Category: UF News

Florida Museum reopens Nov. 23

Following a large-scale construction project, the Florida Museum of Natural History is set to reopen the Ken and Linda McGurn Exhibition Hall to the public on Nov. 23.

UFPD expands mental health response on campus

A U F P D responder and co-responder speaking with an individual on campus.

The UFPD co-responder program pairs officers with mental health clinicians who jointly respond to calls that may involve a behavioral health component.

UF researchers advance personalized epilepsy surgery

Doctor Babjani sitting in the MEG lab looking at computer screen

In a new NIH-funded project, researchers combine various techniques to predict how different surgical approaches could affect a patient’s language function.

The College of Journalism and (Interstellar) Communications

A black and white photo of the college's newly completed Flanagan Wing in the Eighty's

Thirty-eight years ago, the College of Journalism and Communications shot a radio signal into space, and it’s possible we could hear back this year.

Does a diagnosis change what you put in your grocery cart?

A person reaching for produce at a grocery store

When someone is diagnosed with a chronic illness such as diabetes or heart disease, one of the recommendations is often to change what they eat.

Breakthroughs begin here

Weizhou Zhang, Ph.D., recently led a multidisciplinary team of researchers to create a drug that effectively kills aggressive acute myeloid leukemia cells.

Teaching robots to tackle e-waste

A robot prepares to remove components from a desktop computer

Recycling e-waste and remanufacturing electronic components are extremely labor-intensive processes and can expose workers to unsafe conditions.

UF helps develop autism training for local teachers

Noise cancelling headphones and a fidget toy on a desk in an early education classroom.

The UF College of Education and UF CARD are partnering with Alachua County Public Schools to provide free, accessible autism-specific training for educators.

Mosquito species recorded in U.S. for first time

Lead author Lawrence Reeves, U F IFAS assistant professor of entomology at F M E L, inspects a bag of mosquitoes collected with an aspirator, a tool that serves as a vacuum for mosquitoes, from boulders at Cochise Stronghold, Dragoon Mountains in Cochise County, Arizona.

UF/IFAS Assistant Professor of Entomology Lawrence Reeves, Ph.D., recently documented a mosquito species previously recorded only in Mexico.

Making learning visible in an AI world

A toolbox, with words above that reads, "Retooling Assessment" and words below that read, "A collaboration between A I squared Center, C T E and U F I T C I T T.

CTE, the AI² Center and UFIT CITT recently launched Retooling Assessment: Making Learning Visible in an AI World, a year-long initiative.