Category: Awards

Linda Stump-Kurnick recognized as 2024 Campus Safety Director of the Year

Assistant Vice President of Public Safety Linda Stump-Kurnick was recently named the 2024 Campus Safety Director of the Year.

Rick Hirsch appointed inaugural director of the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability

UF CJC recently announced the appointment of Rick Hirsch as the inaugural director of the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability.

Congratulations to our June UF at Play winners!

Congratulations to our winners for the month of June! Read on to learn more about the winning photographs.

UF professor wins prestigious NASA award

UF esteemed professor Jacob Chung, Ph.D., has been awarded the Exceptional Public Service Medal from NASA.

Tambellini Group awards UF grand prize for inaugural Future Campus Award

The award recognizes UF’s pioneering work in integrating AI across its curriculum.

Barry Byrne named to Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

UF Health pediatric cardiologist and geneticist Barry Byrne, M.D., Ph.D., will be inducted into the 2024 class of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame this fall. 

NSF grant awarded to study pressing problems in biology

Doug Soltis, Ph.D., is one of 18 scientists who have received a combined $12.5 million grant to establish the Polyploidy Integration and Innovation Institute.

UF Research Foundation names 2024 professors

The University of Florida Research Foundation, or UFRF, has named 34 of the university’s most productive and promising faculty members as UFRF Professors for 2024.

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.

HEO scholarship awarded to 150 children of TEAMS employees

UFHR recently awarded 150 eligible TEAMS employees’ children the Higher Education Opportunity, or HEO, scholarship. The scholarship program provides children of full-time TEAMS employees with tuition assistance for an undergraduate education at UF — or at any public community or state college in Florida if the student is not accepted to UF.

Juan Gilbert elected to The American Academy of Arts and Sciences

UF computer science professor and National Medal of Technology and Innovation laureate Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., elected as a 2024 Academy member.