Grace McClung is a third-year journalism major and the university administration reporter for The Alligator. In her free time, Grace can be found running, going to the beach and writing poetry.
Annabelle Tometich, a 44-year-old UF psychology graduate, won the Southern Book Prize’s nonfiction category for her debut book “The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony” Feb. 14. Previous winners include Coretta Scott King, Ann Patchett and Carl Hiaasen, a fellow UF graduate.
The UF Board of Trustees unanimously approved an unspecified compensation package for UF’s next president Tuesday.
In the middle of the academy’s most recent admissions cycles, UF abruptly removed First Fall as an option. The move has left prospective students and their parents feeling duped.
Bart Knowles was sworn in as UF Police Department chief Monday morning. Knowles has served as interim chief since June after his predecessor, Linda Stump-Kurnick, was promoted to a position in central administration.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he won’t get involved in UF’s presidential search. But under a recent rule, the state university system’s Board of Governors, seven of whom are DeSantis appointees, must approve UF’s presidential finalists before they’re publicly announced.
UF is urging its faculty and staff to continue with business as usual after the Trump administration announced a temporary pause on all federal financial assistance, which includes billions of dollars in federal grants and loans for universities nationwide.
After 15 months of conflict, Israel and Hamas entered a fragile ceasefire deal Jan. 15, producing feelings of hope, joy and uncertainty on UF’s campus.
El director del Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos en la UF, Carlos de la Torre, renunció abruptamente el 13 de enero a petición del director provisional Joe Glover. Las razones detrás de la decisión de Glover se mantienen inciertas.
The director of UF’s Center of Latin American Studies, Carlos de la Torre, abruptly stepped down Jan. 13 at the request of interim Provost Joe Glover.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday reappointed lawyers Rahul Patel and Richard Cole to the UF Board of Trustees. The appointments are effective Jan. 7 and come amid the search for UF’s 14th president, which formally began last month.
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