University of Florida Launches AI-Powered Patsy Nelms Literacy Initiative to Transform Early Reading Outcomes for Florida Students
UF has launched the Patsy Nelms Literacy Initiative, uniting the College of Education, UF Literacy Institute and Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering to transform early childhood reading outcomes. Funded by David and Daryl Nelms, the initiative leverages UF’s HiPerGator AI infrastructure to deliver personalized, research-based literacy tools co-designed with students and teachers across Florida.
Building student success: UF College of Education staff receive 2026 Superior Accomplishment Awards
Aaron Ganas and Macy Geiger, Ed.D., were recognized for their dedication to elevating student experience.
UF-led Florida AI K-12 Education Task Force receives 2026 Torchbearer Award for collaborative innovation
The task force was recognized for championing community-driven AI policy that safely and effectively supports students and educators.
UF Assistant Professor Receives 2026 Provost’s Excellence Award
Assistant Professor of Educational Technology Rob Moore receives one of the highest honors for early-career faculty for his beneficial research contributions to the university.
UF research scientist leads team in machine learning study for mothers’ perinatal depression risk
Phillip Sherlock, Ph.D., led a team of researchers that studied women’s risk of perinatal depression using machine learning. They showed how different variables interact with socioeconomic factors to magnify or mitigate a mother’s depression risk.
Unstoppable UF College of Education advances to No. 2 in the nation
The University of Florida College of Education has risen to No. 2 among all education schools in the country according to the 2026 Best Graduate Education Schools by U.S. News and World Report. Up from No. 6 last year, the recognition affirms UF as a national leader...
UF Researchers Developing AI Tool to Improve Reading Proficiency
The University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI), in partnership with Project Read AI, recently received a $2,000,000 grant to support reading instruction and proficiency. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s ETechM² Program, the five-year UFLIAI: Advancing...
11 years and counting: UF again ranks among nation’s best for online education
National recognition underscores UF’s excellence in online instruction, faculty engagement and student success. The UF College of Education remains at the forefront of online education, maintaining the No. 2 ranking in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Online Graduate...
Celebrating Student, Faculty and Alumni Excellence at the Annual Scholarship & Awards Dinner
The UF College of Education hosted its 22nd annual Scholarship and Award Dinner, where Interim President Donald Landry and Dean Glenn Good celebrated the college’s statewide impact, rising rankings and research growth, and thanked the EduGator community. The evening honored Dean’s Excellence Award recipients Larry Kubiak and Allen and Delores Lastinger, recognized outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, awarded scholarships to 166 students and professorships to 19 faculty, and looked ahead with optimism to shaping Florida’s educational future.
Fulbright-Hays award-winning doctoral candidate explores Côte d’Ivoire
Ed.D. student, Jessica Ayer, earned a Fulbright‑Hays Group Project Abroad Award that let her spend her summer in Ivory Coast, learning Bambara and developing curricula for francophone Africa. This experience was enriched by deep relationships with local staff and students, and will inform her dissertation, teaching approach and eventual distribution of newly designed curricular units through the American Association of Teachers of French.