sanders Beach in the Florida Panhandle, 69-year-old Dixie Wilkinson spoke and seven University of Florida students listened. Wilkinson told the students about her childhood, growing up on the land her family owned for more than 150 years along the shore of Pensacola […]

UF writing courses redefine the role of AI
July 31, 2024Zea Miller challenges academic stigmas by integrating AI into writing instruction, empowering students to harness the tools for creativity and efficiency in their work.

CLAS faculty earn UF Research Foundation Professorship awards
July 16, 2024Seven CLAS professors earned this prestigious annual award, recognizing their excellence in teaching and research.

Faculty in linguistics study how language flows as people adapt to new realities
June 27, 2024“How many languages do you speak?” The lecturer visiting from Guinea thought it was an odd question, posed by a student reporter for the Independent Florida Alligator. The answer took him a minute to consider: seven. FIONA MCLAUGHLIN, professor of linguistics and African languages, recalled that the lecturer, like many from West Africa, was highly […]

Ripple Effects: Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere broadens focus, engages new partners
June 27, 2024Twenty undergraduates pursuing majors across a dozen departments, some outside the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida, packed into the cozy Walker Hall offices of the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere in April to learn more about the Alexander Grass Scholars Program for which they had been selected […]

Dante Society honors Putnam County teacher with UF ties
May 29, 2024Catelyn Boze is awarded with the Dante Society of America’s prestigious Durling Prize.

UF Research Foundation names 2024 professors
May 13, 2024Seven professors from across the college are honored among UF’s most productive and promising faculty.