Category: Faculty News

Battling treacherous wilderness for the sake of science

UF water scientist Tracie Baker, Ph.D. is the first nonindigenous woman to cross the Florida Everglades.

Participate in ALDI’s lunch and learn event

The Career Connections Center invites faculty and staff to a lunch and learn event hosted by ALDI to learn about early career opportunities the company offers UF students.

UF professor joins AAAS Board

Members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science recently elected UF professor Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis, Ph.D., to the AAAS Board of Directors.

UF researcher paving the way for Latinas in STEM

Learn about Dr. Ana Maria Porras, an accomplished professor and researcher at UF, heading the Tissue-Microbe Interactions lab.

How a UF alumna-turned-faculty is making a difference

Jeremy Waisome works in the Department of Engineering Education, mentoring and advising UF students to help them reach their full potential.

Gaining new insights while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro

Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy, summited Mount Kilimanjaro on Feb 11.

UF Distinguished Professorship Lecture, Feb.27

Microbiology and Cell Science Professor Wayne Nicholson, Ph.D., will present a seminar titled Considerations for Interplanetary Transport of Microbial Life on Feb. 27 at 4 p.m.

19 UF faculty honored as AAAS Lifetime Fellows

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected 19 UF faculty to its newest class.

Interface Teaching Conference registration is now open

The Interface Teaching Conference provides faculty, staff, teaching assistants, graduate assistants and postdocs with strategies to help foster student success in the classroom.

Making earth science accessible

With a National Science Foundation grant, UF Geologist Anita Marshall, Ph.D., launched GeoSPACE, an accessible field camp