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Always on the go: Omnipresent UF/IFAS research admin recognized for service

by Megan Winslow
April 9, 2025

Jerry Fankhauser has an office within the University of Florida’s McCarty Hall, but impromptu visitors are unlikely to find him there. On most days, the wheels of his work vehicle are spinning on asphalt as he zigzags across the state between ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Distinguished Service Award, Everglades Research And Education Center Field Day, Facilities Planning And Operations, Flavors Of Florida, Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, Hemp, IFAS, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Jackie Burns, Jerry Fankhauser, Jim Boyer, McCarty Hall, Megan Winslow, Plant Science Research And Education Unit, Purdue University, Research Center Administrators Society, UF, UF/IFAS, University Of Florida

Veteran UF/IFAS Agronomist, Administrator Named Research Dean

by Brad Buck
November 26, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When he was planting rice in valley swamps in Sierra Leone many years ago, Robert Gilbert never imagined he’d be a dean at the University of Florida. But now, here he is: dean of research at the UF Institute of Food and ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Agronomy, Everglades Research And Education Center, Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, Jack Payne, Jackie Burns, News, Research Dean, Robert Gilbert, Sugar Cane

UF/IFAS Earns Record $166 Million for Research to Help Solve Critical Issues

by Brad Buck
October 18, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Funding for research projects from federal, state and private sources at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences hit a record $166 million in fiscal year 2017-2018. Grant support underwrites ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Citrus Greening, Jackie Burns, Nutrition, Obesity Prevention, Research Funding, Sea Level Rise, Water Preservation

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