Category: COVID-19
May 22, 2020
Love in the time of COVID Lane and Christine Abraben were married in a drive-thru wedding ceremony at the Family and Civil courthouse in Gainesville on May 14. Couples unable to have a traditional wedding because of the coronavirus pandemic were invited to take part in such ceremonies. Christine, innovations coordinator for the College of […]
May 21, 2020
UF mobilizes campus, Exactech expertise to make vital COVID-19 nasal swabs When UF Health needed a massive supply of nasal swabs for expanded COVID-19 testing, the solution was right on campus and just across town. It came from Forrest J. Masters, Ph.D., P.E., professor and the associate dean for research and facilities at UF’s Herbert Wertheim College […]
May 20, 2020
President Fuchs responds to Board of Governors announcement of fall reopening On Monday, the State University System of Florida released an announcement that Board of Governors Chair Syd Kitson has directed State University System Chancellor Marshall Criser III to develop guidelines to present to the Board of Governors at a public meeting on May 28, 2020. Universities will present their […]
May 19, 2020
A snapshot of the UF Health COVID-19 Screening process As we shared yesterday, UF and UF Health are working together to implement a phased approach to screening all faculty and staff returning to a UF workplace over the summer as well as those who have remained on campus throughout the past several weeks. Screening and […]
May 18, 2020
Moving UF forward together As announced earlier this month, the University of Florida and UF Health are working together to gradually reopen UF and to return our university operations to their fullest potential. In a City of Gainesville telephone town hall last Wednesday, President Fuchs emphasized the importance of bringing faculty and staff back safely […]
May 14, 2020
UF Physics teaching staff and teaching assistants assemble more than 500 lab kits Volunteers from the Physics Lab Instructional Team assembled more than 500 lab kits, ready for shipment, to physics students enrolled in introductory summer labs. In the coming weeks, students will build a lab apparatus and collect authentic data at the kitchen table to demonstrate […]
May 13, 2020
UF leadership to discuss university reopening in City of Gainesville virtual town hall tonight UF President Kent Fuchs and Senior Vice President and COO Charlie Lane will participate in the City of Gainesville’s telephone town hall tonight to discuss and take questions about UF’s phased reopening. They will be joined by Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe, Gainesville City […]
May 12, 2020
UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine serenade UF health care workers at shift change Last week, UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine serenaded health care workers at shift change. The sidewalks were covered in chalk art from Artists in Residence. See below for more photos from the day and check out the Arts in Medicine […]
May 11, 2020
U.S. Department of Agriculture official named VP for IFAS The University of Florida has named J. Scott Angle, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, to lead the university’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) into the next decade. He is expected to assume the role as vice […]
May 8, 2020
Century Tower bathed in blue to honor health care workers UF’s iconic Century Tower is now awash in blue light as a tribute to the thousands of dedicated UF Health hospital workers and their colleagues worldwide. The tower will remain bathed in blue light nightly through May 16. The special lighting coincides with National Nurses Week (May 6-12) […]
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