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UF SmartAg certificates prepare students to enter agriculture’s AI job market

by Brad Buck
May 18, 2026

Graduate students from across the University of Florida can leap into the future workplaces of agricultural technology. Through two Smart Ag certificate programs, started in 2022, the agricultural and biological engineering department (ABE) ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development
Tags: 'Advanced Precision Agriculture', 'Wireless Sensor Networks', Adam Watson, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Dana Choi, Food Processing, Graduate Students, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Kati Migliaccio, Packaging, Portfolios, Precision Ag, Robotics, SmartAg, SmartAg Certificate Programs, Sustainable Farming, Tom Burks, Workforce Development
Apetizers on spread at the TREC One Night in the Tropics 2022.

Commissioner Danielle Cohen-Higgins to launch Miami-Dade Farmers Month at 10th Annual One Night in the Tropics

by Lourdes Mederos
May 18, 2026

On Nov. 2, District 8 Miami-Dade County Commissioner Danielle Cohen-Higgins will inaugurate Miami-Dade Farmers Month at the 10th annual One Night in the Tropics. This much-anticipated UF/IFAS philanthropic event will take place from 6 p.m. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Horticulture, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: 10th Annual One Night In The Tropics, Agricultural Education And Communication, Celebration, District 8 Miami-Dade, Dormitory, Edward Evans, Graduate Housing, Graduate Students, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins, Miami-Dade Farmers Month, News, Pauline O. Lawrence Student Residence, Tropical Research And Education Center, UF-IFAS
Exterior view of the Pauline O Lawrence Residence Hall finished.

Trailblazing entomologist’s gift creates a home for students, future scientists – and a legacy of belonging

by Lourdes Mederos
May 18, 2026

The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) will celebrate a milestone moment on Nov. 1 at 4:30 p.m., when the doors open to the Pauline O. Lawrence Student Residence at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Agriculture, Dormitory, Edward "Gilly" Evans, Edward Evans, Emeritus Professor Carlton Davis, Empathy, Entomology, Enviroment, First Black Female Graduate Student, Food And Resource Economics, Fruit Flies, Future Scientists, Graduate Students, Groves, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, J. Scott Angle, Miami-Dade County, Natural Resources, News, Pauline O. Lawrence Student Residence, Resilience, Richard Baranowski, South Florida, Students, TREC, TREC Dormitory Fund, Tropical Fruit, Tropical Research And Education Center, Tropical Vegetable, Tropics, UF, UF-IFAS, UF/IFAS Tropical Research And Education Center, University Of Florida

Announcing the 2025 Nadeau Graduate Research Award Winners!

by Lexi Bolger
June 9, 2025

The School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) is delighted to announce this year’s recipients of the Nadeau Graduate Research Award, a grant established by the Robin E. Nadeau fund to support research and education in SNRE.   SNRE ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development
Tags: Graduate Students, Interdisciplinary Ecology, Nadeau Graduate Research Award, Research, Samantha Howley, School Of Natural Resources And Environment, Yukti Taneja

ABE Students Attend Joint Postgraduate Course in The Netherlands

by McKenzie Wynn
May 27, 2022

Five graduate students from the Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ABE) department attended a course in crop physiology and climate change in the Netherlands that was jointly hosted by Wageningen University and The University of Florida ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops
Tags: ABE, Agricultural And Biological Engineering, Climate Change, Crop Physiology, Graduate Students, Student Opportunities

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