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Awards & Honors

Florida Museum curators David Blackburn and Robert Guralnick elected 2023 AAAS fellows

April 18, 2024

Two faculty members at the Florida Museum of Natural History have been elected as 2023 fellows of the American Association…
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Awards & Honors

Maria Vallejo receives Emerging Scholar Award from the Association for Academic Women 

April 5, 2024

María Vallejo-Pareja, a doctoral candidate at the University of Florida, has won an Emerging Scholar Award from the Association for…
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Our People

New book explores the history of cattle in the Americas

April 4, 2024

A new book by Nicolas Delsol, a courtesy faculty member and former researcher at the Florida Museum of Natural History,…
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Profiles

The immense journey: The life of Harry Lee, in the words of those who knew him

February 27, 2024

In his book, “The Immense Journey,” anthropologist Loren Eiseley wrote, “If there is magic in this world, it is contained…
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Grants & Initiatives

Florida wildflowers and pollinators get a boost with two grants

December 5, 2023

The Daniels Lab at the Florida Museum of Natural History was recently awarded two grants to help support pollinators in…
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Grants & Initiatives

UF seed grant funds new project to forecast risk of mosquito-borne diseases

November 16, 2023

An interdisciplinary team led by Robert Guralnick, curator of biodiversity informatics at the Florida Museum of Natural History, has won…
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Awards & Honors

Luis Torres wins first place in the University of Florida Three-Minute Thesis Competition

November 14, 2023

Luis Torres, a second-year doctoral student in the University of Florida’s department of geological sciences, has won first place in…
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Grants & Initiatives

Florida Museum receives NAGPRA grant to aid repatriation efforts

October 11, 2023

The Florida Museum of Natural History has received a consultation/documentation grant for $99,897 from the National Park Service this month….
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Hires & Promotions

Florida Museum hires first curator of artificial intelligence for natural history and biodiversity

October 10, 2023

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently welcomed Arthur Porto as its first curator of artificial intelligence for natural history…
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Awards & Honors

Florida Museum researcher advances to finals in multimillion-dollar biodiversity competition

September 5, 2023

Over the course of four weeks this summer, a motley crew of biologists, engineers, entrepreneurs and programmers gathered at predetermined…
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