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UF strategic investment will advance research software engineering and enable leading-edge data modeling

UF presented three different Win Phillips Town Gown Relations Awards Friday to a government agency, a Gainesville community member and a UF employee. The honor recognized their respective achievements creating a mobile health unit to save more lives, advocating for health care in underserved neighborhoods, and fostering a relationship between artists and the community.

More than 4,100 students are expected to graduate from UF this fall during the course of four commencement ceremonies held in the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Dec. 15-16.

UF President Ben Sasse announced a dynamic lineup for Fall Commencement Dec. 15 and 16, featuring NASA Administrator and longtime U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and UF Professor of Plant Pathology Natália Peres as speakers with unique journeys of discovery.

The University of Florida’s $1.085 billion in research expenditures in fiscal year 2022 placed it 25th among all U.S. universities, up from 27th in 2021, in a new national ranking of R&D spending by the National Science Foundation.

 The University of Florida has a whole new way to experience a Gators game, no longer requiring the purchase of a ticket or a battle against the Florida heat. The College of Journalism and Communications’ Atlas Lab, which opened this semester, uses the latest digital analysis tools and artificial intelligence-driven technologies for social media listening.

A program for enhancing access to cancer screenings, a center for advancing cell and gene therapies, an AI-augmented learning platform for mathematics, and a digital humanities lab are among 10 new projects receiving strategic funding at the University of Florida, President Ben Sasse announced.

After 13 years at the University of Florida, vice president for business affairs Curtis Reynolds will step down to accept a new role as vice president for business and finance and chief financial officer at Baylor University. 

Students, faculty, staff, families, and friends are invited to the “Lighting of the Holiday Gator” from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30 on the lawn of the University Auditorium near the corner of Newell Drive and Union Road.

An AI-enabled digital imaging platform for treating cancer, a software tool for leveraging the capabilities of UF’s HiPerGator supercomputer, an initiative to improve healthcare in Jacksonville and statewide, and a program to enhance funding for the arts are among seven new projects receiving strategic funding at the University of Florida, President Ben Sasse announced today.

University of Florida scientists plan to utilize $2 million from an initiative by UF President Ben Sasse for a Crop Transformation Center to help Florida farmers improve production of citrus and specialty crops.

Designed to set the standard for future STEM buildings across national and international campuses and transform the artificial intelligence and data science workforce, UF held a celebratory ribbon cutting for the Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology.

Ben Sasse was officially inaugurated on Thursday as the 13th president of the University of Florida. The elements of his inaugural address included themes of service, academic excellence, and higher education’s role in the digital revolution.