Category: Faculty News

A UF professor creates watermarks to detect AI-generated writing

A UF engineering professor is developing a digital watermark that can flag AI-generated text whenever someone submits their writing.

Treatment for horses may lead to therapy for type of blindness

A recent UF study looked at the potential of an eye drop developed to treat the sight-robbing disease known as equine recurrent autoimmune uveitis.

Opinion: Is student use of GenAI cheating? The answer is complicated.

A growing distrust in students’ work may indicate a deep-seated tension between longstanding notions of learning and the realities of today’s GenAI landscape.

Distinguished Professor Lecture with Dominick Angiolillo

The lecture will be held on Feb. 20 at 1 p.m. in the Reitz Union’s Chamber Room and via Zoom.

Beyond consent: Rethinking privacy in the digital age

Work by Jasmine McNealy, Ph.D., on cyberlaw and data privacy sheds light on the limitations of the traditional models we rely on to protect users’ privacy.

Distinguished professor lecture with Thomas Bianchi

Thomas Bianchi, Ph.D., will present a lecture titled “Earth’s Carbon Cycle: A Tale of Molecules, Mud, and Global Change” on Feb. 13 at 3:30 p.m.

The Conversation: A UF neuroscientist explains the science of pain

Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Ph.D., explains the science of pain and how it works as a warning signal from your body to protect you.  

Three UF faculty members honored with Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Three University of Florida faculty members recently received one of the highest honors bestowed upon scientists by the U.S. government, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

“We are so proud of our esteemed researchers and the exceptional contributions they have made to their fields,” said Joe Glover, Ph.D., UF’s interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. “The recognition highlights the important work being done at the University of Florida.”

A statistician for the people

Ji-Hyun Lee, DrPH, professor in UF’s Department of Biostatistics and associate director for Cancer Quantitative Sciences at the UF Health Cancer Center, became the 120th president of the American Statistical Association, or ASA, on Jan. 1. She is the first Korean American statistician, the first woman statistician from Florida, and the first cancer center applied biostatistician in the history of the ASA presidency.

UF civil engineering professor to shape building policy

UF engineering professor David O. Prevatt, Ph.D., is one of four U.S. professors selected join the 2024-2025 cohort of Jefferson Science Fellows.