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Awards & Honors

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Awards & Honors

The Florida Museum at Entomology 2025

December 3, 2025

Once a year, thousands of people from dozens of countries all converge on one city to share the latest news…
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Three Museum staff members awarded for their awe-inspired photography

November 12, 2025

Assistant scientist Mariela Pajuelo and photographers Kristen Grace and Jeff Gage were all recently awarded for their photography featuring elements…
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Bruce MacFadden receives the Raymond M. Alf Award for Excellence in Paleontological Research and Education

November 10, 2025

Bruce MacFadden, distinguished professor emeritus and former curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Florida Museum of Natural History is this…
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Elise LeCompte receives James R. Short award for lifetime service from Southeastern Museums Conference

October 23, 2025

Few people at the Florida Museum of Natural History have had a longer tenure than Elise LeCompte, who retired earlier…
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Moritz Lürig receives funding to create a digital atlas of butterflies and moths

September 4, 2025

Leaf-shaped wings in the delicate yellow-green of the brimstone butterfly; brown wings with spots that resemble eyes and scare off…
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Mariela Pajuelo named University of Florida advisor of the year

April 29, 2025

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

April 25, 2025

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

April 14, 2025

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

April 2, 2025

The Florida Museum of Natural History has announced the winners of its annual Austin, biodiversity and Bullen graduate student awards,…
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National Academy of Sciences names Megan Ennes early career fellow in education research

December 10, 2024

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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