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Car crashes spike after professional sports events. The data can help cities become safer.
Car crashes spike after professional sports events. The data can help cities become safer.
March 20, 2023

Data from Cleveland shows car crashes increase near sports venues, hotspots for traffic calming.

Five big ways UF is benefiting Florida
Five big ways UF is benefiting Florida
March 16, 2023

The University of Florida, the flagship university of the nation’s third-most-populous state, is committed to leading and serving the state of Florida. UF has more than 150 mission-focused units statewide and a presence in all of Florida’s 67 counties. 

Celebrating Women’s History Month: UF researcher paving the way for Latinas in STEM
Celebrating Women’s History Month: UF researcher paving the way for Latinas in STEM
March 15, 2023

Ana Maria Porras is an accomplished professor and researcher at the University of Florida. She heads the Tissue-Microbe Interactions lab in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering within the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. 

Celebrate Pi Day with this kid-friendly activity
Celebrate Pi Day with this kid-friendly activity
March 14, 2023

A box of toothpicks is all you need to celebrate pi.

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Extensively drug-resistant Shigella infections are increasing. Here’s what you need to know. March 20, 2023
UF professor joins the AAAS Board March 17, 2023
Forum tackles how AI can help deal with global food security
Forum tackles how AI can help deal with global food security March 13, 2023

The UF/IFAS Global Food Systems Institute (GFSI), hosts the Future of Food Forum, during which scientists will attempt to start answering several key questions

Search committee announced for new UF provost March 10, 2023
UF Dean Laura A. Rosenbury elected ninth president of Barnard College March 9, 2023
The four factors that fuel disinformation among Facebook ads
The four factors that fuel disinformation among Facebook ads March 8, 2023

Before and after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Russia’s Internet Research Agency purchased tens of thousands of Facebook ads in an effort to stoke division among Americans.

Celebrating Women's History Month: How a UF alumna turned faculty is making a difference
Celebrating Women's History Month: How a UF alumna turned faculty is making a difference March 2, 2023

For Assistant Professor Jeremy Waisome, Ph.D., mentorship helped her pull through her graduate school journey. 

UF President Ben Sasse announces Olympic gold medalist and UF alumna as spring commencement speaker
UF President Ben Sasse announces Olympic gold medalist and UF alumna as spring commencement speaker March 1, 2023

Erin Jackson — a U.S. Olympic gold medalist speedskater, Florida native and University of Florida engineering alumna — will share her story at UF's university-wide commencement address on May 5, 2023.