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(08/15/24 9:09pm)
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis has called on the Board of Governors, which oversees the State University System, to launch an investigation into former UF President Ben Sasse’s “exorbitant spending” of university funds.
(08/14/24 2:17pm)
Former UF provost Joe Glover is returning to his post after less than a month at the University of Arizona — the first major shakeup in university leadership since former UF President Kent Fuchs returned to his post Aug. 1.
(08/12/24 3:24pm)
In his 17-month stint as UF president, Ben Sasse more than tripled his office’s spending, directing millions in university funds into secretive consulting contracts and high-paying positions for his GOP allies.
(08/04/24 9:18pm)
Due to Tropical Storm Debby, which is expected to strengthen to a Category 1 hurricane before it makes landfall, UF announced it will close campus and cancel classes for Monday.
(07/22/24 9:57am)
Danaya Wright tenía planes y papeles que escribir. Después de dirigir el Senado de la Facultad de la UF durante el tumultuoso primer año de Ben Sasse al frente de la universidad, ella se habia retrasado en sus obligaciones como profesora de derecho.
(07/22/24 4:00pm)
Three days after UF President Ben Sasse abruptly resigned, the university’s board of trustees quietly scheduled a meeting for Tuesday.
(07/22/24 9:55am)
Danaya Wright had plans and papers to write. After chairing the UF Faculty Senate during Ben Sasse’s tumultuous first year at the university’s helm, she was behind on her duties as a law professor.
(07/19/24 12:32am)
UF President Ben Sasse is stepping down after less than two years in office, citing concerns over his wife’s health. Sasse’s predecessor, Kent Fuchs, is expected to be tapped as interim president.
(07/08/24 10:00am)
Following pressure from its faculty union and a major donor, UF has closed its investigation into whether six College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty “interfered” with the curriculum development of the Hamilton Center, the university’s state-mandated civic center which has been fast-tracked to become a college.
(06/10/24 10:00am)
Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, pro-Palestinian protestors across Florida and the nation are calling on universities to publicly disclose and divest from their financial partnerships with Israel. At UF, home to the largest population of undergraduate Jewish students in the country, protestors’ demands have gone unacknowledged by the university. After reviewing publicly available information on UF’s business partnerships, investment portfolio and contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense, The Alligator identified UF’s financial ties with Israel and organizations supplying military aid to the nation.The UF Divest Coalition, an assembly of student-led and community pro-Palestinian organizations, began occupying the Plaza of the Americas in the heart of UF’s campus April 24 to demand the university make its financial partnerships with Israeli-affiliated defense companies transparent.
(06/07/24 3:56pm)
UPDATE: This story has been updated to reflect that student athletes from the UF men’s water polo team made accusations against Huelsman. The Alligator originally reported that members of Gator Water Polo made the accusations.
(06/03/24 10:00am)
El presidente del Colegio de Demócratas de la UF Connor Effrain estaba en Washington, D.C., aproximadamente a 20 minutos caminando del edificio del Capitolio de los Estados Unidos cuando se enteró de la noticia. La cara inexpresiva del expresidente Donald Trump apareció en la pantalla de su teléfono junto a la palabra “culpable”.
(06/03/24 10:00am)
UF College Democrats President Connor Effrain was in Washington, D.C., roughly 20 minutes walking distance from the U.S. Capitol building when the news broke. The slack face of former President Donald Trump flashed across his phone screen beside the word “guilty.”
(05/29/24 12:54am)
The UF Police Department and Gainesville Police Department arrested two men Sunday night in response to reports of gunshots at the intersection of Hull Road and SW 34th Street.
(05/18/24 1:34am)
A former UF administrator who was trespassed from campus after he was arrested for an alleged assault will not face charges.
(05/08/24 5:17pm)
Governor Ron DeSantis spoke at UF Wednesday morning about ongoing campus protests in solidarity with Gaza across the state and country. Surrounded by metal barriers and guarded by dozens of Florida Highway Patrol officers, DeSantis was greeted by a crowd of about 50 pro-Palestinian protestors who booed him and held chants throughout his speech.
(12/01/23 10:08pm)
Gainesville Police Department arrested a man Thursday night who is suspected of multiple hate crimes against the Chabad UF Jewish Student Center.
(11/29/23 4:07pm)
A longtime top UF official is leaving to work for a private Christian university in Texas.
(11/27/23 7:26pm)
The Chabad UF Jewish Student Center was vandalized early Friday morning with “anti-Semitic graffiti and hateful slurs,” according to a Chabad UF press release.
(11/20/23 11:15am)
A UF pro-Palestinian student group could see a future victory in a courtroom against top Florida education officials after it cited First Amendment rights against a statewide order calling for the deactivation of its group.