Category: UF Focus

Seth Parrish appointed UFIC study abroad director

Seth Parrish will join the UF International Center (UFIC) on July 1 as the new study abroad director.

Event permitting on campus: complying with UF’s use of space policy

Join the UFCE Learn over Lunch team and UF Business Affairs and Division of Student Life representatives to learn about UF’s event permitting process.

Space-Edge Accelerator launched to promote space business development

UF is working with several universities to launch a new space-focused business accelerator.

UF partners with NSA to enhance STEM education

UF has entered an Education Partnership Agreement with the NSA to enhance STEM education through the sharing of educational materials and equipment.

UF Health to launch CDC-backed Hypertension Pharmacists’ Program in Jacksonville

The CDC has selected UF Health to lead a program that could reduce the health disparity gap in some Jacksonville communities.

UF graduates first cohort of teacher apprentices in Florida

After graduation, those who participate in the program will transition into full-time, professionally certified teachers.

UF Health celebrates new FRC campus with groundbreaking ceremony

The celebration marked the development of an expanded, upgraded facility that can care for more patients struggling with addiction.

UF Research Foundation names 2024 professors

The University of Florida Research Foundation, or UFRF, has named 34 of the university’s most productive and promising faculty members as UFRF Professors for 2024.

The UFRF Professors were recommended by their college deans based on nominations from their department chairs, a personal statement and an evaluation of their recent research accomplishments as evidenced by publications in scholarly journals, external funding, honors and awards, development of intellectual property and other measures appropriate to their field of expertise.

UF celebrates Richardson’s 10 years leading CLAS, looks ahead to Interim Dean Watt

David Richardson, Ph.D., is stepping down after a decade at the helm of UF’s largest college, effective June 30.

HEO scholarship awarded to 150 children of TEAMS employees

UFHR recently awarded 150 eligible TEAMS employees’ children the Higher Education Opportunity, or HEO, scholarship. The scholarship program provides children of full-time TEAMS employees with tuition assistance for an undergraduate education at UF — or at any public community or state college in Florida if the student is not accepted to UF.