All diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility activities required of federal funding in grants will cease at UF, according to an email sent by the university’s Vice President for Research, David Norton.
Gov. 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.
A 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.
Helga Melmed, a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor, captivated more than 400 University of Florida students and Gainesville community members at the Chabad UF Student Center Monday evening with her powerful testimony of survival, resilience and love amidst captivity in Auschwitz and two other German camps.
UF is urging its faculty and staff to continue with business as usual after the Trump administration announced a temporary pause on all federal financial assistance, which includes billions of dollars in federal grants and loans for universities nationwide.
UF community members flocked to a four-day kickoff to UF’s Pipe Organ Centennial from Jan. 23 to Jan. 26, commemorating the Andrew Anderson Memorial Pipe Organ, built in 1925.
After 15 months of conflict, Israel and Hamas entered a fragile ceasefire deal Jan. 15, producing feelings of hope, joy and uncertainty on UF’s campus.
Dozens of UF students flocked to the Plaza of the Americas Friday afternoon to witness the evangelical preacher Cindy Smock, better known as “Sister Cindy,” deliver her yearly quasi-sermon on the dangers of drinking and sexual promiscuity among college-aged students.
A water leak underneath Museum Road caused a steady stream of shallow water across the campus roadway Friday afternoon, creating “hazardous conditions,” according to an alert from UF Public Safety.
The Florida Board of Governors are commissioning a study to determine the "return on investment" of women's and gender studies and three other academic programs at UF.
Enzo had blanketed parts of the Florida Panhandle in up to two inches of snow throughout Tuesday and Wednesday.
As on-campus housing shrinks and the demolitions loom, graduate students are sounding alarm bells over what they see as an affordable housing crisis. And a small batch of activists are making one final push to save Maguire Village and University Village South.
Winter Storm Enzo is forecasted to bring a rare bout of freezing rain and the possibility of sleet to Gainesville early Wednesday morning. Find the latest information about campus closures and local shelters here.
The 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.
Late 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.
Jeffries, an associate professor of history at The Ohio State University, delivered UF’s 2025 MLK Lecture Thursday evening to a crowd of roughly 100 students, faculty and community members at Pugh Hall.
Florida Pool’s closure was announced Nov. 9 for essential maintenance and repairs, with plans to reopen in April 2025.
Vision Party officials effectively killed a Change Party-backed bill that would have condemned Florida men’s basketball head coach Todd Golden, who is currently under investigation for sexual harassment allegations.
The director of UF’s Center of Latin American Studies, Carlos de la Torre, abruptly stepped down Jan. 13 at the request of interim Provost Joe Glover.
The brief and turbulent tenure of former UF President Ben Sasse roiled the university in controversy and left campus politics in a near-constant state of flux. Now, the monthslong search for Sasse’s successor is underway.
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