The UF/IFAS Department of Food and Resource Economics is thrilled to celebrate the well-deserved recognition of faculty member Dr. John Lai, who was recently granted promotion to associate professor, achieving tenure status. When Lai ... READ MORE
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Each year, the annual spreadsheet competition at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) tests the ability of some of the most skilled undergraduates from across the country to quickly analyze and interpret complex data sets. ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS TeachingOnce again, our Food and Resource Economics undergraduate students proved themselves competitive against some of the top rising agricultural economists in the country at the annual meeting of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, ... READ MORE
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Florida is now expecting a potential direct hit from Hurricane Isaias, with current forecast models showing landfall along the Northern Gulf Coast the evening of Friday, October 9, 2026. Hurricane Isaias has been rapidly gaining strength, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Disaster Preparation, UF/IFAS
The UF/IFAS Department of Food and Resource Economics is thrilled to celebrate the well-deserved recognition of faculty member Dr. Olesya Savchenko, who was recently granted promotion to associate professor, achieving tenure status. Savchenko, ... READ MORE
Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, Water
The UF/IFAS Department of Food and Resource Economics is thrilled to celebrate the well-deserved recognition of faculty member Dr. Andrew Ropicki, who was recently granted promotion to associate professor, achieving tenure status. Ropicki’s ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
While many students start their Ph.D. journey unsure of if research or teaching will suit them best, for FRE Instructional Associate Professor Caleb Stair, whose two parents were both teachers, it was never a question of joining the family business. “I ... READ MORE
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UF Food and Resource Economics Associate Professor Patrick Ward was recently recognized for his innovative teaching – not by a committee of his peers, but by the very students he aims to guide their learning through his Quantitative Methods ... READ MORE
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The annual Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Case Study competition challenges the best and brightest graduate students across the discipline to take the theoretical skills learned in the classroom and use them to address ... READ MORE
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It may be cliche to say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but in the Local Food Economics Data Visualization Challenge at this year’s Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) annual meeting, that’s exactly what UF ... READ MORE
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