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Above and Below
December 8, 2016Geologist Stephanie James applies a novel technique to understand permafrost thaw.

Global Issues — Ten Things to Know about Zika
December 8, 2016UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) is on the front lines of defense against Zika, which has traveled through Central America into the United States, with the first Florida cases in July 2016.

Extracurricular — Taylor Rouviere
December 8, 2016Actor and student Taylor Rouviere hits the books on the film set.

Personal Essay — The Japan That Can Say Yes
December 8, 2016A UF professor discusses what she learned on a study tour to the Land of the Rising Sun.

Alumni Profile — Martin Maldonado
December 8, 2016Alumni Martin Maldonado empowers the poor with technology.
Student Profile — Sujaya Rajguru
December 8, 2016This aspiring doctor embraces music, sport and history.

Gone to the Dogs
December 8, 2016For fictionist Amy Hempel, life in the liminal exists among writing, teaching and animal rescue.

Creative License — Reviews
December 8, 2016Creative works bu faculty and alumni of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Alumni Profile — Nirav Nikunj Patel
December 8, 2016Alumni Nirav Nikunj Patel proves the motto “If you can dream it, you can do it,” true.
Gator Good — Michelle Piazza
December 8, 2016Alumna Michelle Piazza is inspired to give back.

From the Dean
December 8, 2016Dean David E. Richardson introduces the first issue of Ytori.

Settling a 13th-century Theological Debate?
December 8, 2016Nina Caputo, an associate professor in history, collaborated with illustrator Liz Clarke to create the first medieval graphic history.


Laurels
December 8, 2016Awards and honors from the alumni, students and professors at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Does Rosetta Stone Work?
December 8, 2016UF’s Gillian Lord conducts the first study comparing learning Spanish in the classroom and from the popular language program.

The Big Chirp
December 8, 2016The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, has detected two “chirps” of gravitational waves — a cute phrase for an epic cosmic event, the merger and collapse of two black holes.

UF’s History with LIGO
December 8, 2016Get to know the LIGO Laboratory at UF.

Old Family Recipe — Really, Really Old
December 8, 2016UF anthropologists collaborate to recreate an ancient Peruvian beer.

Of Islands and Ice
December 8, 2016UF climate scientist Andrea Dutton looks into Earth’s past to predict the patterns of future sea level rise.
