Category: Faculty News
UF Gulf Scholars announces three new funding opportunities
UF Gulf Scholars recently announced three new funding opportunities aimed at expanding educational and experiential learning in the Gulf region.
Join UF’s Land Development Network
UF CLUE Faculty are looking to identify UF colleagues engaged in research, teaching, outreach or extension programs related to land development in Florida.
CTE tenure and promotion workshop series
Hosted by the Center for Teaching Excellence, or CTE, this series is designed specifically for faculty and covers the tenure and promotion process at UF.
UF scientist reflects on historic space flight and the future of biology beyond Earth
One year after his pioneering flight aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, University of Florida space biologist Rob Ferl, Ph.D., is still processing what it meant — not just for his career, but for science itself. This September, Ferl and longtime collaborator Anna-Lisa Paul, Ph.D., will be back at Blue Origin’s West Texas launch site, continuing their work with a new series of plant experiments.
Lecture explores confluence of art and science through Florida’s springs
UF’s York Distinguished Lecturer Series returns tomorrow, Sept. 3, to the Harn Museum of Art.
Paul Lyrene’s legacy of science and stewardship
In recognition of “the Father of Florida Blueberries,” UF’s new blueberry research building was named the Paul M. Lyrene Blueberry Research Building.
Anna-Lisa Paul receives SURA’s Distinguished Scientist Award
Anna-Lisa Paul, Ph.D., was named a recipient of the Southeastern Universities Research Association’s (SURA) 2025 Distinguished Scientist Award.
Florida scientists send seeds to ISS to study farming solutions for Earth’s harsh conditions
Wagner Vendrame, Ph.D., a UF/IFAS environmental horticulture professor and a member of UF’s Astraeus Space Institute, sent four types of UF-bred seeds to the International Space Station, or ISS, to study how spaceflight affects plant genetics and resilience.
Micronutrient mystery could be key to brain health, cancer defense
An international team of scientists has discovered how bodies absorb a micronutrient that we rely on for healthy brain function, cancer defense and more.
UF lands $7.5 million grant to map treacherous tidal mudflats for faster rescues, military missions
A team led by UF Civil and Coastal Engineering Professor Nina Stark, Ph.D., is launching a $7.5 million research project to help map tidal mudflats. Funded by the Office of Naval Research, the project brings together experts from five universities across the U.S. using satellite imagery, field sensors and hovercraft technology.
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