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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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People have collected fossil horses throughout North America for centuries. Florida Museum/Mary Warrick

Horses lived in the Americas for millions of years – new research helps paleontologists understand the fossils we’ve found and those that are missing from the record

Horse fossils are abundant and widespread across North America. Scientists often use their long history to illustrate how species evolve in response to a changing environment.
A cirurgia de catarata remove o cristalino embaçado do olho e o substitui por um cristalino novo e transparente: tecnologia das lentes avançou, mas opções multifocais ainda são caras e resultados podem incomodar alguns pacientes. Ivan-balvan/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Vai fazer uma cirurgia de catarata? Veja aqui tudo que você precisa saber

Normalmente, as cirurgias de catarata são indolores e restauram significativamente a visão
When government officials block access to information, the public suffers. fstop123/E+ via Getty Images

Growing secrecy limits government accountability

After years of anecdotes, data provides a fuller picture of government agencies hiding their work from the public they ostensibly serve.
A cabeça em forma característica dos tubarões-martelo está apenas se tornando visível nesta imagem de um tubarão-de-pala embrionário. A barra de escala corresponde a 1cm. Steven Byrum and Gareth Fraser, Department of Biology, University of Florida

Raro acesso a embriões de tubarões-martelo revela os segredos do desenvolvimento único de suas cabeças

Como os tubarões-martelo dão à luz filhotes vivos, estudar seu desenvolvimento embrionário é muito mais complicado do que colher alguns ovos e observá-los se desenvolver em tempo real
Is a military presence needed to regain control of America’s schools? 4x6 via Getty Images

Is the National Guard a solution to school violence?

School board members in one Massachusetts district have called for the National Guard to address student misbehavior. Does their request have merit? A school discipline expert weighs in.
The characteristic hammer-shaped head is just becoming visible in this image of an embryonic bonnethead shark. Scale bar = 1 cm. Steven Byrum and Gareth Fraser, Department of Biology, University of Florida

Rare access to hammerhead shark embryos reveals secrets of its unique head development

Because hammerhead sharks give birth to live young, studying their embryonic development is much more complicated than harvesting some eggs and watching them develop in real time.
Betty Smith’s novel sold millions of copies in the 1940s. Weegee/International Center of Photography via Getty Images

Betty Smith enchanted a generation of readers with ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’ − even as she groused that she hoped Williamsburg would be flattened

No other 20th-century American novel did quite so much to burnish Brooklyn’s reputation. But Smith rarely saw her hometown through rose-colored glasses − and even grew to resent it.
O livro “Tubarão”, de 1974, e o filme subsequente de Steven Spielberg, em 1975, cativaram a atenção do público, mas também despertaram o interesse dos cientistas. Reprodução

Há 50 anos, ‘Tubarão’ retratou os animais como monstros, mas também inspirou gerações de pesquisadores

O livro “Tubarão”, de 1974, e o filme subsequente de Steven Spielberg, em 1975, cativaram a atenção do público, mas também despertaram o interesse dos cientistas
Uma fotografia de exposição múltipla mostra insetos circulando em torno de uma luz à noite: sem a referência natural, eles procuram um balizamento similar. Samuel Fabian

A surpreendente razão pela qual os insetos são atraídos pela luz à noite: eles perdem a noção do céu

Um novo estudo mostra como a luz artificial à noite embaralha os padrões normais de voo dos insetos, tirando-os do curso e colocando-os em órbita ao redor da luz.

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