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The University of Florida is a top-10 public, land-grant research university and the state’s oldest and most comprehensive higher education institution. With 16 colleges and more than 170 research centers and institutes on its Gainesville campus, UF is among the nation’s six most academically diverse universities.

A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, UF is consistently ranked among the nation’s best institutions: No. 8 in U.S. News & World Report’s “Top Public Schools” (2019); No. 1 in the Times Higher Education rankings for graduate employability (2016); No. 2 in Kiplinger’s “Best Values in Public Colleges” (2018); and No. 10 on the Forbes list of best value public universities (2019).

UF is a leader in research and discoveries which improve the lives of individuals throughout the state, nation and world. Its 6,000 faculty members conducted a record $865 million in research in 2018, with major funding from the public and private sectors. These research collaborations occur in diverse fields that include human, animal and agricultural life sciences, engineering and the physical and social sciences.

The university is also recognized as an international leader in technology commercialization, dating back to its development of the sports drink Gatorade in the 1960s. UF Innovate is regularly ranked among the top 10 institutions in the nation for technology licensing, patents and start-ups, as ranked by the Association of University Technology Managers, and its two business incubators have been named best in the world on several occasions.

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A fully-grown male Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus wandering the Kashmir Valley, 400,000 years ago, towering over a herd of Central Asian red deer. (Illustration by Chen Yu, reproduced with permission)

How a giant prehistoric elephant skull helped untangle an evolutionary mystery

Eurasia and Africa were once populated by 13-tonne, 4 metre tall elephants, but their evolution has long remained a puzzle. A giant fossil skull from Kashmir paves way to unlocking their mysteries.
A “Zona Verde”, área da COP29 onde organizações internacionais compartilham ideias sobre redução das emissões de carbono: Pesquisa recente revela que muitas empresas praticam a chamada “lavagem verde” comprando créditos de carbono baratos de projetos de compensação de baixa qualidade. Regulamentação do mercado anunciada esta semana no Azerbaijão pode mudar este quadro. AP Photo/Sergei Grits

Mercado global de carbono: o uso de créditos baratos de projetos de baixa qualidade ainda coloca em xeque mecanismos de compensação

Na semana em que a COP29 anuncia a proposta de regulamentação de um mercado mundial de carbono, um mergulho nas práticas de 866 empresas de capital aberto e 1.413 projetos de créditos de carbono revela quais dependem de compensações baratas e quais realmente optam por reduzir suas próprias emissões
AI language models are getting pretty good at writing – but not so much at creative storytelling. Moor Studio/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

Your next favorite story won’t be written by AI – but it could be someday

Good storytelling relies on sound writing, believability, creativity and lived experience. AI has become skilled at the first two but still falls short on the second two.
Human, animal and environmental health are interconnected. Tambako the Jaguar/Moment via Getty Images

Humans infecting animals infecting humans − from COVID-19 to bird flu, preventing pandemics requires protecting all species

Infectious diseases can spill over from animals to humans as well as spill back. Each cross-species transmission gives pathogens a chance to evolve and spread even further.
La chirurgie de la cataracte consiste à retirer le cristallin, la lentille convergente de l’œil, pour la remplacer par une nouvelle. Ivan-balvan/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Cataracte : vous craignez de vous faire opérer ? Voici ce qu’il faut savoir

De nombreuses idées préconçues existent concernant la cataracte et sa chirurgie correctrice. En quoi consiste cette affection, et comment la corrige-t-on ? Les réponses.
Manifestantes protestan contra el gobierno de Nicolás Maduro en Caracas el 29 de julio de 2024. Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images

Por qué las protestas masivas contra el ‘chavismo’ son esta vez más relevantes que nunca

Las protestas en Venezuela, auspiciadas por la sospecha de fraude en las elecciones del pasado domingo y por el hartazgo social ante la crisis económica, parecen esta vez diferentes a otras manifestaciones contra el chavismo.

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