GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Vance Whitaker toils day and night to develop the tastiest, best-looking, aromatic strawberries a consumer would want. Yummy enough for a nutritious snack or to help flavor a cake or pie just in time for… Read More
In honor of Black History Month, we will be sharing stories of UF/IFAS faculty and staff throughout February. Dr. Fitzroy “Roy” Beckford Dr. Fitzroy “Roy” Beckford, grew up on a farm in Jamaica, and grew to love the… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Now that the American Association for the Advancement of Science has selected Roger Kjelgren as a Leshner Fellow, he hopes to increase participation in urban food and water security. Kjelgren, the director of the University… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Some people like to wake up and drink a glass of fresh Florida orange juice. With the greening disease ravaging Florida’s citrus industry, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers want to… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida high school students have the opportunity to experience college life at the University of Florida while learning how the agricultural, natural and life sciences impact their families and communities around the world. Rising high… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Sydney English has met more state lawmakers in her 16 years than most people do in a lifetime. All that exposure has set her on a path toward her own career in politics. “My dad… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In the world of comic books, Storm has got it going on. She’s led the X-Men, controls the weather at will, and is considered one of the most powerful mutants in the Marvel Universe. Despite… Read More
ORLANDO, Fla. – This Valentine’s Day, Mark and Kimberly Brooks will look fondly back at 35 years of marriage, with most of those years spent moving around the globe to different military bases. Mark, who retired from the… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Nine companies owned or led by the University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) alumni were named to UF’s 2018 Gator100 during a ceremony on Feb. 2. Five of the nine companies… Read More
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — After 100 years of assertions about the roots of citrus, a global group of scientists – including a University of Florida professor – has traced the evolutionary history of Florida’s signature crop up to 8… Read More
