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Why You Already Quit Your New Year’s Resolution, and How to Reset

by Ashley Johnston
May 15, 2026

Here we are, already more than halfway through February of the new year; can you believe it? Still, January (the quintessential month of the ever-so- talked-about resolutions) isn't very far behind us. While January represents a time of change ... READ MORE

Category: , Events, Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: #904Health #financial, #JaxLivingWell, #LivingWellJax, Betting On Weight Loss, Goals, Let's Walk Florida, Resetting, Resolutions, SMART Goals, Wellness

Celebrating Faculty Excellence

by Scott Angle
May 15, 2026

Congratulations to the 59 UF/IFAS faculty whose record of strong achievement has earned them tenure, permanent status and/or promotion! I am proud to work with each and every one of these leaders who consistently demonstrate across-the-board ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, Natural Resources, Work & Life

We need to lead to feed 10 billion

by Scott Angle
May 15, 2026

I’m more convinced than ever that UF/IFAS has to be—and is—a central player in feeding the world of 2050. After all, food is our middle name. Perhaps no one in UF/IFAS embodies our feed-the-world imperative more than Gbola Adesogan. ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Events
Tags: An Angle On IFAS, Food, Research, Vam York

Crossing the Finish Line on the Road to 67

by Scott Angle
May 15, 2026

In all the traveling I’ve done in my career, I’ve never been greeted with finish-line tape, “Chariots of Fire” playing on a public address system, a 4-H’er hanging a medal around my neck and a state map cake with a different color ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Events

Celebrating John Woeste

by Scott Angle
May 15, 2026

Congratulations to an Extension legend. As a high school student, John Woeste had no specific aspirations beyond graduation until a 4-H program brought him to the University of Kentucky campus for a week. He was repeatedly told he would be ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Events
Tags: Alpha Gamma Rho, Dinner Of Distinction, Extension, Hall Of Fame

Women’s history month: Madeline Mellinger

by Scott Angle
May 15, 2026

Madeline Mellinger had only about a year of experience working with growers in the Everglades Agricultural Area when they asked her to serve as their adviser on pest management. During that year she had established their trust through consistent ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Community Volunteers, Crops, Events, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Water
Tags: Everglades, History, IFAS, IPM, UF

Leader, visionary, champion for science, friend to deliver York lecture

by Scott Angle
May 15, 2026

If you come to hear Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young deliver our York lecture next week, you’ll be inspired by someone I consider a visionary, a champion for agricultural science, a trailblazer and an anti-hunger crusader. I also consider her ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, Health & Nutrition, Pests & Disease
Tags: Equity, Infrastructure, Research, UF-IFAS, USDA, York Lecture

IFAS Insights: Congratulations to Our Newly Promoted Faculty

by Rob Gilbert
May 15, 2026

I’m proud to announce the class of 2024 UF/IFAS faculty who have earned promotion, tenure and permanent status. This cohort exemplifies the culmination of years of hard work, commitment, scholarship, service and achievement. Promotion, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS
Tags: Academics, Agriculture, Extension, Natural Resources, Promotions, Research, Teaching

IFAS Insights: York Lecture Scheduled for Sept. 19

by Rob Gilbert
May 15, 2026

The York Distinguished Lecturer Series continues this fall with a joint presentation by conceptual visual artist Mel Chin and agronomist Rufus Chaney. Chin and Chaney will tell the story of how art helped advance a then-new green remediation ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS
Tags: Art, Events, Lectures

Beginning of a school year, end of an era

by Rob Gilbert
May 15, 2026

On August 22, we begin a new year of delivering on our oldest mission. We make perhaps our farthest-reaching impact through teaching because in so doing we prepare others to make great impact. Every instructor as well as every staff member ... READ MORE

Category: Curriculum, Events, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS