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Gov. Ron DeSantis plans on the country being in the third phase of reopening by August 1 and believes that UF students and faculty should be prepared to come back for the fall semester
Read More »UF Board of Trustees Presents Reopening Plan
Alachua County Aiming For UF Students To Say They Live In Gainesville For 2020 Census
Alachua County lost hundreds of millions of dollars of federal funding because too few UF students stated during the 2010 census counting that they lived in Gainesville, officials said.
Read More »Colleges And Students React To News That Four UF Students Test Positive For COVID-19
More than 13,000 UF students had signed a petition urging UF to temporarily transition from the standard A-E letter grading system to a pass-fail option for students in the wake of the virus.
Read More »DeSantis: Four University Of Florida Students Test Positive For Coronavirus; Bars Suspended
He intends to recommend to the state's Board of Governors to instruct university presidents to hold online classes only for the remainder of the spring semester.
Read More »‘The Airplane Is Flying While Being Built’: How Those On UF’s Campus Are Adapting To Coronavirus Restrictions
Reporters set out to gather reactions to the unfolding situation from more than a dozen of those still finishing up in-person work and class meetings on Thursday.
Read More »UF Classes To Be Online Only Through End Of March
Joining an increasing number of schools nationwide reacting to the coronavirus outbreak, the University of Florida on Wednesday urged its student body to return home to their families for two weeks, and said all of its classes would remain online until at least March 30.
Read More »Alachua County Officials Monitor Need To Activate Full Emergency Response After First Coronavirus Case
Alachua County Health Department Director Paul Myers would not share the specific number of tests, but confirmed that there are multiple pending tests.
Read More »What You Need To Know About Coronavirus In Florida
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Read More »Board Signs Off On UF President Extension
The university trustees voted unanimously to extend Fuchs’ term, but the decision also required a sign-off from the Board of Governors.
Read More »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.
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