Category: Research
UF Libraries awarded additional funding to digitize and provide access to historic newspapers
The George A. Smathers Libraries received a grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to expand newspaper digitization efforts and continue participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program.
The Sound of the Sea by Cynthia Barnett
Cynthia Barnett, environmental journalist-in-residence in UF’s College of Journalism and Communications, recently published The Sound of the Sea, Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans.
Interdisciplinary collaborations fueled by AI are transforming research at UF
For its Summer 2021 issue of Explore magazine, UF Research shined a spotlight on AI faculty research and how it has expanded cross-campus collaborations, helping to transform UF’s academic and research landscape.
Breast milk of mothers who received COVID-19 vaccine contains antibodies that fight illness
UF researchers found that breast milk of lactating mothers vaccinated against COVID-19 contains a significant supply of antibodies that may help protect nursing infants from the illness.
Understanding vaccine hesitancy
Center for Public Interest Communications Director Ann Christiano was recently interviewed by Central Florida’s NPR station 90.7 WMFE regarding vaccine hesitancy.
Register for the MainSpring Research Administrator Appreciation Day
UF MainSpring is an interconnected community of professionals learning, sharing and growing together to move the research enterprise forward. On Sept. 24 at 2:30 p.m., MainSpring will host UF’s 2021 Research Administrator Appreciation Day.
UF researchers use AI to develop precision dosing for treatment aimed at preventing dementia
UF researchers studying the use of a noninvasive brain stimulation treatment paired with cognitive training have found the therapy holds promise as an effective, drug-free approach for someday warding off Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Yet determining optimal dosing for the treatment known as transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS, has been a challenge because […]
A quick morning reflection could make you a better leader
Starting your day by thinking about what kind of leader you want to be can make you more effective at work, according to a new study authored by Remy Jennings, a Warrington College of Business doctoral student, and Klodiana Lanaj, Warrington College of Business associate professor of management. The study was recently published in the […]
UF faculty earn $861 million in research awards
UF faculty earned $861 million in research funding in fiscal year 2021 – the second-highest amount ever – despite the ongoing challenges presented by the pandemic. This total does not include an additional $77 million in non-research U.S. Department of Education funding that UF received through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. The […]
UF team identifies novel targets for COVID-19 antivirals
A multidisciplinary team of UF researchers has identified dozens of novel therapeutic targets for the development of antiviral therapies against COVID-19. The team recently posted a paper to bioRxiv reporting the identification of 53 novel genes and pathways that could become druggable targets for antiviral therapies for COVID-19 plus a broad array of coronavirus types. […]
« Previous Page — Next Page »