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With a focus on global security and scientific collaboration, the University of Florida hosted hundreds of students, professors and national laboratory scientists and engineers last week for the 2025 National Nuclear Security Administration R&D University Program Review. 

When University of Florida graduate Andres Espinosa isn’t optimizing supply chains, diving into transportation research or fine-tuning an artificial intelligence model to compose video game music, he often can be found on the pickleball court or strumming his guitar.

The director of Graduate Recruiting and Undergraduate Research, Mike Nazareth was honored recently by the National Association of Graduate Recruiting and Admissions Professionals (NAGAP) for developing a system that helps engineering colleges across the country find top candidates for master’s and doctoral programs. 

Steganography, the art of concealing secret messages within other pieces of text or media, has been in practice for centuries. Its history dates to Ancient Greece, but the first recorded use of the term was in 1499 in a book disguised as a book about magic titled Steganographia. Even today, this method remains relevant, with people […]

The Eckhoff Steel Bridge Team has captured its fifth consecutive national title. The championship marks the UF team’s seventh first-place win since 1997, the most wins by a single team in the competition’s 33-year history.

University of Florida researchers are collaborating with North Carolina State University and University of South Florida scientists on a next-day prediction model to warn and inform water managers about harmful algal blooms.

This year’s National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) program only awarded 1,000 grants, nearly half as many as in the past, and yet eight University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering students were selected to receive awards for their exemplary work and contributions to their departments.

When University of Florida doctoral student Magdalena Pasternak realized the voice urging her to take a phone survey was not human, she not only hung up but was left with nagging questions, leading her to launch a research project. “The caller requested a moment of my time but then abruptly decided to send me an […]

UF engineering students Mollie Brewer and Kevin Childs are co-primary investigators on a paper exploring how coaches analyze data – often from wearable sensors – to shape training and strategy and, ultimately, win more games.

The University of Florida Research Foundation has named 35 of the university’s most productive and promising faculty members as UFRF Professors for 2025.