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SFFGS announces new undergraduate certificate program in Forest Health Management


April 21, 2025

The School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences is pleased to announce a new undergraduate certificate program in Forest Health Management, which will prepare students for careers in forest health research and management. The certificate ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Forest, Forest Health, Forest Management, Forest Resources And Conservation, School Of Forest Resources And Conservation, Trees
Lidar scan of building exterior

SFFGS Geomatics students use Lidar to preserve local history


February 19, 2025

Across Florida, historic buildings are feeling the squeeze: extreme weather and a rapidly growing population, which demands more housing and more infrastructure, can lead to the effacement of sites that hold pieces of the state’s history. In ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Geomatics, Historic Preservation, Lidar, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Surveying
image - Students work with surveying equipment in a geomatics course at the University of Florida's Gulf Coast Research and Education Center's GCREC) Plant City, with Amr Abd-Elrahman, an associate professor of geomatics and principal investigator of the project. Photo courtesy UFIFAS Photography.

UF/IFAS receives nearly $1 million grant to engage more low-income students in geomatics


February 7, 2022

Geomatics is one of the most diverse fields of study. It offers a range of high-paying career opportunities, with a big demand for graduates in private and public sectors across industries worldwide. Geomatics is a STEM career field that ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Alison Adams, Amr Abd-Elrahman, Benjamin Wilkinson, Engineering And Mathematics, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Geomatics, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hartwig Henry Hochmair, National Science Foundation, NSF S-STEM Program, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Science, STEM, Technology, UF IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center
Prescribed burn and burn manger.

UF CALS students are on fire for conserving Florida’s natural areas


January 26, 2022

UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences students have sparked their passion to preserve and restore Florida’s natural areas using prescribed fire. This week, Florida—the prescribed burn capital of the United States—is celebrating ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Forest Resources And Conservation, Prescribed Fire Awareness Week, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatic Sciences, Student Association For Fire Ecology, Student Organization

Susan Reams | Marine Sciences | 23 Questions


December 16, 2021

https://youtu.be/DvA6S0sANoY As a way to learn more about the 23 majors in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Florida, we’ve been asking 23 questions. Susan Reams, an graduating undergraduate student in marine ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: 23 Questions, Fisheries And Aquatic Sciences Unit, Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Graduation, Marine Sciences, Student

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