Category: UF Focus

Gift will expand STEM education at Wertheim UF Scripps Institute

The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute received a $4 million grant from the Glenn W. Bailey Foundation to expand opportunities for aspiring scientists.

Call for AI assignments and assessments

UF CTE is creating a library of assignments or assessments that integrate AI to guide and inspire other educators — submit yours by April 3.

UF veterinarians help young ram get back on his feet

Thanks to UF veterinarians and months of extensive physical therapy, a two-year-old Katahdin ram named Lionel is back home with the UF/IFAS sheep herd.

Register for the Whitney Lab’s 5K race

Celebrate 50 years of science and discovery at the UF Whitney Lab by participating in a special 5K anniversary event, held April 14.

New Worlds Reading Initiative distributes 5 million books

The New Worlds Reading Initiative, administered by the UF Lastinger Center for Learning, has shipped more than 5 million books to eligible Florida students.

Expand your financial literacy with new UF/IFAS program

Thanks to a partnership between UF/IFAS Extension and Bank of America, Floridians have access to free counseling and financial management education.

UFCJC receives $8 million gift to strengthen its support for state and local journalism

As part of its commitment to bolstering state and local journalism, the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) announced that Nathan S. Collier, founder and chairman of The Collier Companies, has gifted $8 million to the College to sustain the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability and create a new local journalism symposium. It is the largest gift in UFCJC’s history.