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This article was written by Zack Savitsky and originally published on the University of Florida News. CISE professor Benjamin Lok has grants from the National Institute of Health and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to study the applications of Virtual humans. Humans are social creatures, but some things are just hard to talk about. […]

We keep falling for phishing emails, and Google just revealed why This article is written by Rob Pegoraro and originally published on Fast Company. Here’s what Google has learned by blocking 100 million phishing attacks on Gmail users—every day. You should feel cranky about all the phishing emails you get. Because getting your brain in […]

How UF grad Ming Yang created tech repair Orchard.

Parisa Rashidi, Ph.D. is working to create an intelligent ICU for autonomous patient monitoring.

At the University of Florida, engineering researchers and educators are ready to usher in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.Our New Engineers will help lead the way by addressing the seemingly impossible challenges we face collectively in the areas of cybersecurity, environmental protection, personalized and affordable healthcare, transportation, and workforce and economic development. Together, we are ready […]

UF Researchers Daniel Ferris, Ph.D., and Rachael Seidler, Ph.D., teamed up to bring more than 20 middle school students to campus this summer for a free, week-long summer camp aimed at empowering girls to explore neuroscience. Held July 8-12 in the Florida Gym, the camp brought sixth, seventh and eighth graders together for hands-on activities, […]

Rising Star endowments support future thought leaders in engineering.

UF ASCE’s concrete canoe and steel bridge teams place first overall and second overall in respective national competitions.

Navy, Air Force and DTRA awards support young investigators’ research.

Blanka Sharma, Ph.D., receives Early Career Award from National Science Foundation to study ways to kill cancer cells.