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As sporting events like the Olympics evolve, UF takes the lead in athletic innovation
July 9, 2024UF is already known internationally for its sports prowess. But, in the past year, it has grown into even more of an athletic think tank, with a slew of sports-related strategic initiatives coming to life across campus. These projects – covering everything from enhancing performance in para-athletes to using AI to collect sports-related health data – are helping shape the evolution of events like the Olympics and the Paralympic Games.
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American dream: Taiwan-born UF professor wins prestigious NASA award
July 2, 2024On this Fourth of July, UF MAE professor Jacob Chung, Ph.D., stands as the epitome of the American Dream.
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UF concrete canoe team wins nationals
June 25, 2024On Saturday in Provo, Utah, the University of Florida’s concrete canoe team claimed its fourth national title at the ASCE Student Engineering Championships.
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UF Concrete Canoe team off to Utah for nationals
June 21, 2024The team of 12 students will compete this month in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Student Engineering Championships at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
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UF teaching veterans how to hack
June 14, 2024Led by the Warren B. Nelms Institute, a three-year, $1M University of Florida project is teaching veterans how to hack into computer systems in order to prepare them for cybersecurity work.
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2023-2024 awards for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
June 13, 2024The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering presented its annual awards to faculty, staff, and students for the 2022-2023 academic year on April 22, 2024. These awards celebrate the excellence and fundamental values of our college.
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Steel Bridge completes historic four-peat at Nationals
June 12, 2024The University of Florida’s Eckhoff Steel Bridge team has made history. For the fourth year in a row, the team has won at the American Institute of Steel Construction’s 2024 Student Steel Bridge Competition National Finals. No other team has won national championships for three consecutive years, let alone four. The UF team claimed its […]
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Eight UF engineering faculty honored with prestigious NSF CAREER Awards
May 29, 2024The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering proudly announces that eight of our faculty members have been honored with the 2024 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early CAREER Awards.
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Sounding the alarm: UF cybersecurity expert exposes audio deepfake
May 21, 2024Audio deepfakes are becoming ubiquitous – blurring the line between fact and fiction – but UF researchers are working to develop methods to help the public navigate this new technological terrain.
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UF partners with National Security Agency to enhance STEM education
May 20, 2024The University of Florida has entered into an Education Partnership Agreement with the National Security Agency in efforts to enhance STEM education through technical exchanges and the sharing of educational materials and equipment.
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