Campus Articles
![UF research spending at record $1.26 billion for FY2024](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/07/Expenditures2024_1080x1080.png)
UF faculty conducted a record $1.26 billion in research in fiscal year 2024, thanks in part to a nearly 10% increase in federally funded research, compared to FY2023.
![Kent Fuchs named interim UF president](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/07/Fuchs1x1.jpg)
Kent Fuchs will serve as interim president of the University of Florida effective August 1, UF’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously.
![UF trustees to vote on naming Kent Fuchs interim president](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/04/century-square-resized.jpg)
Kent Fuchs has agreed to serve as interim president, and the UF Board of Trustees will take up the matter during a special meeting this afternoon.
![In a world of bystanders and upstanders, Zachary Kaufman promotes — and is — the latter](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/07/ZacharyKaufman-copy.jpg)
Zachary Kaufman was only in the second grade – a young Jewish boy growing up in Morgantown, West Virginia – when his calling came to him, loudly.
![University of Florida President Ben Sasse Announces Resignation](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/07/sasse-blazer-cropped-APPROVED-(1).jpg)
University of Florida President Ben Sasse announced today that he will resign from his current position as President effective July 31, 2024 and has asked the Board to initiate a search for a new president. Sasse has served nearly two years as president after becoming the university’s 13th president appointed in November 2022.
![University of Florida business students make waves in summer internships](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/07/student-square-resized.jpg)
Real-world experience prepares Warrington students for future careers
![UF AI innovations we appreciate](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/07/AI-chip-square-resized.jpg)
A look at some of the AI innovations UF has ushered in
![Seven UF Health specialties among nation’s best in new U.S. News hospital rankings](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/07/health-square-resized.jpg)
UF Health among a select group of hospitals with multiple top-ranked specialties
![AI certificate gives UF graduates a competitive edge in the workforce.](/media/newsufledu/images/2023/12/20230721-Journalism-6919-(1).jpg)
The University of Florida's AI certificate in AI fundamentals and applications gives UF graduates a competitive edge in the workforce and higher education.
![Carnegie Mellon professor tapped as Whitney Lab’s next director](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/07/hinman-square-resized.jpg)
Veronica Hinman will take the reins at the laboratory near St. Augustine on Florida’s northeast coast on January 1, 2025.
![UFCJC appoints veteran journalist Rick Hirsch as inaugural director of the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/07/Hirsch_Rick_327-CHASE-0088.png)
UF's College of Journalism and Communications announced the appointment of Rick Hirsch as the inaugural director of the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability. Hirsch, a veteran journalist with more than four decades of experience, will lead efforts to expand the scope and elevate the reputation of one of the largest prizes in American journalism.
![From Spain to schnitzel, UF Engineering’s study-abroad program reaches new heights](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/07/Spain_3.jpg)
Last summer, 15 University of Florida engineering students spent six weeks in Berlin eating currywurst and tackling pressing world problems.
![UF student athletes visit Washington](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/07/DC1x1.jpg)
Students from the Black Student Athlete Council from the University of Florida traveled to Washington, D.C. for a chance to interact with policy professionals and participate in an experiential learning event.
![GenAI is transforming higher education, and Florida is leading the way](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/07/OpenAI.jpg)
In the past 18 months, one of the most pressing conversations in higher education — throughout the U.S. and everywhere else in the world — has been about the emergence and implications of a technology called generative artificial intelligence, or GenAI.
![Tambellini Group awards University of Florida grand prize for inaugural Future Campus Award](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/06/tech-square.jpg)
The award recognizes UF's pioneering work in integrating AI across its curriculum.