In front of the wall, there’s a plaque.
As fun and exciting as this week has been, like all weeks, it must come to an end. As many of our columnists wrote about, this week was a time for new beginnings: New classes, new friends and new experiences are but a few of the joys that lie in the semester ahead. With that said, it’s time for this semester’s inaugural edition of…
Throughout the week, students have been invited to catch a behind-the-scenes look into the lives of well-known faculty and students, and today, UF President Kent Fuchs will take hold of the account.
The students of UF’s class of 2019 weren’t the only freshmen attending New Student Convocation.
A little rain couldn’t keep UF students and President Kent Fuchs away from The Swamp on Sunday as the university got ready for the Fall football season.
I am so pleased to welcome all our new students to the University of Florida. I consider myself a freshman and a member of your class, since I started at UF in January. You bring new energy to campus, enlivening the university after a productive and restful summer. I offer a special shout out to transfer students and new international students.
UF President Kent Fuchs’ goal-setting task force has finished its first task.
As a result of the Florida Legislature’s special session in June, the UF board of trustees Committee on Finance and Facilities made adjustments to several spending plans at their meeting Friday.
UF President Kent Fuchs said he drinks between five and 10 cups of coffee every day.
Winfred Phillips stood in front of about 100 students who wanted to have their voices heard Tuesday at UF’s Levin College of Law.
Twelve sunflowers, an orchid, a potted plant and a box.
If Bill Overholt doesn’t find $900,000 by July 1, he’ll be out of a job.
The UF Board of Trustees proposed a 10-year development plan to the Florida Legislature in hopes of receiving a $100 million grant.
These trees stand apart from the others.
UF professor Wesley Bolch will travel to Vienna, Austria, next month as an appointed member of the U.S. delegation to work with the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, or UNSCEAR.
UF Health celebrated its fifth year of the five-year Forward Together plan with an unveiling of the new five-year plan: the Power of Together.
A distinguished professor of English at UF has a reason to celebrate.
When I was an electrical engineering student, most of my classmates looked like me and thought like me. Companies have learned in recent decades that having a workforce that consists mostly of white male engineers narrows their perspective and limits their capacity to innovate. We have learned that organizations are more likely to be successful over the long term if their members contribute racial, cultural, gender, geographic and disciplinary breadth. Similarly, top universities increasingly have students and faculty who bring a rich tapestry of knowledge and understanding due to their different races, religions and numerous other areas of experience and perspective.
UF’s goals have been made a priority for a new university task force.
Ann Christiano is feeling the love from her students.
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