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UF turns research strength into innovation impact

July 30, 2026

Every university expects discoveries to grow as research funding increases. The University of Florida’s distinction is what happens next. According to the 2025 AUTM Licensing Survey of nearly 200 public […]

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AI year in review

July 30, 2026

With the University of Florida 2025-2026 academic year in the books, let’s take a moment to reflect on how impactful this year truly was for artificial intelligence research and education […]

Multi-university AI research may revolutionize wildfire evacuation

October 15, 2025

As wildfires grow wilder, the University of Florida and two other universities are developing large language models to make evacuations safer and more efficient. 

Designing Tomorrow, Today

September 15, 2025

When Chimay Anumba became dean of UF’s College of Design, Construction and Planning in Fall 2016, one need was immediately evident: a new building.  He noticed right away that students […]

Engineering Peak Performance

September 15, 2025

I magine every member of the Florida Gators football team wearing a wireless sensor during practices and games that uses GPS, accelerometers and other technologies to gather over 1,000 data […]

UF develops breakthrough magnet that could transform metal production

September 12, 2025

Imagine if producing steel parts for agricultural equipment or even aluminum soda cans required only a fraction of the energy it does today. A University of Florida-led innovation may soon […]

New light-based chip boosts power efficiency of AI tasks 100 fold

September 8, 2025

A team of engineers has developed a new kind of computer chip that uses light instead of electricity to perform one of the most power-intensive parts of artificial intelligence — […]

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University of Florida to acquire one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers

January 23, 2025

The University of Florida Board of Trustees today approved investing $24 million to acquire a more advanced version of UF’s HiPerGator supercomputer. This acquisition will make UF one of the […]