• Celebrating Women’s History Month: UF researcher paving the way for Latinas in STEM
  March 15, 2023: Ana Maria Porras, Ph.D., a professor and researcher, heads the Tissue-Microbe Interactions lab in the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering within the Herbert Wertheim College …
• Celebrating Women’s History Month: How a UF alumna turned faculty is making a difference
  March 2, 2023: For Department of Engineering Education Assistant Professor Jeremy Waisome, Ph.D., mentorship helped her pull through her graduate school journey.
• Expanding Pathways For Black Engineers
  November 22, 2022: Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering and associate dean for Workforce Development in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, is the l …
• Computer Science Has a Racism Problem: These Researchers Want to Fix It
  October 21, 2022: Juan Gilbert, Ph.D., has pledged to help create a more supportive and inclusive computer-science environment for Black students, and continues that work as chair of the Department of Computer & In …
• UF Receives Award for Diversity and Inclusion Work
  September 22, 2022: Insight Into Diversity magazine has named the University of Florida as a recipient of the 2022 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award. The award measures the efforts made by universities to ex …
• The Fall and Rise of Damon Woodard, ECE Associate Professor
  February 21, 2022: How Damon Woodard, Ph.D., rose from being a high school dropout to become the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Notre Dame is a testament to the people who believed i …
• University of Florida Honors Integration Pioneers with Historical Marker
  September 17, 2021: The University of Florida unveiled a historical marker honoring the integration pioneers who led the charge to desegregate the institution.
• Quantum Materials Researcher Helps Bring Inclusion and Equity to Campus Community
  June 29, 2021: We recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Ryan Need, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), about their research, experience as a new UF faculty memb …
• Prevatt Issues Call to Action for Engineering Society’s Commitment to an Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Profession
  June 15, 2021: David O. Prevatt, Ph.D., an associate professor in ESSIE, writes that the ASCE must advance the structural engineering profession by promoting the adoption of the values of diversity, equity, and incl …
• AAAS Fellow Juan Gilbert Builds Tech for Voting and to Make STEM More Diverse
  June 25, 2020: Juan Gilbert, Ph.D., works on issues of bias in tech and the problem of voting in a pandemic. He has also written a set of guidelines for diversity and inclusion in crisis.

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