Author: Tehranipoor,Maryam

First-year engineering students were introduced to leadership and innovation this semester through a new collaboration between the Engineering Leadership Institute and Engineering Innovation Institute. As part of the required Introduction to Engineering course, students explored their personal values, communication styles and the importance of collaboration through hands-on activities designed to show how effective leadership contributes to engineering success.

Curtis Taylor and Jeremy Waisome will help shape the next generation of engineering leaders through teaching, mentorship and research.

Renwick and his wife, Deborah (BSN, ‘77), were substantial UF engineering donors, including a $3 million gift that established the endowed Glenn and Deborah Renwick Leadership Professorship in AI and Ethics and the Renwick Faculty Fellows in AI and Research. Their donations also funded the Renwick Engineering Scholars Fund.

Former Gainesville Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan returned to UF as the Fall 2025 Linda Parker Hudson Leader in Residence, sharing lessons on engineering, leadership and public service with students, faculty and College of Engineering leaders.

Daniel Kleinman, Founder & CEO at Seaworthy Collective, an alumnus of Engineering Innovation Institute and Leadership Institute at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, is the 2022 winner of the Prince’s Prize for Innovative Philanthropy from the Foundation Prince Albert II de Monaco and Tocqueville Foundation. Daniel is the youngest and the first winner under 30 years old […]