Category: Academics

Put Out Your Runners: Plant Pathology Professor Delivers Commencement Address

by Joe Kaleita
December 20, 2023

"Put out your runners" exclaimed Dr. Natalia Peres, Professor of Plant Pathology and “Florida’s strawberry doctor,” according to University of Florida President Ben Sasse. Peres described how the sweet red fruit reproduces by spreading ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, UF/IFAS
Tags: Ben Sasse, Commencement, GREC, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Natalia Peres, Plant Pathology, Strawberries

Fall Festival Showcases Plant Science Program

by Joe Kaleita
December 5, 2023

More than 300 visitors had a chance to pick colorful flowers, harvest sweet potatoes and cassava, squeeze fresh orange juice, and learn about graduate programs, student organizations and agriculture-related businesses and career opportunities ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, EVENTS, UF/IFAS
Tags: CALS, Dina Liebowitz, Fall Festival, Mathews Paret, Plant Pathology, Plant Science

Smith Named Teacher of the Year by Mycological Society of America

by Joe Kaleita
September 8, 2023

Matthew E. Smith, professor of Fungal Biology in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Florida, was presented the William H. Weston Award for excellence in Teaching at the 2023 annual meeting of the Mycological Society of America ... READ MORE

Category: Academics, UF/IFAS
Tags: Matthew Smith, Mycological Society Of America, Mycology, Plant Pathology

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