Tech Tuesday: Cade Prize 2024
The annual Cade Prize is accepting applications from inventors and early-stage startups. In this week's Tech Tuesday on TV20 WCJB, Bethany Gaffey discusses the competition with Cade Museum CEO Bradley Gamble.
UF News
New $12.5 Million National Science Foundation Grant Awarded to Study Phenomenon Affecting Agriculture, Cancer, Biodiversity and More
UF has 7 of 18 scientists who have received a combined $12.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish the Polyploidy Integration and Innovation Institute. The grant is part of a broader initiative by the National Science Foundation to bring together scientists from disparate areas of expertise to work on pressing problems in biology.
To Hire the Right Job Candidate, Humans and Machines Should Clear Up This Simple Miscommunication
Heng Xu and her co-author, UF management professor Nan Zhang, developed a new algorithm that accounts for the realities of the hiring process. In a test using data on thousands of employees from a Fortune 500 company, the improved algorithm saved 11% on human interviewing costs while meeting goals for identifying high-quality applicants and avoiding bias.
UF Awarded NIH Funding for New Malaria Research Center
A five-year, $3.6 million award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, aims to turn the tide through a new International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research led by University of Florida scientist Rhoel Dinglasan, Ph.D., M.P.H., and partners in Africa.
Gainesville Tech Company Builds International Recognition
Slice Engineering, named the 2023 Tech Company of the Year by the Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce, serves tens of thousands of people across the world. Slice is a go-to source for 3D printer parts for NASA, Honda, the U.S. military and many other household names.
Dr. Yong Huang Lands Albert M. Sargent Progress Award
Congratulations to Dr. Yong Huang, Ph.D., for earning the prestigious SME Albert M. Sargent Progress Award, awarded to one researcher per year internationally in manufacturing processes and systems.
The Office of Research Welcomes May Khanna, Ph.D., As the Inaugural Assistant Dean for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The new assistant dean for entrepreneurship and innovation of the UF College of Medicine aims to forge an exciting new career possibility for postdoctoral scientists that combines the advantages of working for a company and for a university.
Maryam Rahman, M.D., Receives UF College of Medicine Clinical Excellence Award
Maryam Rahman, M.D., an associate professor in the Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery, has received the University of Florida College of Medicine’s Clinical Excellence Award.
UF Study Shows How Strawberry Growers Can Use Less Pesticide To Control Destructive Chilli Thrips
Florida strawberry growers can use less pesticide and save money as they try to control a mighty pest known as chilli thrips, University of Florida research shows.
UF Health Gene Therapy Scientist Named to Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
Byrne, director of the UF Powell Center for Rare Disease Research and Therapy and a gene therapy pioneer with about 23 patents in the field, will be inducted into the 2024 class of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame in the fall, the organization announced May 30.
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