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Students protest against UF for initially denying three professors the ability to testify in a case against the state on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021 on the corner of West University Avenue and Northwest 13th Street.

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Free UF Coalition hosts teach-in event on academic freedom

By Elena Barrera | Apr. 2, 2022

Eight professors spoke out in November about their rights being barred by the university, raising questions about the institution’s independence from the state government. Since then, students and faculty have been working to spark change around the campus. The United Faculty of Florida, UF Young Democratic Socialists of America, UF College Democrats and the United Campus Workers organized the coalition and the outdoor event.

UF President Kent Fuchs addresses the Board of Trustees in 2020. He announced he would step down from his role at the beginning of the Spring semester.

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UF’s presidential search will be held behind closed doors under new Florida bill

By Elena Barrera | Mar. 15, 2022

Senate Bill 520 and its companion bill, House Bill 703, will keep the identities of presidential candidates out of public records for most of the process. Students and faculty will be able to research and meet with finalists 21 days before a new campus leader is chosen.

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African American studies professors push for increased knowledge of Black History

By Elena Barrera | Feb. 28, 2022

UF students lack a proper education in African American history. “I just think that the under-education of our student population is doing us much more harm than it does good,” Stevenson said. Stevenson uses a teaching methodology called critical pedagogy, or teaching through inquiry. He frequently asks students questions about historical people and analyses only to find they have never heard of them.

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Search for UF’s new president comes amid discussion of decreased transparency laws

By Elena Barrera | Feb. 14, 2022

UF expects to start looking for a new president in March, UF spokesperson Hessy Fernandez wrote in an email. The search has been kept under wraps so far, and SB 520/HB 703 would keep it that way. Meanwhile, Florida’s senators and representatives have filed Senate Bill 520 and House Bill 703, which would delay the release of any information identifying a university’s presidential applicant, including meeting recordings that would disclose such information if obtained through a public records request.

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Gator Nation will bid a farewell to its leader Kent Fuchs

By Elena Barrera | Jan. 10, 2022

UF President Kent Fuchs announced Wednesday morning that he will be resigning from his position to transition into a professor role. UF released the announcement for Fuchs’ resignation in a campus-wide email and video message. Fuchs, 67, intends to continue his presidential duties for the rest of the year and step down in 2023 once a new president is sworn in. He plans to return to his home department of electrical and computer engineering.

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UF ties up loose ends in academic freedom scandal, criticism mounts

By Camila Pereira and Elena Barrera | Nov. 29, 2021

Although the report followed recommendations made by a task force created to reimagine UF’s conflict of interest policies, the proposed changes would still allow the university to bar professors from testifying in the future.

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President Fuchs accepts his task force’s recommendations, professors disagree

By Camila Pereira | Nov. 24, 2021

The task force’s final report recommendations stated UF could still deny testimony if it thought professors were engaging in too many outside activities that restrict them from duties at UF.

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UF’s conflict of interest task force passes final report one week early

By Camila Pereira | Nov. 23, 2021

On its fifth meeting, the task force members unanimously voted in favor of passing the final report to Fuchs Monday afternoon.

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UF staff members form United Campus Workers of Florida

By Eve Thompson | Nov. 17, 2021

UCW-UF is a wall-to-wall union covering university workers from staff members to adjunct faculty. At the conference, which was also live streamed on social media, union representatives called for a collective voice to fight for better wages and benefits.

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Recap: First week of UF’s conflict of interest task force

By Camila Pereira | Nov. 15, 2021

President Fuchs’ Task Force on Outside Activities had its first two meetings last week following heavy scrutiny on UF’s decision to limit eight professors from testifying in lawsuits against the state.

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Alachua County Commission postpones vote on UF’s Campus Development Agreement due to affordable graduate housing

By Eve Thompson | Nov. 15, 2021

Citing the UF’s lack of a plan to provide affordable graduate housing, the Alachua County Commission delayed its vote on Campus Development Agreement until December.

Emerson Alumni Hall is seen on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021.

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Giving Gators boycott donations to UF following academic freedom controversy

By Emma Behrmann | Nov. 10, 2021

UF alumni express disappointment with the university's decision to bar professors from testifying against the state through tweets that declared a halt in donations. Over 440 individuals signed a petition last week.

Tigert Hall is seen on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021.

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UF president’s new task force on outside activities meets for first time

By Camila Pereira | Nov. 10, 2021

The task force was appointed by President Kent Fuchs and Provost Joe Glover to investigate UF’s written policies on disclosure of outside activities and conflict of interest. The university’s policies came under scrutiny after they were used to bar professors from testifying against the state of Florida.

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UF announces Marsha McGriff to be the university’s chief diversity officer after 8-month search

By Camila Pereira | Nov. 5, 2021

Marsha McGriff, UF’s new chief diversity officer, will build upon current and previous work, lead diversity, equity and inclusion strategic planning, build a culture of accountability and transparency on progress made, and engage with community leaders and student diversity groups.

UF Faculty Senate members vote to delay the COVID-19 no-confidence resolution in the Reitz Union Chamber on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021.

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UF Faculty Senate pushes back vote on COVID-19 ‘no-confidence’ resolution

By Camila Pereira | Oct. 22, 2021

If voted in favor, the COVID-19 no-confidence resolution would formalize the faculty and staff’s disappointment in both the state and university leadership’s COVID policies. The vote does not fire anyone in the administration.

Library West is seen on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021.

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UF, Student Government have no plans to bring back 24-hour library despite demand

By Camila Pereira | Oct. 18, 2021

Traditionally, Library West was the 24-hour library from 2012 to 2017 and 2019, but UF Libraries more recently changed it to Marston Library. However, the 24-hour schedule came to a halt once COVID-19 hit, and it never came back.

Maguire Village Commons is seen on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021.

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UF enters talks with city about plans for graduate housing

By Alexander Lugo and Eve Thompson | Oct. 4, 2021

UF and the City of Gainesville talking about solving housing affordability problems for graduate students

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UF continues 7-month-long search for new Chief Diversity Officer

By Camila Pereira | Oct. 4, 2021

The UF CDO search committee has been looking at possible CDO candidates since February when the university’s first and former CDO Antonio Farias resigned.

Mary Parker, the University of Florida’s new vice president for enrollment management and associate provost, poses for a portrait in her Criser Hall office on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2021.

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Mary Parker is UF’s new vice president for enrollment management and associate provost

By Antonia LaRocca | Aug. 16, 2021

With over two decades of experience in enrollment services and higher education, Mary Parker said she is ready to start at UF in her new position by building relationships with the university’s community.

(From left to right) Paul Tash, Chairman and CEO of the Times Publishing Company, Tampa Bay Times Executive Editor Mark Katches, UF journalism professors and Times reporters Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi, and former Deputy Editor of Investigations Adam Playford cheer on McGrory and Bedi as they are announced as the winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting on June 11, with the McGrory family pet beagle, Susan, sitting on the couch.

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UF’s media prominence rises to No.4 as faculty experts speak on international platforms

By Camila Pereira | July 28, 2021

In the past two years, UF’s faculty has been called upon to share their expertise on a variety of current events and topics on respected media outlets such as NPR and the Washington Post. Major topics faculty members have contributed to include COVID-19’s impact on life expectancy, the virus’ Delta variant, the humanitarian crisis and protests in Cuba and this year’s hurricane season.