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The university trustees voted unanimously to extend Fuchs’ term, but the decision also required a sign-off from the Board of Governors.
Read More »Board Signs Off On UF President Extension
University of Florida Leaders Honor Former Provost David Colburn
UF held a memorial service for Colburn, a man with a role in nearly every leadership position at the university. Colburn died of complications from an ongoing illness on Sept. 18. He was 76.
Read More »UF President Fuchs: Class Of 2023 Students Come From 106 Countries
After detailing the diverse freshman class of 2023, he went on to point out how the university is on its way to becoming a top-five academic research institution and how the future of UF and the state as a whole are interwoven.
Read More »Reading Program Boosts Kids Into Literacy
Winning Reading Boost is a 90-day intensive reading program designed to bring students who are below their reading level up to speed. The results are already showing to be positive and the program has made its way into some Alachua County schools.
Read More »UF Students, Gainesville Community Remember New Zealand Mosque Shooting Victims
About 150 students, Gainesville residents and community leaders gathered around a prayer mat, listened in silence and held carnations in their hands as a University of Florida student sang. The words were meant to comfort in times of mourning.
Read More »UF Students Join Farmworkers To Protest Wendy’s
On Thursday, about 200 people representing the Coalition held a demonstration at the University of Florida to demand that the university end its contract with Wendy’s.
Read More »UF Revises Graduation Commencement For Fall 2019 To Combined-College Ceremony
University of Florida students graduating this fall will once again have their names read as they cross the stage during a single commencement ceremony.
Read More »Students Protest New UF Graduation Ceremony
University of Florida made recent changes to graduation ceremonies and students rally to protest it.
Read More »UF President Kent Fuchs Speaks With WUFT As 2018-19 Academic Year Begins
President Kent Fuchs visited the WUFT-FM studio to discuss a few topics of interest to students, faculty, and staff.
Read More »Judge Strikes Down Florida’s Campus Ban On Early Voting
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Florida's ban on using college and university campuses for early voting sites is unconstitutional.
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