Category: Faculty News

UF Teacher/Scholar of the Year Award nominations due Jan. 17

The selected faculty member will receive an SEC Academic Consortium Faculty Achievement Award and an SEC Professor of the Year Award nomination.

UF biomedical engineer inducted into the NAE

Christine Schmidt, Ph.D., a UF distinguished professor, was formally inducted into the 2024 class of the National Academy of Engineering, or NAE.

Shining a light on sickle cell disease

As a researcher and mom of a 7-year-old son with sickle cell disease, Candice J. Adams-Mitchell, SLP.D., CCC-SLP, has a unique perspective on the disease.

As “The Golden Bachelorette” debuts, a UF Health researcher and wife keep watch

UF Institute on Aging member Christopher Kaufmann, Ph.D., will watch to see if the show highlights successful aging or falls into stereotypical tropes. 

Untrustworthy hyperlinks on news sites are adding to the misinformation crisis

Misinformation is spreading rapidly in the digital universe, and the hyperlinks found on untrustworthy news sites may be partly to blame.

CLAS faculty receive NSF CAREER awards

Three CLAS faculty were selected as U.S. National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award recipients.

UF researcher helps make structures safer  

Following the 2021 Surfside collapse, Jennifer Bridge, Ph.D., has helped shape new legislation to improve and track building inspections for condos and co-ops.

UF scientist’s Parkinson’s work selected for innovative drug development effort

Matthew Disney, Ph.D., was one of five scientists selected for an ambitious two-year effort to move promising Parkinson’s disease discoveries to patients.

Promoting well-being through learner-centered education

Learn how to promote student well-being through the Gallup Big Six Experiences in this Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty Learning Community.

Watch UF scientist rocket to space at the Reitz Union Aug. 29

Take part in history on Thursday, Aug. 29, as the University of Florida’s own Rob Ferl, Ph.D., becomes the first NASA-funded academic to conduct an experiment in space as part of the Blue Origin New Shepard mission.

Join a watch party starting at 8:30 a.m. in the Reitz Union to track the countdown to launch at 9 a.m. and follow the dramatic 11-minute journey to space and back. Free popcorn and “astronaut food” will be available as the official Blue Origin webcast plays. The event is hosted by the Reitz Union and the UF Astraeus Space Institute.