Category: UF News

UF and Safe Schools For Alex unveil safety dashboard

The most comprehensive school safety dashboard in the country is now available, thanks to a collaboration between UF and Safe Schools For Alex.

AAAS honors 12 UF faculty as Lifetime Fellows

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected 12 faculty from the University of Florida to its newest class.

The honor, which includes alumni such as Thomas Edison and W.E.B. DuBois, is among the most distinguished in the scientific community and recognizes extraordinary impact and achievement across disciplines.

Bob Graham’s life in pictures

Daniel R. ‘Bob’ Graham served Florida as an elected official for nearly four decades at the local, state and national level. As first a state legislator, then governor and finally as a three-term U.S. Senator, Graham had a role in nearly every major public policy issue in modern Florida’s history.

He created the Bob Graham Center for Public Service to continue his legacy of leadership and to train the next generation of Sunshine State leaders. Read on to explore Graham’s life in pictures.

UF College of Pharmacy moves up the rankings to No. 4

The UF College of Pharmacy attained its highest-ever ranking in the U.S. News & World Report list of America’s best pharmacy colleges, climbing to No. 4.

UF team plays major role in newly approved drug

The first nonsteroidal drug for the treatment of Duchenne is associated with slower functional decline and decreased fat replacement in muscle.

UF team puts science over stigma to stop the spread of Hansen’s disease

UF’s Hansen’s disease team is helping shed light on the disease’s prevalence in Florida through the study of roadkill armadillos.

White House officials tour UF/IFAS center

During a visit to Tampa, Acting Principal Deputy National Cyber Director Jake Braun joined UF officials to tour the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center.

2024 Superior Accomplishment Awards recognize outstanding and meritorious service

Twenty staff and faculty members representing a wide range of experience and hailing from UF locations throughout Florida were recognized for their outstanding service in a ceremony held yesterday at the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. 

Author James Patterson launches transformational Literacy Classrooms

Bestselling author and literacy champion James Patterson is writing the next chapter in his partnership with the University of Florida.

How to safely observe the 2024 total solar eclipse, according to UF astronomy professors

North America will experience its second total solar eclipse in seven years today, April 8 — a captivating event that won’t happen again for another two decades. This unique spectacle will sweep across a vast path of totality, starting in Mexico, traveling over the United States from Texas to Maine, and ending on the eastern coast of Canada.

Read on to learn how observers in the Gainesville community and beyond can safely view this rare celestial phenomenon.