Campus Articles
![The Writing Life](/media/newsufledu/images/2020/01/MFA-Faculty-Camille-Bordas-2048x1365.jpg)
The University of Florida’s creative writing program nurtures and pushes its graduate students.
![UF online programs see new gains in 2020 U.S. News & World Report rankings](/media/newsufledu/images/2020/01/Badge-OnlinePrograms-Bachelors-2020.png)
University of Florida online degree programs saw new gains in the 2020 U.S. News & World report rankings released today, with two of the four UF programs that were ranked climbing yet again and two others coming in among the best in the country.
![How do Orange Bowl opponents UF and UVA stack up off the field?](/media/newsufledu/images/2019/12/1920x1080_Orange_Bowl_Photo.jpg)
The University of Florida's bowl matchup with the University of Virginia Dec. 30 is a clash of academic powerhouses: The Capital One Orange Bowl is the only New Year's Six game to pair two schools ranked as Top 10 public universities for academics.
![UF President Kent Fuchs' speech for Saturday's commencement ceremony](/media/newsufledu/images/2019/12/Fuchs_S8A5165.jpg)
President Fuchs addressed bachelor's, master's and specialist graduates at a ceremony at the O'Connell Center December 14.
![Doctoral speaker and UF faculty member Berta Esperanza Hernandez-Truyol’s speech for Friday’s doctoral ceremony](/media/newsufledu/images/2019/12/Hernandez-Truyol-_S8A4859.jpg)
Berta Esperanza Hernandez-Truyol is a professor of law and an internationally renowned human rights scholar who utilizes an interdisciplinary and international framework to promote human well-being around the globe.
![UF senior selected for prestigious Marshall Scholarship](/media/newsufledu/images/2019/12/Sandvoal_headshot-(1)-(3).jpg)
Aaron Sandoval, a biology major in UF’s Honors Program, is the second UF student to receive the award. He will study at the University of Oxford and King's College London.
![Six UF researchers named 2019 AAAS Fellows](/media/newsufledu/images/generic/azaleas-and-tower.jpg)
Six researchers from across the University of Florida have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.
!["Lighting of the Gator" event set for Dec. 3](/media/newsufledu/images/2019/11/_U2A9900.jpg)
Everyone in the University of Florida community is invited to celebrate the end of the semester with the ceremonial lighting of a new alligator sculpture to be erected temporarily in December
![UF expands the Alan and Cathy Hitchcock Field & Fork Pantry on campus](/media/newsufledu/images/2019/11/20191118121413_252A9214-(1).jpg)
The expansion provides even more space to display non-perishable food items and fresh produce from the Field & Fork Farm and Gardens, a dedicated area for storage and processing of donations, and a teaching and demonstration area.
![UF celebrates opening of new Institute of Black Culture and Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures](/media/newsufledu/images/2019/11/191114_MDA_InstitutesExterior_2760_.jpg)
Students, faculty and alumni celebrated the opening of UF’s new Institute of Black Culture (IBC) and the Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures (La Casita) facilities with speeches and ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
![Meet UF's Grammy winner](/media/newsufledu/images/2019/10/JoseRuiz-Resto-classroom.jpg)
The third time was the charm for University of Florida professor José Valentino Ruiz at the Latin Grammy Awards.
![Remembering W. George Allen, UF’s first African American graduate](/media/newsufledu/images/2019/11/75271541_10157052354903640_3599455418960576512_o.jpg)
The UF community is mourning the passing and celebrating the life of W. George Allen, the first African American graduate of the University of Florida. Allen died Nov. 7 at age 83.