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Beneath the Bog: 大象传媒 Gets $1.3M to Track Carbon, Gas Flux in Peatlands
February 24, 2025
Researchers from 大象传媒鈥檚 Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, and collaborators, have received a grant from U.S. Department of Defense鈥檚 (DOD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program...
February 21, 2025
Associate professor and director of the Visual Planning Technology Lab, Yanmei Li, Ph.D., consulted with This Old House to discuss the best cities for families in the U.S. in their top 100 list for 2025. Li offered expertise...
大象传媒 Joins the Nation鈥檚 Most Elite Research Universities and Colleges
February 13, 2025
大象传媒 has officially established itself among the most prestigious colleges and universities in the United States for its notable accomplishments in research. It now holds the esteemed designation of...
Alumna Liz Dutra Combines Science and Community Action to Restore South Florida鈥檚 Ecosystems
January 31, 2025
Two-time Schmidt College of Science alumna Liz Dutra, B.S. 鈥11, M.S. 鈥15, actively communicates her scientific knowledge to the public to inspire a shared commitment to conservation.
Brain Power: Graduate Student Daniel Van Zant Explores How AI Could Help Test Brain Function Theories
January 24, 2025
Ph.D. student Daniel Van Zant has developed an innovative approach for neuroscientists to test brain function theories, which combines AI with a revolutionary 3D map of fruit fly brain connections to run virtual experiments....
Rich Roots: Fulbright Student Scholar Inspired by the Biodiversity of Costa Rica
January 23, 2025
Discover how graduate student Allison Centeno finds Mother Nature to be an endless source of curiosity, as well as how she's using satellite imagery to study how oceanographic conditions affect the foraging behavior and movement...
Digitizing Hope: Preserving a Species on the Brink of Extinction
January 21, 2025
The vaquita, which means 鈥渓ittle cow鈥 in Spanish, is the world鈥檚 smallest porpoise and most endangered marine mammal. They also have the smallest range of any marine mammal; about 1,500 square miles within the northern...
Marine Microplastic Pollution: How Science Faculty, Students Are Studying This Permeating Problem
January 13, 2025
While microplastics are rapidly becoming a major issue, Schmidt College of Science faculty and students are working to understand their abundance and distribution across South Florida鈥檚 coastlines 鈥 both important steps...
Ready for Action: Educating the Community About King Tides
January 06, 2025
Drastic flooding from King Tides in recent years has given many South Floridians a glimpse of what the future could look like as sea levels continue to rise. Learn how the Schmidt College of Science is working to educate...
Alumna Mikki McComb-Kobza, Ph.D. 鈥09, Shares the Wonder of Nature, Science, and Conservation
December 17, 2024
Although there aren鈥檛 any sharks in Colorado where alumna Mikki McComb-Kobza, Ph.D. 鈥09, now resides, that doesn鈥檛 stop her from sharing her elasmo-enthusiasm through the nonprofit organization she helped co-found,...