UF’s next president could earn up to $3 million annually
By Leona Masangkay | Feb. 23Current UF interim president Donald Landry works under a $2 million base salary, not including bonuses up to an additional $500,000.
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‘It’s a death sentence:’ Former UF President Sasse shares terminal cancer diagnosis
By Maria Arruda | Dec. 23Former UF President Ben Sasse announced his stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis in a post made on X Tuesday morning.
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DeSantis visits UF for Hamilton School groundbreaking
By Swasthi Maharaj | Nov. 19The Hamilton School held a groundbreaking ceremony at the former UF Infirmary Wednesday morning. Administrators, faculty and Florida politicians spoke at the ceremony, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, Interim UF President Donald Landry and chairman of UF’s Board of Trustees Morteza “Mori” Hosseini.
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Who's been running the show and how they’ve been running it
By Maria Avlonitis | Aug. 13The University of Florida has developed a reputation far from its Gator pride and excellent academics. This summer introduced impactful changes to students and faculty, adding to an already complex administrative history.
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Students and faculty react to UF presidential finalist
By Maria Avlonitis | May 12Santa J. Ono, the former University of Michigan president, was the sole finalist in the search for its 14th president. The announcement was met with a mix of emotions: optimism, concern and shock
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Sole finalist named in UF presidential search
By Alligator Staff report | May 4The Presidential Search Advisory Committee named Santa J. Ono the lone finalist for UF’s 14th president in an announcement Sunday afternoon.
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Recommitting to the UF community
By Andrew Moore | Apr. 11My time at UF has taught me what a university has the potential to be, but it has also taught me the fragility and constant care and attention necessary to keep it healthy.
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UF’s next president could make up to $3 million a year
By Grace McClung | Apr. 3Newly released minutes of a Feb. 25 committee meeting show trustees are willing to offer their pick to lead the state’s flagship institution an annual pay as much as $1 million more than what they offered former President Ben Sasse.
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UF Board of Trustees approves incoming president’s compensation package
By Grace McClung | Feb. 26, 2025The UF Board of Trustees unanimously approved an unspecified compensation package for UF’s next president Tuesday.
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UF responds to audit findings on former President Ben Sasse’s spending
By Alligator Staff report | Feb. 11, 2025In a response to the Florida Auditor General’s recently released findings on former UF President Ben Sasse identifying overall unnecessary spending, the university defended itself with a seven-page memo.
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DeSantis said he’d stay out of UF’s next presidential search. His appointees won’t.
By Grace McClung | Feb. 4, 2025Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he won’t get involved in UF’s presidential search. But under a recent rule, the state university system’s Board of Governors, seven of whom are DeSantis appointees, must approve UF’s presidential finalists before they’re publicly announced.
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State audit finds overall unnecessary spending under former UF President Ben Sasse
By Garrett Shanley | Feb. 3, 2025A preliminary report from the Florida Auditor General found UF failed to prevent former President Ben Sasse from leveraging his executive privileges to inappropriately spend university funds.
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“Que no sea un tonto sería maravilloso”: ¿Qué quieren los Gators del próximo presidente de la UF?
By Sofia Meyers and Vera Lucia Pappaterra | Jan. 22, 2025El comité de búsqueda encargado de encontrar al próximo presidente de la UF, compuesto por 15 miembros, comenzó el semestre de primavera realizando sesiones virtuales de consulta con cientos de estudiantes, profesores, personal y donantes. Su objetivo: identificar lo que la comunidad Gator desea —y no desea— en el sucesor del expresidente Ben Sasse.
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‘Not a jerk would be lovely’: What do Gators want out of UF’s next president?
By Sofia Meyers and Shaine Davison | Jan. 21, 2025The 15-member search committee charged with finding UF’s next president spent the beginning of the Spring semester in virtual listening sessions consulting with hundreds of students, faculty, staff and donors. Their goal: to identify what Gator Nation wants — and doesn’t want — in a successor to former President Ben Sasse.
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Trump taps former UF official for education role
By Garrett Shanley and Annie Wang | Jan. 18, 2025Late Friday, Trump announced Schwinn, UF’s inaugural vice president for PK-12 and pre-bachelor's programs, as Deputy Secretary of Education — the second highest-ranking education official in the country.
