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UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences celebrates student award winners

by Annabel Henson

April 18, 2024

GAINESVILLE, Fla. Sixteen UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences students were recognized for their academic achievement and successes at the University of Florida during the annual CALS awards ceremony, held April 16. “I’m ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching,
Tags: Agricultural Education And Communication, Animal Sciences, Awards, Awards And Recognitions, Biology, Environmental Horticulture, FYCS, Marine Sciences, Microbiology And Cell Science, Nutritional Sciences, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation

Alumni Feature: Dr. Adam Bernatsky, Nutritional Sciences

by Jessie Erwin

March 25, 2024

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Adam Bernatsky to our Discover FSHN Series! Dr. Bernatsky is an alumnus of the nutritional sciences undergraduate program in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Florida. He is now ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Discover Fshn, Dr. Adam Bernatsky, Dr. Bernatsky, FSHN Alumni, Nutritional Sciences, Nutritional Sciences Alumni, Nutritional Sciences Alumni Feature, Nutritional Sciences Careers, Podiatrist, Podiatry

How Research Gives Hope: Dr. Susan Percival and the Power of Inspiration

by Jessie Erwin

March 18, 2024

Learn more about Dr. Percival's groundbreaking research and service to UF by downloading the full version of this feature here. December 1, 1989. Two months into her new position in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Teaching, Work & Life
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These Students are Discovering Exciting Careers in Food Science, Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics

by Jessie Erwin

January 8, 2024

Follow along as high school students from PK Yonge Developmental Research School in Gainesville, Florida learn about how professionals in food science, nutritional sciences, and dietetics shape what and how we eat, as well as keep us safe from ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Careers, Dietetics, Dr. Charles Sims, Dr. Katherine Thompson-Witrick, Dr. Keith Schneider, Field Trip, Food Science, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Food Science Careers, High School, Katlyn Nau, Nutritional Sciences, Pilot Plant, PK Yonge, PK Yonge Developmental Research School, Sensory Lab

International Education Week: Ehran Safaei, Nutritional Sciences

by Jessie Erwin

November 17, 2023

Thank you for joining us to celebrate International Education Week in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Florida! In this series, we learned about the experiences of international students and how those experiences ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Ehsan Safaei, Food Science And Human Nutrition, International Education Week, International Students, Nutritional Sciences, Nutritional Sciences Degree, Nutritional Sciences Graduate Degree, Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program, Nutritional Sciences Graduate Student, Nutritional Sciences Program, Nutritional-sciences-graduate-feature

Undergraduate Student Feature: Charles Overdevest, Nutritional Sciences

by Jessie Erwin

August 31, 2023

In this installment of our Discover FSHN Series, we welcome Charles Overdevest, an undergraduate nutritional sciences major in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Florida! Charles took time out of his busy schedule ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Charles Overdevest, Discover Fshn, Discover Fshn Series, Dr. Diana Taft, Max Overdevest, Nutritional Sciences, Nutritional Sciences Major, Nutritional Sciences Program, Nutritional-sciences-research, Nutritional-sciences-undergraduate-feature, Taste Of Immokalee, Ultimate Frisbee, Undergraduate Nutritional Sciences Major, Undergraduate Research

Quiceno Travels to Peru for Medical Mission Trip

by Cathy Carr

June 15, 2023

Each year, the UF chapter of the Global Medical Training (GMT) program hosts medical mission trips to Central and South American countries. These trips provide hands-on clinical experience to undergraduate students interested in a medical or ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Nutritional Sciences, Service, VP Promise

Research Journeys Update: Logan Brunson, Homestyles-2 Nutrition Education Program

by Jessie Erwin

June 6, 2023

We are excited to welcome back Logan Brunson to our FSHN Research Journeys series, which follows the research of graduate students in the Food Science and Human Nutrition program at The University of Florida! During the first year of his ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Childhood Obesity, Dr. Karla Shelnutt, Family Nutrition Program, FNCE, FNP, FSHN Research Journeys, Graduate Research, Graduate Student Research, Homestyles-2, Logan Brunson, Nutrition Education, Nutritional Sciences, Nutritional Sciences Graduate Degree, Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program, Nutritional Sciences Graduate Student, Nutritional Sciences Program, Nutritional-sciences-research, Research Journeys, Research-journeys-nutritional-sciences-ms, UF Graduate Student, What Is Nutritional Sciences Like

Faculty Feature: Dr. Cora Best, Nutritional Sciences

by Jessie Erwin

November 15, 2022

We are happy to welcome Dr. Cora Best to the Discover FSHN Series! Dr. Best is an assistant professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Florida who studies nutritional influences on kidney and musculoskeletal health. Learn about her ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Discover Fshn, Discover Fshn Series, Dr. Cora Best, Faculty Feature, Faculty Profile, Faculty-research, Food Science And Human Nutrition, Kidney Disease, Nutritional Sciences, Nutritional-sciences-faculty-feature, Registered Dietitian, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Renal Nutrition

Faculty Feature: Dr. Diana Taft, Nutritional Sciences

by Jessie Erwin

March 23, 2022

A special hello to Dr. Diana Taft, Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Florida! Dr. Taft's research focuses on the infant microbiome and resistome. In this article, ... READ MORE

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