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Charles Steinmetz Hall dedication
Stand-alone photo. Click here for high-resolution image Charles Steinmetz, a retired pest management company owner, addresses the audience at a ceremony to rename the University of Florida’s...
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Rosemary Loria appointed chair of UF plant pathology department
Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Cornell University professor has been selected as chair of the University of Florida’s plant pathology department, UF...
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UF researcher reduces allergens in peanuts using pulsed light
Multimedia available: http://news.ufl.edu/2011/06/08/peanut-allergen-multimedia/ Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida researcher has...
View ArticleUF/IFAS scientists’ findings shed light on body’s iron-absorption process
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Iron is a key mineral for human health. Too much of it in your body — or too little — can lead to major health problems. University of Florida researchers have discovered that an...
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UF-led team wins $1.7 million grant to help minority students earn...
Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A team of University of Florida and Miami Dade College faculty members has won a five-year, $1.7 million federal grant to...
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UF student elected to president of national Future Farmers of America...
Click here for high resolution version. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida student Clay Sapp has been elected president of the national FFA organization, also known as Future...
View ArticleUF/IFAS students awarded at recent agronomy, soil science meeting
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Five University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences students received awards during a recent agronomy and soil science conference held last month in Cincinnati....
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UF agricultural economics professor wins lifetime achievement award
Click here for high resolution version. Caption at bottom. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Charles Moss, a professor in the University of Florida’s food and resource economics department, recently received the...
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Wayne Mackay named UF/IFAS Department of Environmental Horticulture chairman
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mid-Florida Research and Education Center Director Wayne Mackay will take on a new role as chairman of the University of Florida’s environmental horticulture department, Jack...
View ArticleFood, sustainability and climate change experts to speak in Gainesville April...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida will host a climate symposium April 2-3 that will feature leading authorities on food, sustainability and climate change. Registration has closed for the...
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Everglades REC director to chair UF/IFAS Agronomy Department
Rob Gilbert, director of the University of Florida’s Everglades Research and Education Center, will be the agronomy department’s next chairman, UF/IFAS’ top official announced this week. Jack Payne,...
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Dukes to lead Center for Landscape Conservation and Ecology
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Michael Dukes, a University of Florida agricultural and biological engineering professor and Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty member, has been named director of...
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UF/IFAS names Kevin Folta as horticultural sciences chairman
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Kevin Folta, the interim chair of the University of Florida’s horticultural sciences department, has accepted the permanent job, Jack Payne, UF’s senior vice president for...
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UF/IFAS names Irani family, youth and community sciences chairwoman
UF/IFAS Professor Tracy Irani has been named as the new chairwoman of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences. GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A 15-year UF/IFAS faculty member and administrator has...
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UF/IFAS names Wilson interim chair of environmental horticulture
Sandra Wilson GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After 15 years as an environmental horticulture faculty member at the UF/IFAS research center in Fort Pierce, Sandra Wilson was honored when asked to take over the...
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Michael Gutter named new Associate Dean and State Program Leader for 4-H...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Dean and Director for Extension Nick Place announced Tuesday that Professor Michael Gutter has been promoted to associate dean and state program leader for...
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UF/IFAS professor named first Researcher in Residence at the University of...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Assistant Professor Muthusami Kumaran has been named the first ever Researcher in Residence and Visiting Philanthropy Faculty for the Spring 2016 semester by...
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UF/IFAS hosting free annual PLANT CAMP for science and environmental primary...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is hosting its annual, free, week-long PLANT CAMP for science and environmental primary school teachers this...
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Renowned scientists join the UF/IFAS Institute of Sustainable Food Systems
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two acclaimed faculty, internationally recognized for their work in tropical agriculture, have joined the faculty at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural...
View ArticleUF/IFAS student to participate in White House science panel on April 13
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida/IFAS student will serve on a panel at the White House Science Fair on April 13. The science fair is the last of President Obama’s administration. Kiona...
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