University of Florida News

WHAT: Northwest 17th Street between West University Avenue and Northwest Eighth Avenue will be renamed Lt. Corey Dahlem Drive to honor the Gainesville Police Department officer, who was killed by a drunken driver the night of UF’s second men’s basketball national championship in April. The street signs will be changed, and UF will unveil a […]

WHAT: Two major Florida universities are about to see a sweeping change in the way they recruit and prepare new science and mathematics teachers for grades K-12 in public schools. Fueled by major grants from nonprofit organizations, this new initiative is aimed at ending the state’s shortage of qualified math and science teachers – a […]