Category: Awards

UF Health Shands Hospital earns ‘A’ for safety

UF Health Shands Hospital has once again earned an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization.

UF physicists celebrate prestigious Breakthrough Prize

A global research team led by six UF physics professors—Andrey Korytov, Ph.D., Guenakh Mitselmakher, Ph.D., Jacobo Konigsberg, Ph.D., Philip Chang, Ph.D., Yuta Takahashi, Ph.D., and Paul Avery, Ph.D.—has won the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, one of the world’s most prestigious science prizes. The $3 million award honors discoveries and measurements made at the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s biggest and most powerful international scientific experiment, located in Europe.

HEO scholarship awarded to 150 children of TEAMS employees

150 eligible TEAMS employees’ children were recently awarded the Higher Education Opportunity, or HEO, scholarship.

UF-wide teaching and advising winners announced

Five faculty members were announced as winners of the highest UF-wide 2024-25 teaching and advising awards.

UF Research Foundation names 2025 professors

The University of Florida Research Foundation has named 35 of the university’s most productive and promising faculty members as UFRF Professors for 2025. 

The UFRF Professors were recommended by their college deans based on nominations from their department chairs, a personal statement and an evaluation of their recent research accomplishments as evidenced by publications in scholarly journals, external funding, honors and awards, development of intellectual property and other measures appropriate to their field of expertise.

2025 Superior Accomplishment Awards recognize outstanding and meritorious service

Twenty staff and faculty members representing a wide range of experience and hailing from UF locations throughout Florida were recognized for their outstanding service in a ceremony held today at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom.

AAAS names 14 UF faculty Lifetime Fellows

The honor is among the most distinguished in the scientific community and recognizes extraordinary impact and achievement across disciplines. 

UF ranks second for two consecutive years in Fulbright Top Producing Institutions

Last week, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs recognized the University of Florida for being one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of faculty and administrators selected for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program.  Learn more: University of Florida ranks second for two consecutive years in Fulbright Top […]

Distinguished Professor awarded Galileo Galilei Medal

Pierre Sikivie, Ph.D., recently retired UF Distinguished Professor of Physics, has been selected as one of two recipients of the Galileo Galilei Medal for 2025.

2025 Student Technology Fee Grant proposals due March 21

Submissions should be focused on educational innovation utilizing technology, with collaborations between colleges and administrative units encouraged.