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2025 UF/IFAS Awardees recognized at the Dinner of Distinction

by IFAS Advancement
December 1, 2025

UF/IFAS is pleased to announce the honorees that were recognized at the 2025 UF/IFAS Dinner of Distinction. This celebration recognizes the commitment of individuals and organizations to the UF/IFAS mission of teaching, research and Extension. 2025 ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Events, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Adam Putnam, Allison Tant, Brady Revels, CALS, Ernest Sellers, Farm Credit, Florida Cattlemen's Foundation, Kim Sams, Melissa Putnam, UF-IFAS
Naked Spring ludwigia

Lecture explores confluence of art and science through Florida’s springs

by Megan Winslow
August 11, 2025

Florida’s extensive network of freshwater springs will serve as a conduit between art and science as the University of Florida’s York Distinguished Lecturer Series returns Sept. 3 to the Harn Museum of Art. (more…) READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: "In The Fields", Art, CALS, Cassandra Goff, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, College Of The Arts, Competition, COTA, Dina Liebowitz, E.T. And Vam York, E.T. York, Elizabeth Ross, Harn Museum, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jason Dossett, Keynote Address, Madison Dyment, Margaret Ross Tolbert, Matt Cohen, Megan Winslow, Rosemary Springer, School Of Art + Art History, Science, Scott Angle, Series, Speaker, Springs, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Vam York, Vermelle York, York Distinguished Lecturer Series, York Lecture
Luke Flory, climbing a mountainside in Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Ecuador. Here he is investigating the role of pathogen accumulation in the longer-term decline of invasive quinine tree. Credit Luke Flory.

UF taps global invasion ecology expert to lead new era of the Invasion Science Institute

by Lourdes Mederos
June 13, 2025

In the summer of 2000, a young undergraduate named Luke Flory was knee-deep in invasive plant species at a nature preserve in northern Indiana, with a backpack slung over his shoulder, filled with tools to study and manage invasive species. ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Agroecology, Biological Invasions, CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Department Of Biology, Department Of Plant Pathology, Director, Environmental Stressors, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, International Food Systems, Invasion Ecology, Invasions Science Institute, Invasive, Invasive Plant Ecology, Invasive Species In Florida, ISI, J. Scott Angle, Lourdes Mederos, Luke Flory, News, Non-native Species, Plant Pathology, Scott Angle, The Flory Lab, Tropical Conservation And Development Program, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Agronomy Department, University Of Florida Invasion Science Institute
Kids with plant pots

UF/IFAS program expands ag education in Florida primary, secondary schools

by Megan Winslow
May 15, 2025

Not every child grows up with a deep understanding of the agricultural systems that supply the food we eat every day. The Florida Teacher Institute, a collaboration of the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) and the UF/IFAS ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture
Tags: Aec, Agricultural, Agricultural Education And Communication, Agriculture, Animal Sciences, CALS, Career, Charlotte Emerson, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Curriculum, Entomology, Environmental, Florida Teacher Institute, Food Science, Food Security, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Megan Winslow, Mentor, Monique Salazar, Nematology, Peer, Science, Student, Summer, Teacher, Teaching, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida
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UF student competition intersects left-brain, right-brain thinking

by Megan Winslow
November 18, 2024

A $5,000 award is up for grabs by University of Florida students willing to bridge the gap between their chosen discipline and one outside their wheelhouse. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Events, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Art And Agriculture, CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, College Of The Arts, COTA, Dina Liebowitz, E.T. York, Fall Festival, Horticultural Sciences Teaching Farm, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sceinces, Megan Winslow, Mel Chin, Revival Field, Rufus Chaney, Scott Angle, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Vam York

How It Happened: Funding for the W. W. Glenn Teaching Building

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October 31, 2024

On Oct. 5, friends and family of W. W. Glenn, along with UF/IFAS administrators, faculty and staff, gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the W. W. Glenn Teaching Building. This unique, experiential learning space for students will be ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: ABE, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Agricultural Operations Management, Biological Engineering, CALS, Dana Eller, David Eller, Groundbreaking, How It Happened, Ray Bucklin, UF-IFAS, W. W. Coon Bottom Glenn, Wendell Porter

UF Animal Sciences Internship Experiences: Morgan Yoder

by kellyalexander
October 31, 2024

Morgan Yoder is a member of the UF Animal Sciences Fall Class of 2024 and this summer she completed an internship with Adams Land and Cattle in Broken Bow, Nebraska. She served as a processing intern, placing her in the processing barn where ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Professional Development, UF/IFAS
Tags: Animal Sciences, Animal Sciences Internship, Animal Sciences Undergraduate, Beef, CALS, Internship
ABE Building groundbreaking

UF to break ground on new ag, engineering building

by Megan Winslow
October 14, 2024

The University of Florida is slated to begin construction on a dynamic new learning space serving the department of agricultural and biological engineering (ABE). (more…) READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: ABE, CALS, College Of Agricultural And Life Science, Dana Eller, Daniel Hofstetter, Department Of Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Donation, Engineering, Funding, Gator Nation Giving Day, Groundbreaking, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Kati Migliaccio, Megan Winslow, Ray Bucklin, Teaching Building, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, W. W. Glenn, Wendell Porter, Workshop

Awardees Recognized at the 2024 UF/IFAS Dinner of Distinction

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October 8, 2024

UF/IFAS is pleased to announce the honorees that were recognized at the 2024 UF/IFAS Dinner of Distinction. This celebration recognizes the commitment of individuals and organizations to the UF/IFAS mission of teaching, research and Extension. 2024 ... READ MORE

Category: Events
Tags: Brightman Logan, Bruce Delaney, CALS, Dinner Of Distinction, International Society Of Arboriculture, Kaylee Tuck, Kevin Huesman, Mallory Neumann, Research, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, W. W. Glenn

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