Category: UF News

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.

Meet the UF Croc Docs

These women capture alligators, track invasive pythons and stop the spread of destructive species, protecting some of Florida’s most fragile ecosystems.

UF, City of Gainesville partnership strengthens early literacy for local children

A partnership between the University of Florida Literacy Institute and the City of Gainesville is strengthening early literacy for local children.

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.

AI² Summit 2026: Shaping the future of AI in higher education

UF’s AI² Center will host its annual AI² Summit March 29–April 1. Sign up today for $100 off registration fees!

How farmers, foresters and scientists are protecting Florida’s groundwater

An interdisciplinary team led by the UF Water Institute recently led a novel participatory modeling effort.

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.

Markers at birth may help predict type 1 diabetes

UF scientists have helped identify protein markers linked to a higher risk of developing type 1 diabetes.

UF debuts high-tech digital research lab

The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere Digital Humanities Lab is a high-tech workspace supporting research, collaboration and innovation.

UF/IFAS harvest provides hope for Florida’s citrus

Researchers will use harvested fruit data from 2022 to 2026 to analyze how potential solutions might offer farmers hope against citrus greening.