Category: Faculty News

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.

Research-backed toolkit tackles childhood food insecurity

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Amy Mobley, Ph.D., is leading a five-year program to improve access to nutritious foods for families with young children in Alachua and Leon counties.

UF engineers named 2026 NAI Senior Members

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UF College of Engineering’s Curtis Taylor, Ph.D., and Hamed Dalir, Ph.D., have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors.

From physics to farming

U F IFAS animal welfare scientist Emily Miller-Cushon crouching down and petting a calf

UF/IFAS Associate Professor Emily Miller-Cushon, Ph.D., took a path far from agriculture, into physics and math, but looped back in a way that melded her two passions: data and animal welfare.

UF researchers identify IDD study priorities as part of national work group

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The work group recommended a research agenda addressing gaps in health outcomes for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or IDD.

UF research fights crimes against cats

UF’s Veterinary Forensic Sciences Laboratory identifies causes of death in free-roaming cats and investigates animal cruelty.

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