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  • We’d Like to Thank the Academy

    August 1, 2017

    We'd Like to Thank the Academy

    UF scientists awarded NAS membership.

    Besides a passion for research and a sense of humor, UF physicist Art Hebard and UF plant biologist Doug Soltis share ...

  • Mass Extinction: Are We Next?

    March 29, 2017

    Mass Extinction: Are We Next?

    Biologist Todd Palmer says the countdown clock has started.

    In the movie Avatar, so many magnificent animals have gone extinct that scientists can only study them ...

  • Dean Dave Richardson

    March 29, 2017

    Dean Dave Richardson

    Your Journey Begins Here

    When Dave Richardson, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, addressed the Class of 2019 at Convocation last August, he ...

  • Alumni Profile — Mick Aschoff

    March 29, 2017

    Alumni Profile — Mick Aschoff

    The Art of Giving

    Mick Aschoff ’71 has an undergraduate degree in art from the University of Florida and an MBA in finance, as well ...

  • Student Profile — Van Truong

    March 29, 2017

    Student Profile — Van Truong

    Intrepid

    When she was three, Van Truong ’17 often slipped out of her parents’ house in their village of Hue, Vietnam, ambling into the homes ...

  • Faculty Profile — Sidney Homan

    March 29, 2017

    Faculty Profile — Sidney Homan

    Blue-Collar Scholar

    English Professor Sidney Homan never imagined his blue-collar childhood in South Philadelphia would lead to his career as a Shakespearean scholar. Until fate – ...

  • Tales Teeth Can Tell

    March 29, 2017

    Tales Teeth Can Tell

    Dental enamel reveals surprising migration patterns in ancient Indus civilizations.

    University of Florida researchers have discovered that ancient peoples in the Indus Valley did not stay ...

  • War Stories

    March 29, 2017

    War Stories

    UF is a top contributor to Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project.

    World War II veteran Frank Towers landed on Utah Beach shortly after D-Day, survived ...

  • Mickey and the Turtle

    March 28, 2017

    Mickey and the Turtle

    Disney partners with UF to save and protect sea turtles.

    The world’s seven sea turtle species are classified either as endangered or vulnerable; Walt Disney’s Conservation ...

  • What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?

    March 28, 2017

    What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?

    UF researcher looks at ancient temperatures to resolve a scientific debate.

    University of Florida geochemist Andrea Dutton and colleagues at the University of Michigan have utilized ...