Category: Faculty News

9 questions with Juan Gilbert

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Juan Gilbert, Ph.D., shares how his work in human-centered computing is shaping voting technology, artificial intelligence and public safety innovations.

UF Professor selected for Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

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Subrata Roy, Ph.D., a UF professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been selected for induction into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.

Small gestures with big meaning

Doctor Sharon DiFino smiling and gesturing to a table covered in three-dimensional, hand-carved, wooden symbols.

Comfort is being brought to UF Health cancer patients through hand-carved wooden symbols created by UF PHHP Clinical Assistant Professor Sharon DiFino, Ph.D.

Understanding how older adults think about AI

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Forbes breaks down the framework by UF Professor of Geography Stephen Golant, Ph.D., on how older adults think about AI and related technologies.

UF astronomer helps build largest ever 3D map of the universe

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Zachary Slepian, Ph.D., an associate professor of astronomy, is part of the international collaboration behind the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument.

University-wide teaching and advising award winners announced

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Five faculty members recently received the University of Florida’s highest 2025–26 teaching and advising awards, along with a $4,000 cash prize.

Carolyn M. Tucker elected chair of FCHWC Board of Directors

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Carolyn M. Tucker, Ph.D., has been elected chair of the Board of Directors of the Florida Community Health Worker Coalition, or FCHWC.

AAAS names 10 UF faculty fellows

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has named 10 University of Florida faculty members to its 2025 AAAS Fellows.

Cold-hardy avocados could transform Florida’s fruit industry

Associate Professor of Horticultural Sciences Doctor José Chaparro inspecting a branch of an avocado tree.

Associate Professor José Chaparro, Ph.D., is leading the effort to breed avocados that can thrive in North Central Florida.

Scientists create synthetic mucus to fight IBD

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Luiz Roesch, Ph.D., and Brent Sumerlin, Ph.D., have created an artificial mucus that could prevent problems related to bowel inflammation.

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