Campus Articles
![UF Libraries awarded additional funding to digitize and provide access to historic newspapers](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/08/UF-News_libraries.jpg)
The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida received a grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to expand newspaper digitization efforts and continue participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program.
![Gahan Endowed Professor of Entomology Jamie Ellis Commencement Speech
For Summer 2021 Commencement](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/08/_L9A3566-copy.jpg)
Dr. Jamie Ellis is the Gahan Endowed Professor of Entomology in the Entomology and Nematology Department at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS). Jamie is an internationally recognized expert on honey bee biology and management.
![UF summer commencement ceremonies scheduled for Aug. 6-7](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/08/UF-News_masks.jpg)
Nearly 3,000 people will receive degrees in the University of Florida’s summer commencement ceremonies, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, August 6 and 7, in the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.
![University of Florida faculty earn $861 million in research awards in fiscal year 2021](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/08/UFResearch_2021Awards.jpg)
University of Florida faculty earned $861 million in research funding in fiscal year 2021 – the second-highest amount ever – despite the ongoing challenges presented by the pandemic.
![For UF, another year of record-breaking generosity](/media/newsufledu/images/generic/UF-News-Crop_-Generic-Flower-and-tower.jpg)
The University of Florida raised an all-time record $562 million last fiscal year, as the university nears the end of its eight-year Go Greater campaign.
![UF College of the Arts welcomes ‘AI and the Arts’ faculty cohort to lead research, curriculum, creative practice and interdisciplinary exploration](/media/newsufledu/images/generic/UF-News-Crop_Morning-tower-generic-.jpg)
After an international search process, the College of the Arts welcomes Heidi Boisvert, Tina Tallon, Fatimah Tuggar, and Amelia Winger-Bearskin to professorships in AI and the Arts this fall. The cohort represents a variety of artistic and creative disciplines, with each member appointed to a different school or institute within the college.
![UF supercomputer No. 1 in U.S. for energy efficiency; No. 2 in U.S., No. 3 worldwide in higher ed](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/01/HiPergator-STORY_1030x1030-AS-A-(002).jpg)
UF's HiPerGator AI supercomputer has been named the one of the world's most powerful, ranking second among universities nationwide and third in higher education worldwide with a No. 22 ranking overall.
![Together at last](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/06/_U2A9187-(2).jpg)
Today, the University of Florida kicks off the Summer B semester, resuming fully in-person operations for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
![A year after pledge, positive steps against racism continue across university](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/06/Antiracism-Update-NEWS-549x537-JD-OPT2.jpg)
Work has expanded and accelerated across the university’s colleges and units following a pledge last summer from President Kent Fuchs that UF would increase its focus on the Black experience, racism and inequity in the wake of a national outcry over the killing of George Floyd.
![UF earns high worldwide ranking for patents](/media/newsufledu/images/generic/UF-News-Crop_Generic-tower-sunset.jpg)
The University of Florida ranked among the top 15 schools in the world to be granted U.S. utility patents last year, according to a new report.
![Dana Zimmel named dean of UF's College of Veterinary Medicine](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/06/UF-News_Zimmel.jpg)
She has fulfilled this role on an interim basis since December 2019. A clinical professor in the college’s department of large animal clinical sciences in addition to her administrative role, Zimmel is a proud alumna of the college.
![UF to begin two major projects to enhance campus gateways and pedestrian safety](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/06/UF-News_-Campus-gateways.jpg)
In August 2021, UF will begin two picturesque gateway projects from the Landscape Master Plan that will enhance outdoor spaces and create a pedestrian-focused campus. The entrances will enhance outdoor spaces that will offer students, faculty, and staff opportunities to gather and collaborate as well as to sit, relax, and enjoy the scenic nature campus has to offer.
![Mary G. Parker named vice president for enrollment management and associate provost](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/05/Mary-Parker-Lead-Story-549x537.jpg)
Mary G. Parker, vice president of enrollment management at Kent State University, has been named the University of Florida's new vice president for enrollment management and associate provost.
![Remembering Ralph Turlington](/media/newsufledu/images/2021/05/UF-News_Turlington.jpg)
State Representative. Florida’s Speaker of the House. World War II and Korean War Veteran. Commissioner of Education. Professor of Business. Namesake of UF’s largest classroom building and the State Department of Education headquarters. Ralph Turlington (BSBA ’42) donned many titles during his lifetime that spanned 100 years and ended at his home in Durham, NC.