University of Florida

In 2019, Raymond Mailhot was visiting with a young patient and his family facing a scary diagnosis – brain cancer. Treatments were incredibly effective, and the young boy was going to survive, Mailhot shared in Spanish with the Venezuelan…

University of Florida Distinguished Professor Christine Schmidt has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. This prestigious honor follows her election earlier this year to the National Academy of Engineering, making her one of…

University of Florida Health scientists exploring how combinations of antibiotics can fight resistant bacteria have been awarded an $11.8 million grant for work that could help save the tens of thousands of lives lost yearly to infections…

Magic wands make reading more fun, right? For children in first and second grade, they certainly do. To boost literacy for students in this age group, the University of Florida’s Lastinger Center for Learning has teamed up…

Stories written by the latest version of ChatGPT were nearly as good as those written by human authors, according to new research on the narrative skills of artificial intelligence. But when people were told a story was written…

For some Floridians, being diagnosed with a condition that requires medication isn’t just a health issue; it’s a financial one. Patients in underserved communities often have to make tough decisions about whether to focus on their own…

Invasive species in Florida like Nile monitors and Argentine black-and-white tegus pose a growing threat to the Sunshine State’s environment, economy and public safety. South Florida’s warm climate, disturbed habitats and bustling pet trade…

Despite some having their own homes without of power or damaged in the wake of Hurricane Helene, UF/IFAS faculty and staff from around North Florida readied themselves as an Incident Command Post was established at the…

The Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida has announced two new undergraduate majors: Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law, and Great Books and Ideas. The approval of these majors last…

The University of Florida Investment Corporation, or UFICO, has named Mark Baumgartner, a 25-plus-year veteran of the investment industry, to be its next chief executive officer and chief investment officer starting in January…