Service Through Science

ACT 18 156 ARS LAND-BRAN SERVICE SCIENCE UNVERSITIES 1945 - UF researchers honored for developing electronic bomb fuse that proves vital during World War II. 1976 – UF blueberry breeding program releases three varieties adapted for Florida climate. 1948 – Frozen concentrate orange juice invented at Citrus Research and Education Center. F1976 – College of Veterinary Medicine opens. THROUGH 1952 - UF introduces new strawberry varieties that promote dramatic growth in industry. 1976 – UF begins tropical foliage breeding program and Florida now leads the nation in production. 1998 – McKnight Brain Institute opens. 1954 - Solar Energy and Energy Conversion Laboratory 1986 - Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research 1999 – UF Genetics Institute established. established to honor Carr's decades of research. For nearly 150 years, UF and its predecessors have served the land- grant mission in countless ways, from agriculture and engineering to health care and education. This timeline illustrates just a small sampling of the many milestones in UF's long history of service to the state. established. 1956 - Health Science Center opens with Colleges of Medicine and Nursing. 1989 – Florida Space Grant Consortium established. 1959- Sweet corn research begins that will make Florida the largest producer of fresh-market sweet corn in the country. 2006 - Emerging Pathogens Institute established. 1991 – Microbiologist Lonnie Ingram receives nation's 5 millionth patent for a process to create ethanol from biomass. 1965- Dr. Robert Cade and 1995 - Trusopt glaucoma drug is released. 2009 - Ophthalmologist William Hauswirth leads successful gene therapy trial to cure a form of blindness common in children. colleagues invent Gatorade. TRUSOPT" 1917- Florida Museum 1906 - East Florida Seminary is combined with the Florida Agricultural College and renamed University of Florida. Fiorade of Natural History FLORIDA MUSEUM established. 1920 - First experimental orange groves planted. F1995 – Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator opens. 1910 – College of Engineering established. 1974- Whitney Marine Laboratory 1884 - Florida Agricultural College at Lake City established under the Morrill Act Ta opens. 1930- UF begins sugar cane breeding program. 1914– The Smith-Lever Act establishes the Cooperative Extension Service to provide scientific knowledge and expertise to the public. Heath Fiavor Freshnesa 2010- Tasti-Lee tomato is commercialized. 1973 - Center for Wetlands is established by ecology pioneer Howard T. Odum. 1996 - Sentricon termite 2011- USDA awards UF elimination system goes on the market researchers $20 million to study impact of climate change on pine forests. 1888 – Florida Agricultural Experiment Station established under the Hatch Act. 1934-First doctoral 1971 - Florida Sea Grant program created to conduct research and education Sentricon degrees awarded. Colony Elimination System 1937 - School of Forestry established. activities designed to create a better coastal environment. - Florida Innovation Hub opens. 2012 1862 - Abraham Lincoln signs the Morrill Act establishing the Land-Grant university system. 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 םט