Category: Feature

Are you optimizing your tax-deferring opportunities? 

Tax season is here—now is a great time to ensure you are taking advantage of the many tax-deferring opportunities available to you as a UF employee. 

“Anything you can do to tax-defer helps stretch your dollar,” said Shannon Edwards, UFHR Benefits director. “The first thing I tell people who come to me for savings advice is to do a financial check-up at the beginning of each year to ensure they are taking advantage of every opportunity.”

Explore summer camps and spring break programs

Find the right summer camp or spring break activity for your school-aged children. From UF camps to Gainesville-area athletic, academic, fine arts camps and more, we invite you to explore our Summer Camps Directory to browse camps throughout the Alachua County area.

Stand Up & Holler! It’s Gator Nation Giving Day

Today, Gators from every corner of the globe are rallying to support the University of Florida as it tackles grand challenges and shapes a brighter future for our state, nation and world.

Free tax prep services available

The deadline to file your 2025 tax return is Wednesday, April 15. By now, you should be able to access your Form W-2 in myUFL or ONE.UF, or you should have received it in the mail if you did not consent to access it electronically.

Read on to learn about tax preparation services available at no cost, and register for the Feb. 20 tax webinar with UF/IFA Extension Agent Halie Corbitt to discover resources you can use to make filing your taxes easy-peasy.

These couples have major chemistry — Meet the marrieds from CHE.

Raise your beaker in a Valentine’s Day toast and say, “Awww.” There are sweet love stories afoot in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Out of nearly 30 faculty members, there are three married couples, and two others have spouses who work elsewhere at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.

So what gives? Something in the lab water? Pheromones brewing in the beakers? Read on to find out.

UF faculty help shape strategy for human exploration of Mars

Two UF faculty members with the Astraeus Space Institute played key leadership roles in a major report intended to guide U.S. science priorities for future human missions to Mars.

Indiana Joe and the Pit of Bones

Move over, Harrison Ford. The latest addition to the Raiders of the Lost Ark franchise, shot on location at the University of Florida’s Montbrook fossil dig, has a new star. Follow the action in the first Cup o’ Joe of 2026.

Explore ways to enhance your retirement savings   

With tax season upon us, now is a great time to review your voluntary savings plans to ensure you’re optimizing your contributions.

Lessons from Shell Mound

When Hurricane Helene tore through Florida’s Big Bend, it didn’t just damage homes and shorelines — it reshaped a 1,000-year-old archaeological site. Discover how UF researchers are restoring Shell Mound near Cedar Key and what this ancient Indigenous gathering place can teach us about resilience, climate change and coastal living today.

UF experts help Tavares cemetery become state’s first to earn arboretum accreditation

When visiting a cemetery, the stereotypical scene is a somber one: stark gravestones adorn the barren ground with not a speck of color in sight. But when people actually visit their loved ones’ graves, they hope for peace, comfort and tranquility — not sterility.

UF/IFAS experts recently partnered with the City of Tavares to bring the solace of nature to a local cemetery by helping it become Florida’s first to earn arboretum accreditation.