Category: UF News

UF engineering team tackles spaceflight fuel challenge

A UF engineering research team has successfully completed a zero-gravity flight experiment testing a breakthrough method to reduce fuel loss in space.

Catering administrative fee eliminated

Starting this month, UF Business Services stopped collecting a 3% administrative fee previously applied to invoices through UF’s Approved Caterer Program.

UF researchers work to help make public spaces, mass events safer

At UF’s SaferPlaces Laboratory, researchers are partnering with law enforcement agencies and private companies to test emerging technologies that help prevent violence at large public gatherings. Visit the UF News website to learn more: https://news.ufl.edu/2025/06/summer-concert-security/

New Features in NaviGator AI

UF Information Technology has released new functionality in NaviGator Chat, a private chat environment that allows faculty and staff to securely interact with more than 30 large language models. Visit the UFIT website to learn more: https://it.ufl.edu/ai/navigator-chat/

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.

Educating the public about domestic abuse and cybersecurity

UF’s Center for Privacy and Security for Marginalized and Vulnerable Populations works with Peaceful Paths to help people stay safe in the digital world.

UF secures land and capital support for Jacksonville campus

UF recently announced a major step forward for its planned campus in downtown Jacksonville.

Natural history collections’ role in pandemic preparedness

Natural history collections could help in pandemic preparedness, but they are an underused resource.

UF summer season news stories

As Florida heads into another sweltering summer, UF experts are tackling the season’s biggest challenges.

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.