The cuts included funding for a few proposed projects around north central Florida.
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The creation of a new program to stabilize the insurance market calls for $2 billion from the state's general fund.
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A university investigation into his death has dragged on since July 2019, with scant information released thus far about its findings. The university last month placed on leave Huixiang Chen’s advisor, engineering professor Tao Li.
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With less than six weeks before the start of the spring 2021 semester — and first large-scale in-person classes since the March 2020 lockdown — the University of Florida held its first in-person Board of Trustees meeting on Friday.
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The program aims to give more opportunities to low-income families that are participating in virtual learning by giving them access to educational technology and support.
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The protest held in front of Tigert Hall is among the string of complaints directed at UF’s administration.
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Battling rain, over 30 people stood outside of the president's house on the University of Florida campus to protest the school’s decision to bring back in-person classes for the spring 2021 semester.
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Colleen G. Koch is the first woman to serve as dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine.
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Julius Wayne Reitz, the building’s namesake, served as UF’s fifth president, from 1955 to 1967, a 12-year period when the student population grew from 9,000 to 20,000.
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