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UF, UFPD at an impasse over officers’ salaries
By Maria Avlonitis | July 14The University of Florida Police Department wants a raise, but UF isn’t ready to meet its demands.
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UF announces new Hamilton School interim director
By Maria Avlonitis | July 10Robert Ingram was named the interim director of the Hamilton School of Classical and Civic Education in an administrative memo Thursday. He will serve a one-year appointment as interim director starting Aug. 1.
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Republicans resume focus on UF presidential search
By Maria Avlonitis | June 30As UF’s third presidential search in three years looms, one word has become ubiquitous: politics.
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The top choice for UF president was rejected. What’s next?
By Maria Avlonitis | June 9The search for the University of Florida’s next president continues amid twists and turns in an increasingly heated political climate. As some see Ono's rejection as a victory or loss, students, faculty and staff are wondering what's next.
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Santa Ono won’t be coming to town
By Maria Avlonitis | June 3The Board of Governors rejected the sole finalist of the University of Florida presidential search, Santa J. Ono, in a 10-6 vote, a first in Florida public university history. Here's what happened.
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What to expect from the Board of Governors vote on Ono
By Swasthi Maharaj | June 2Santa Ono was approved by the University of Florida Board of Trustees as UF’s current president-elect on May 27. The next step in the process is his approval by the Florida Board of Governors.
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Florida Board of Governors to vote Tuesday on UF presidential finalist
By Avery Parker | May 29The Florida Board of Governors will vote Tuesday whether to confirm Santa J. Ono as UF’s 14th president. If confirmed, Ono is poised to begin a five-year contract at UF with a base annual salary of $1.5 million per year.
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UF Board of Trustees approves Ono’s presidential nomination
By Maria Avlonitis | May 27The UF Board of Trustees voted to select sole finalist Santa J. Ono as the next president of the University of Florida.
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UF announces new P.K. Yonge director
By Ava Cyr | May 13UF’s College of Education appointed Carrie Geiger to be the next director of the P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School.
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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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UF hosts public forums for sole presidential search candidate
By Logan McBride | May 6Students, faculty and staff got to meet the sole finalist for UF’s 14th president in a series of public forums on Tuesday.
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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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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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‘Ladapo’s a charlatan’: Florida surgeon general’s tenure at UF is lackluster, colleagues say
By Garrett Shanley | Mar. 31When Gov. Ron DeSantis hand-picked Joseph Ladapo as Florida’s surgeon general in September 2021, the role came with a second high-profile appointment: a tenured faculty position at UF. But Ladapo’s colleagues still aren’t sure what he does to earn his salary at the university. Some say not much.
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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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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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UF’s employment boost, ‘Faculty 500,’ five years later
By Delia Rose Sauer | Nov. 13, 2024Five years after Faculty 500, a hiring initiative that aimed to employ faculty who could contribute to the university, was completed, colleges and departments at UF are still reaping the benefits.
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Sasse stepped down. Donors and top officials say he was forced out.
By Vivienne Serret | Aug. 16, 2024Former UF President Ben Sasse stepped down unexpectedly in July, citing concerns about his wife’s health. But nine current and former administrators and top donors say there was more to the story.
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Former UF provost Joe Glover to return under Fuchs
By Garrett Shanley | Aug. 14, 2024Former UF provost Joe Glover is returning to his post after less than a month at University of Arizona — the first major shakeup in university leadership since former UF President Kent Fuchs returned to his post Aug. 1.
