Category: COVID-19
June 10, 2020
Taking time to pause for reflection In a message sent yesterday afternoon, President Fuchs encouraged faculty and staff to consider pausing our normal work activities to reflect on our personal actions and continue to educate ourselves about racism alongside other academic institutions throughout the country. In his message, President Fuchs recommended two activities for consideration: […]
June 9, 2020
Preparing for hurricane season With hurricane season upon us, UF departments and individuals are encouraged to revisit the university’s and their own emergency plans—or, if need be, to put one in place. Keep Current. Stay Current. UF’s key method of communicating with UF faculty, staff and students in emergency situations is the UF Alert system. You […]
June 8, 2020
Like so many who have expressed their grief, outrage and despair in recent weeks, I am filled with a sense of urgency to take action to support our African American community. And while there’s no question that words are no longer enough to respond to injustice in our country, I am reassured by President Fuchs’ leadership […]
June 4, 2020
Complete childcare needs survey to help UF identify solutions With schools and many summer camp programs closed, faculty and staff have expressed concerns about their childcare options as campus reopens. The Summer Childcare Task Force is working to identify creative solutions that UF could potentially develop to provide options for school-aged children of faculty and […]
June 3, 2020
UF seeks input on reopening plan The Florida Board of Governors, the State University System’s governing board, has approved a broad blueprint for reopening the state’s public universities this fall. The blueprint stresses as a foundational priority the health and welfare of students, faculty, staff and others while giving individual universities flexibility in their reopening rules, procedures […]
June 2, 2020
UF student-athletes to start returning to campus The University Athletic Association announced Friday that Florida’s student-athletes will start to return to campus on June 8. University of Florida Athletic Director Scott Stricklin said the school’s return-to-campus plan emphasizes student-athlete safety above any other factor. “Our sports-medicine team has worked closely with the experts at UF […]
June 1, 2020
President Fuchs asks Gator Nation to come together against racism and hate, in support of justice Last Friday, President Fuchs posted a video to Twitter condemning the killing of George Floyd and other killings around the country due to ignorance, racism and hate. “I ask everyone at UF and throughout the Gator Nation to consider […]
May 28, 2020
UF’s Center for Humanities in the Public Sphere offers summer writing support For the last two years, UF’s Center for Humanities in the Public Sphere (CHPS) has kicked off the summer with a weeklong Writing Retreat for faculty and graduate students with humanities writing projects. While this year’s in-person retreat had to be cancelled, CHPS […]
May 27, 2020
UF Health COVID-19 testing offered at no cost to participants As part of UF’s return-to-workplace initiative and UF Health’s efforts to test, screen and protect our community, all faculty and staff are being asked to participate in an in-person COVID-19 test. While UF Health will submit insurance claims to obtain payment for charges incurred as part […]
May 26, 2020
Quicker reviews, designated funding are speeding COVID-19 research efforts at UF Health Amid the worst public health emergency in a lifetime, UF Health leaders have taken steps to speed novel coronavirus research, recognizing the urgent need to provide answers and options to the communities they serve. Key to their efforts: IRB retooled its approval process […]
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