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Staff ReportsJune 28, 2018

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Florida’s Legislature largely won in an appellate decision out Thursday in a case alleging lawmakers failed to match at least $384.5 million in private donations to universities and state colleges that were made under the state’s matching-gift laws. A unanimous panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal found that Circuit Judge Charles Dodson overstepped when […]

Drew WilsonMay 21, 2018

University of Florida President Kent Fuchs said in an internal memo Monday that the flagship university is bringing aboard Mark Kaplan as its new vice president of government and community relations. “Mark comes to us as a proven leader with in-depth government and community relations expertise as well as strong experience at the state, national, […]

Drew WilsonMay 18, 2018

After a year in the job, Amy Hass lost the “interim” tag and is now the University of Florida’s vice president and general counsel. The decision was announced Thursday by UF President Kent Fuchs, who said that Hass was university’s top pick after a nationwide search. “Amy has been an exceptional member of the Office […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerMay 13, 2018

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Florida’s public universities graduated 57 percent of low-income students receiving federal Pell Grants in six years, but that trailed the graduation rate of non-Pell students, a new study shows. The analysis by Third Way, a Washington, D.C.- based think tank, used newly reported federal data to track a 2010 cohort of first-time, full-time Pell students […]

Guest AuthorApril 16, 2018

Agriculture has continued to be Florida’s second largest industry for many years now. Even so, the industry itself is still a mystery to many who live in Florida’s sprawling suburbia. Our congressional district proudly boasts the top cattle producing county (Osceola) and usual top citrus producing county (Polk). Just take a short drive out of […]

Danny McAuliffeApril 3, 2018

Floridian consumer sentiment has fallen for the second month in a row. According to data released Tuesday from the University of Florida, Floridians are a bit more pessimistic about future economic conditions. That’s resulted in a continuous dip in overall consumer sentiment since January, when the index reflected the highest score in 16 years. Of […]

Drew WilsonMarch 23, 2018

The University of Florida announced Friday that Morteza “Mori” Hosseini was elected chairman of its Board of Trustees. Hosseini will succeed Bill Heavener when his term as chair ends in June. Heavener has chaired the board since 2016. “Our new Board Chair exemplifies the leadership, vision and guidance that will be key to moving the […]

Ana CeballosMarch 8, 2018

Dozens of member projects were zeroed out as legislative leaders reached a deal on an $87 billion budget deal, but one University of Florida project was not only salvaged, it got double of what the House and Senate had initially agreed to. “It was about making sure that the projects that we chose had the […]

Danny McAuliffeFebruary 13, 2018

Shreyas Amol Jethwani is enrolled in undergraduate political science courses at the University of Florida, but that hasn’t stopped him from taking a stab at a state House seat in the 2018 midterms. The 21-year-old junior believes the climate is right for a paradigm shift in what defines a public servant, something he’s hoping to […]

Staff ReportsFebruary 5, 2018

With 88 reported unprovoked shark attacks and five fatalities worldwide, 2017 was “just an average year,” according to the University of Florida International Shark Attack File. The group said it investigated 155 incidents and determined 88 were unprovoked. While the total number of attacks are slightly higher than the most recent five-year annual average of […]

Tag: University of Florida

Appellate court mostly finds for lawmakers in matching-gift case

Personnel note: UF taps Mark Kaplan for government relations VP

Personnel note: UF makes interim VP permanent

Pell Grant students trail in graduation rates

Darren Soto: The future of agriculture lies in Central Florida

Pessimistic trend surfaces among Florida consumers

Mori Hosseini elected chair of University of Florida board

Legislative leaders increase funding for UF project

UF student vies for HD 21 seat

Average year for number of shark attacks, deaths says UF researchers