America is paying for having had a severely diminished president during a perilous era.

Why do the good guys keep losing? That was the question that haunted your Global View columnist last week at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit. The annual gathering was initiated in 2018 by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former Danish prime minister and secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Democracy Summit, whose American associates in past years have ranged from the Carter Center to the George W. Bush Institute, represents what people once called the vital center in Western politics.

More than one-third of nurses are considering a career change within the next year — an alarming trend for Florida, where current projections show a need for an additional 59,000 nurses by 2035. 

As the American president prepares to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, he sometimes seems to be dominating the global agenda as fully as he dominates the political scene at home. The announcement of a partial and preliminary agreement with China on tariffs allows Mr. Trump to claim that his trade policies are bringing others to the negotiating table.

Obsessive compulsive disorder has many unknowns, including what causes it, why symptoms can differ so much between people, how medication and therapy for it actually work, and why treatment is effective for some people and not for others. In our newly published research, my colleagues and I made a step toward unraveling some of these mysteries by shedding light on the genetics of OCD.

Santa J. Ono explains why he’s pursuing the University of Florida presidency.

The U.S. needs a national plan to compete with China for dominance of the next generation of world-changing technology, and the education sector needs different degrees of oversight and objectives than commercial AI.

In the global AI race between small and major competitors, established companies versus new players, and ubiquitous versus niche uses, the next giant leap isn’t about faster chips or improved algorithms.

The competition for influence will shape the continent’s future. Will the U.S. join?

When 15 million consumers readily sent saliva samples to the genetic testing company 23andMe, they were eager to uncover mysteries surrounding their ancestry, family traits or potential health risks. Now that the company has filed for bankruptcy, many consumers are scrambling to delete their information before it is potentially transferred to a new owner.

The University of Florida has never been stronger — and our commitment to becoming the nation’s top public university has never been clearer. As we enter our next chapter, bold leadership is essential to sustaining the extraordinary momentum that defines Gator Nation.

A University of Florida research team has identified four conditions that could explain why religious teens are less likely to engage in risky behavior.

F. Chris Curran discusses how parents and schools can benefit from the dashboard and what other states might learn from it as well.

Like their American counterparts, European rappers use their music to push for change.

For the seventh year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Florida the No. 1 state for higher education. Furthermore, the College Board reports that undergraduate tuition in Florida is now the lowest in the country.