Office of Community Relations
UF Government and Community Relations
Monday, Aug. 17, 2020
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Across the University of Florida, our 16 colleges, numerous institutes and health care facilities embrace our shared mission of outreach and service to improve and enrich our community, nation and the world. UF in the Community spotlights the impact of UF in our region.
Although UF has students and employees throughout the state, North Central Florida is home to much of our faculty and staff and to our 50,000+ students. Like all area residents, we want a vibrant, safe, healthy and equitable place in which to live and thrive. Here are some of the ways in which we are enhancing our shared community.
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University of Florida hits record-breaking $900 million in research awards |
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University of Florida faculty earned a record $900.7 million in research funding in fiscal year 2020, despite many activities being paused for more than two months by the pandemic.
The total is a 16% increase over last year and surpasses the previous record of $837 million set two years ago by more than $63 million. Over the past 10 years, research awards to the university have increased 45% from $619 million in 2011.
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Over the past 10 years, research awards to the university have increased 45% from $619 million in 2011. |
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Register now to hear Dr. David Norton, UF VP for Research, introduce UF’s new artificial intelligence initiative: August 20, Noon - 1 p.m. |
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Join the University of Florida's Office of State Government Relations and UF's Vice President for Research, Dr. David Norton in a discussion about the University of Florida's newly announced Artificial Intelligence Initiative. |
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UF Innovate (The Hub and Sid Martin Biotech) named among the 16 best incubators for startups worldwide |
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Coara, a software development company based in Switzerland, Germany and Estonia, mentioned UF Innovate | The Hub and UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech as two of the best incubation programs worldwide among 16 incubators for startups in 2020. |
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New York Times highlights UF research on coronavirus spread
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Skeptics of the notion that the coronavirus spreads through the air — including many expert advisers to the World Health Organization — have held out for one missing piece of evidence: proof that floating respiratory droplets called aerosols contain live virus, and not just fragments of genetic material.
Now a team of virologists and aerosol scientists has produced exactly that: confirmation of infectious virus in the air.
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Doctors in Johannesburg demonstrated how to place a device called an intubox over a patient, to help curb the spread of viral droplets during intubation.Credit...
Michele Spatari/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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UF Student Government presents the #IPledgeFlorida campaign—an accountability initiative designed to protect our UF and greater-Gainesville communities |
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The #IPledgeFlorida campaign is a student-led accountability initiative designed to protect our community. We all play a critical role in reducing the spread of COVID-19. Join us in committing to keep our community in good health by taking the pledge and honoring it during the upcoming semester. |
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UF Health pediatrics researchers discuss school choices |
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The COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on education has prompted concern and debate among educators, students and parents as school districts nationwide wrestle over whether to reopen in the coming weeks and how to safely do so.
For more than 15 years, two University of Florida Health experts — Lindsay A. Thompson, M.D. and Erik W. Black, Ph.D. — have done research related to virtual schooling and children’s health. In a new commentary in JAMA Pediatrics, they detail how virtual schooling may provide a viable means of teaching students who have special health care needs necessitating frequent absences from school.
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UF named as member of the prestigious Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium |
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On July 16, UF was named one of the four new Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium member institutions, along with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario.
Being a member of the consortium allows UF pediatric brain tumor researchers the ability to collaborate and rapidly enroll patients in clinical trials and offers patients access to some of the world’s most leading-edge research technology and expertise.
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UF professor creates inline ticketing system to lower health risk when voting |
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As people across the country head to the polls over the next few months, a concern on many minds is how to stay safe while voting. With the COVID-19 pandemic surging nationwide, what can election officials do to ensure everyone has the ability to vote without risking their health?
Juan E. Gilbert, Ph.D., The Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and chair of the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), has created a ticketing system to help voters maintain social distancing while exercising their right to vote. Dr. Gilbert, who has been conducting research on elections for more than 15 years, saw a need down to the local level and filled it.
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Why Parents Should Pause Before Oversharing Online: UF law professor shares advice in the New York Times
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Parents of children under the age of 18 are the first to raise kids entirely alongside our newsfeeds. As social media comes of age, will we regret all the information we revealed about our families during its early years? |
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Check out the Florida Museum of Natural History Discovery Time video series for kids
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- Virtual summer camps are coming to the Florida Museum of Natural History
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- Florida Museum of Natural History: Scientist in Every School
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- IFAS: Bite-Sized Science Webinar Series
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- Florida Department of Health: COVID-19 data and surveillance dashboard
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- Greater Gainesville Chamber
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- United Way of North Central Florida
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Susan Crowley
Assistant Vice President, Community Relations
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