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Senate members cast their secret ballot and wait for the final count to be announced on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021.
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UF Faculty Senate passes COVID-19 ‘no-confidence’ resolution as rebuke toward administration

By Camila Pereira | Nov. 19, 2021

First drafted in August, the resolution detailed UF faculty and staff’s dissatisfaction with the state’s and university administration’s COVID-19 policies. Faculty concerns have ranged from in-person teaching requirements without social distancing or masking and vaccination requirements to the school’s lack of flexibility to accommodate at-risk faculty.

The University of Florida's Century tower, as viewed from Newell Drive on Thursday, July 22, 2021. The tower commemorates UF students who fought and died in World War I and World War II -- the tower also commemorates the 100th anniversary of UF's founding in 1853.
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Congressional subcommittee announces investigation into UF’s academic freedom scandal

By Elena Barrera | Nov. 18, 2021

 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Rep. Jamie Raskin sent a letter to UF President Kent Fuchs Thursday expressing their deep concern about the recent challenges to academic freedom at the university. The House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, which is part of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, will be investigating the extent UF has undermined the integrity of academic freedom, according to the letter. 

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