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Virtual Benefits and Wellness Fair kicks off this week
Virtual Benefits and Wellness Fair kicks off this week Our virtual Benefits and Wellness “Fair” will be held via a webinar series offered throughout the month of October. Register today and tune in live for any of the following sessions that interest you to learn more about your full range of UF benefits and to ask […]
UF faculty provide Canvas guide to support non-English speaking community
After learning Alachua County Public Schools would be using the same Canvas learning management system this fall that UF uses, Associate Professor Trysh Travis began to worry. She wasn’t concerned about the children: they were adaptable and would learn the new system quickly. Instead, she was thinking about the already stressed family members who would […]
Return-to-workplace efforts required unprecedented teamwork
In early May, UF was already looking ahead to lay the groundwork for fall semester when it undertook its return-to-workplace efforts. Gathering the resources needed to send 26,000 faculty and staff through screening and recommended testing in just under two months, providing them with PPE and preparing our facilities for more employees to be back […]
UF leaders shared vision, answered questions during Tuesday’s town hall
Several UF leaders and some of UF Health’s foremost experts on epidemiology and infectious diseases came together to answer questions about the university’s plans for moving forward together this fall in a town hall held on Tuesday. Faculty and staff were provided the opportunity to ask questions prior to and during the event hosted by […]
As UFOLIO enters second year, new program introduced to provide guidance, support
UF has established a Conflicts of Interest (COI) Program to oversee the development and implementation of UFOLIO, UF’s new online disclosure system. The COI Program represents an important step in UF’s continued commitment to transparency, accountability and shared responsibility as a steward of the public trust.
Preparing for hurricane season
While forecasters expect a “near normal” hurricane season this year, it’s not too soon for UF departments and individuals to revisit the university’s and their own emergency plans—or, if need be, to put one in place.
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 week-long Writing Retreat for faculty and graduate students with humanities writing projects. For eight hours a day, forty participants sit in the bucolic study at the Austin Cary Forest Learning Center, pounding out fellowship […]
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 ceremonies. Christine, innovations coordinator for the College of Education’s Lastinger Center, kindly shared with us […]
Next steps for our university
Dear Colleagues, As the spring semester nears its end, we would like to express our gratitude for all that you have done and continue to do in support of the University of Florida community. While it will be some time until our campus returns to a more normal status, we will soon be taking the […]
Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars lead the way across a virtual stage
The Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars (MFOS) program held a virtual graduation celebration last night. Of its 176 students scheduled to graduate this spring, 75 joined in online as friends, family from all across that country and President Fuchs cheered the graduates on across a virtual stage. The occasion, hosted for first-generation graduates, has traditionally been […]
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