  We present a selection of recent heavy flavor results from the STAR
experiment. Measurements of $D^0$ and $D^*$ meson production in $\sqrt{s}$=200
and 500 GeV p+p, as well as in $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=200 GeV d+Au, Au+Au and 193 \GeV
U+U collisions are presented and implications on the production mechanism are
discussed. We report on the production and elliptic flow of electrons from
semi-leptonic decays of heavy flavor hadrons in \snn{}=39, 62.4 and 200 GeV
Au+Au collisions. Nuclear modification of $J/\psi$ production in
$\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=39, 62.4 and 200 GeV Au+Au, and 193 GeV U+U, and of $\Upsilon$
in 200 GeV d+Au, Au+Au, and 193 GeV U+U collisions are compared to theoretical
models. Finally we discuss the prospects of heavy flavor measurements with the
recent detector upgrades.
