Category: Awards

UF research spending and awards at record high

University of Florida faculty conducted a record $1.33 billion in research in fiscal year 2025. Awards also reached a record $1.25 billion in 2025, including $818 million from the federal government, $102 million from the State of Florida and $140 million from philanthropic organizations.

Long-time UF/IFAS Extension agent inducted into NACAA

Regional Specialized Extension Agent Bob Hochmuth was inducted into the National Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) Hall of Fame.

Productivity Awards nominations due Aug. 13

Nominations for the Florida Government Productivity Awards are being accepted now through Aug.13 at 5 p.m. (EST). The awards honor state employees for their innovative and cost-saving accomplishments as well as the measurable contributions, increased productivity and added value of individuals and teams.

Congratulations to our June UF at Play winners! 

We’ve received some incredible photographs for our UF at Play summer photo contest, which runs now through Aug. 17.   

Our winners for the month of June are Applied Physiology and Kinesiology instructional associate professor Matt Terza, Ph.D., for Daily Life, Psychology assistant professor Erin Westgate, Ph.D., for Nature, Office of Professional Workplace Development web developer Courtney Glancy for Travel and Compliance and Ethics Clery coordinator Jaime Weiser for People’s Choice. 

CLAS faculty earn CAREER awards from NSF

Ramón Alain Miranda Quintana, Ph.D., and Jeffrey Rudolf, Ph.D., were honored with the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation.

Congratulations to our May UF at Play winners! 

We’ve received some incredible photographs for our UF at Play summer photo contest, which runs now through Aug. 17.   

Our winners for the month of May are College of Veterinary Medicine Professor Emeritus Thomas Wronski, Ph.D., for Nature, College of Medicine Clinical Programs Coordinator Nancy Day for Travel, UF/IFAS Collier County Sea Grant Agent Michael Sipos for Daily Life and UF CITT Web Designer Carol Sung for People’s Choice. 

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.