CLAS Research
Research is a major activity at all levels within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, from undergraduate research experiences, thesis and dissertation work of graduate students and faculty scholarship. The research activities of this college are more diverse than those of any other college on campus and have gained the college a national and international reputation.
Our aim is to have an integrative research website for the benefit of CLAS faculty and students. Please share your suggestions for this site with the Associate Dean for Research and Grants, 846-2230 or der@clas.ufl.edu.
CLAS Research Performance Report
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Research Performance Report is now available for 2006–07. The financial data shows that CLAS has jumped significantly in extramural research awards compared to last year, driven by a strong increase of $12 million in federal research awards over 2005–06. It is notable that all areas of the college, including humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, contributed to this growth.
CLAS Research in the News
Funding
the Road to Research
Dreaming about roads is what keeps Stephen Perz awake at night. The associate
professor of sociology has received five grants to date to help solve
a simple question with complex answers: What happens when you build a
road in the middle of the Amazon?
UF
Celebrates Einstein's Miracle Year
CLAS and the Department of Physics recently hosted a seminar in honor
of the 100th anniversary of scientist Albert Einstein's "miracle
year" in 1905. Read more about this seminar and Einstein's many discoveries
in an article from The Gainesville Sun.
$6 Million Grant
Supports UF Genetic Research on Loblolly Pine
With the aid of a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation,
University of Florida researchers are working with scientists at the University
of California, Davis; North Carolina State University; and Texas A&M
University to identify genes that regulate wood properties and disease-resistance
traits in loblolly pine.
UF
Study: Child Raising Toughest On Young Grandmothers
Age may work in reverse when it comes to raising grandchildren, suggests
a University of Florida study that finds younger grandmothers in this
role are depressed more often than their older counterparts.
When Birds Use
Wildlife Corridors, Plants Benefit
Wildlife corridors, intended to help animals move between otherwise
isolated natural areas, may aid plants in the same way.
UF, Nine
Other Universities Complete Ultrahigh-Speed Data Network
Whether mapping genes, probing elemental particles or monitoring global
warming, more and more scientists rely on massive data vaults located
at universities and institutions around the world. Now, researchers at
10 Florida universities have the infrastructure for a computer network
that ensures that capability – one faster than any other education-based
network in the Southeast and among the top in the nation in speed and
capacity.
UF Study: People
More Ambivalent than Pro-or Con- About Gay Rights
Portraying the gay rights conflict as a sharply divided battle between
homosexuals and social conservatives ignores the ambivalent feelings held
by the vast majority of people in the middle, a new University of Florida
study finds. Nearly three-quarters of Floridians surveyed said they are
“of two minds” about one or more issues concerning gay rights,
and the results suggest the ambivalence is tied in part to conflicting
values, said Stephen Craig, a UF political science professor who led the
research.
Getting
to the Heart of Medical Imaging
The heart, the powerful and unceasing engine of the circulatory system,
can be a mystery. Advanced medical imaging has replaced the need for invasive
surgery for an up-close view of the organ, but even the best technology
leaves doctors and researchers with gaps in their knowledge. University
of Florida Mathematics Professor Bernard Mair , in collaboration with
David R. Gilland, an associate professor in the College of Engineering’s
Department of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, has received a three-year,
$600,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop algorithms
to fill those gaps.
Faculty
Named UF Research Foundation Professors for 2005
The University of Florida Research Foundation has named 33 faculty
members who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong
research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their
fields as UFRF Professors for 2005-2008.
Disney
Lends UF a Hand
When a gator wants to help a turtle he calls on a mouse. Not just any
mouse, but the mouse, Mickey Mouse. And it's not just any gator either,
but the University of Florida, home to the Archie Carr Center for Sea
Turtle Research. The center is striving to find innovative ways to save
and increase the earth's endangered sea turtle populations and has received
support from the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund over the years.
To
Catch a Thief
Criminology Professor Richard Hollinger directs the Security Research
Project and is a leading expert in loss prevention. The project is best
known for its annual National Retail Security Survey, which for the past
14 years has polled the vice presidents of security and loss prevention
at all the major retail department stores, discount chains, specialty
stores, pharmacies and major grocery stores in the US.
Grants Featured in CLASnotes
- November
2005
Helping Parkinson’s Patients Swallow Easier - October 2005
- June-July
2005
Getting to the Heart of Medical Imaging - April-May
2005
Disney Lends UF a Hand - March
2005
To Catch a Thief - February
2005
Reaching an Audience at Risk - November
2004
Unraveling Leukemia - October
2004
Predicting the Gifted Child - June-July
2004
Galaxy Gazing: Astronomer Receives CAREER Award - April
- May 2004
Hagen Receives NSF CAREER Award - March
2004
Making Ends Meet: African Women's Health Concerns Affect Economic Development - December
2003-January 2004
Vouching to Quit
About Us
CLAS Research office provides research administration to faculty and staff, serves as liaison with faculty on interdisciplinary efforts, represents the college at university-wide endeavors, and helps to stimulate growth in external funding.
Contacts
David E. Richardson
Interim Associate Dean for Research
2014E Turlington Hall
Phone: (352) 392-2230
email: der@clas.ufl.edu
Chemistry Professor David E. Richardson is the Interim Associate Dean for Research in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida. Dr. Richardson received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University in 1981. The former chair of the UF Department of Chemistry, he is a physical, inorganic and bioinorganic chemist whose work focuses on the study of kinetics. His current research interests include chemical warfare agent decontamination and transition metal catalysis.
Arlene Williams
Executive Secretary
2014 Turlington Hall
Phone: (352) 392-2230
FAX: (352) 392-3584
Email: arlene@clas.ufl.edu
Arlene has been employed at the University of Florida for 21 years. She
has been with CLAS since 1999 and has worked in the Department
of Mathematics for 15 years. She was one of the recipients of the
Davis Productivity Award in 1994.
Useful Links
- UF Facts
http://www.ir.ufl.edu/facts.htm - UF National Rankings
http://www.ir.ufl.edu/nat_rankings/media.htm - AAU Universities
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