Mariela Pajuelo named University of Florida advisor of the year
Mariela Pajuelo, an assistant scientist at the Florida Museum of Natural History, has been named advisor of the year by…
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Florida Museum of Natural History among winners of Gainesville Beautification Award
At a recent ceremony, the Gainesville City Beautification Board recognized ten local businesses and organizations with the 2025 Gainesville Beautification…
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Charles Cobb named UF Research Foundation 2025 professor
The University of Florida Research Foundation has named 35 of the university’s most productive and promising faculty members as UFRF…
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Florida Museum announces 2025 Austin, biodiversity and Bullen award winners
The Florida Museum of Natural History has announced the winners of its annual Austin, biodiversity and Bullen graduate student awards,…
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Glaucia Del-Rio joins the Florida Museum of Natural History as curator of ornithology
Last week, Glaucia Del-Rio officially stepped into her role as curator of ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History….
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Vaughn Shirey joins Florida Museum of Natural History as newest curator of butterflies and moths
We are excited to welcome our newest curator, Vaughn Shirey, to the Florida Museum of Natural History. Working in the…
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National Academy of Sciences names Megan Ennes early career fellow in education research
Megan Ennes, curator of museum education at the Florida Museum of Natural History, has been named a 2024-2026 research fellow…
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Florida pottery expert, Ann Cordell, receives lifetime achievement award
Florida is peppered with broken pottery, vestiges of a time when Indigenous people throughout the peninsula molded clay into cooking…
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Michelle LeFebvre assumes new role as director of Randell Research Center
The Florida Museum’s Randell Research Center has a new director! Michelle LeFebvre, curator of South Florida archaeology and ethnography, as…
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Florida Museum curator helps team score 1st-place and $5 million in international biodiversity competition
Robert Guralnick, curator of bioinformatics at the Florida Museum of Natural History, is a member of an international team that…
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