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UF has made the decision to close and cancel classes on Friday, July 5.

The win comes after UF’s steel bridge team claimed its fourth consecutive title

World champion and Olympian hurdler Grant Holloway is currently sprinting down the path to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Still, he recently cleared one hurdle that had been on the horizon since the prodigious athlete moved to Gainesville in 2016: completing his bachelor’s degree at the University of Florida.

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, or AACP, ranked the college No. 3 nationally in annual research funding.

Gainesville is in the storm’s direct path and more than 30,000 employees of the University of Florida are bracing for the tropical weather. What happens next? How do Gators prep the campus for potential impact?

For the first time in a decade, the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) has begun a search for a new dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS). Elaine Turner, Ph.D., who has served as dean since 2014, will return to the faculty, with plans for her successor to start in January 2025.

A Tulane University administrator with extensive private-sector experience in managing large construction projects and facilities around the country has been tapped to be the University of Florida’s next vice president for facilities and construction.

UF has once again earned a 5-star ranking on Money magazine’s Best Colleges in America list. This marks the second consecutive year that UF has been recognized for its exceptional value, combining high-quality education with affordability. UF is the only university in Florida and the Southeastern Conference to receive this distinction from Money for 2024.

The University of Florida has been ranked by Forbes Advisor as the country’s best military-friendly online college of 2024

Linda Stump-Kurnick, who 21 years ago became the University of Florida’s first female police chief as well as the first female police chief at any Florida public university, is transitioning to the role of Assistant Vice president of Public Safety.

The International Center at UF announced 28 UF students have been awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, these scholarships will support the students as they study or intern abroad during the Summer 2024 or Fall 2024 term.

UF will offer three new fully online majors starting in fall 2024 as a part of its larger push to increase access for students in high-demand fields and better meet the needs of Florida’s workforce. 

After leaving UF prematurely in the late 1970s, Gil Ziffer returned to the university four decades later to earn his UF degree while in retirement. After starting in 2021, Ziffer graduated in Fall 2023 at almost 67, fulfilling the dream he began in 1975.