UF Joins Prestigious UCAR Consortium To Advance Atmospheric and Earth Science Research (UF News)
The University of Florida has been accepted as a member of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), a premier consortium that unites top-tier institutions in atmospheric and Earth system sciences.
Allen Receives Adele L. Boskey, Ph.D., Award for Mentorship and Research Excellence (UF HWCE)
UF researcher Kyle D. Allen, Ph.D., has been named the 2026 recipient of the Adele L. Boskey, Ph.D., Award by the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS).
Technology Licensing Boosts Academic Productivity at Stanford (Stanford Report)
UF set a new record this year with 446 technology disclosures, reflecting the university’s strong culture of innovation and translational research. A Stanford study highlights the significance of this progress, demonstrating that researchers who disclose and license their technologies tend to publish more frequently and achieve greater academic impact. UF Innovate helps UF innovators transform ideas into practical solutions that advance research, foster industry collaboration, and drive global progress.
Turning Up the Light: Harnessing the Potential of Silicon Carbide in Optomechanical Devices (UF ECE)
UF researchers, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), have developed a chip-sized device that uses forces exerted by photons to “strum” a single-crystal 4H silicon carbide (SiC) microdisk, causing it to vibrate at detectable frequencies.
UF researchers Contribute to Study on Type 1 Diabetes Progression (UF BME)
A study published in Cell Reports, co-led by UF researchers Edward Phelps and Clayton Mathews, reveals that beta cell dysfunction occurs independently of immune cell infiltration in the pancreas during the onset of type 1 diabetes (T1D).
From Cells to Solid State to Public Health, UF Team Building Biosensors (UF HWCE)
Backed by a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation, a UF research team is combining living cells with solid-state materials to develop better tools for environmental monitoring.
Ruchkin & Príncipe Get Visual (UF ECE)
UF researchers are collaborating to create an end-to-end methodology to model, analyze, quantify, detect and adapt to changes in the visual environment of an autonomous cyber-physical system.
UF Celebrates Three Innovators Shaping the Future of AI Research (UF News)
UF Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Research Institute (AIIRI) honored UF researchers with the first-ever AI Research Awards, recognizing groundbreaking work that demonstrates how AI is transforming science, medicine and engineering.
Florida Engineers Test Photonic AI Chips in Space (UF News)
The University of Florida, in collaboration with NASA, MIT, Vanguard Automation, AIM Photonics and Germany’s Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, launched a suite of photonic AI chips to the International Space Station aboard JAXA’s HTV-XI spacecraft this weekend.
A Protein Can Help Make Some Citrus More Tolerant to the Deadly Citrus Greening Disease — and It’s Safe (UF News)
Greening disease has devastated the citrus crop in Florida, but UF researchers are using genes from another plant and putting them into Hamlin oranges to develop citrus plants that fight the disease.