Across the University of Florida, our 16 colleges, numerous institutes, and health care facilities embrace our shared mission of outreach and service to improve and enrich our community, nation, and the world. UF in the Community spotlights the impact of UF in our region.

Although UF has students and employees throughout the state, North Central Florida is home to much of our faculty and staff and to our 50,000+ students. Like all area residents, we want a vibrant, safe, healthy, and equitable place in which to live and thrive. Here are some of the ways in which we are enhancing our shared community.​

As the delta variant continues to impact our communities, we know you have questions about COVID-19 and the vaccines’ safety and efficacy. UF Health experts share five fast facts to help address your questions and concerns.

The National Institutes of Health on Tuesday awarded a $38 million, five-year grant to Brian Hoh, M.D., M.B.A., the University of Florida’s chair of neurosurgery, to test two new prospective treatments for symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis, a leading cause of ischemic stroke worldwide.

What a year for artificial intelligence at UF – from our transformational partnership with NVIDIA AI to building one of higher ed’s most powerful AI supercomputers to developing life-changing AI models at UF Health – and this is just the beginning.

Halo Potato Donuts’ Chief Donut Officer and UF alumnus shares how UF Warrington College of Business helped him start his business 

Drew Stuerman (BABA ’19) shares how his experience at the UF Warrington College of Business and the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center helped him start his local Gainesville business.

As wildfire season ramps up and threatens many areas across the U.S., a team of scientists begins a multi-year study to understand how fungi spread by wildfires affect the health of people living downwind. Their research will be the first to investigate this phenomenon.

Thanks to a $1.2 million dollar grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation, the five-person research team will spend the next three years establishing precisely how fungi travel via wildfire and affect human health.

Alumni from the University of Florida have created and guided some of the fastest-growing businesses in the world. The Alumni Association is proud to recognize these amazing business owners and entrepreneurs through the Gator100.

We proudly honor their achievements with a special awards event that creates opportunities to increase networks with current and past honorees, inspire fellow Gators in the pursuit of Going Greater, and receive visibility via national, local and industry media outlets. Nominate a company or apply now for this award. The deadline for applications is October 29th.

Join the Bob Graham Center for Public Service on Wednesday, September 8 at noon in the Pugh Hall Ocora for a foreign policy discussion about the events of September 11, 2001, and their continued relevance to the politics and societies of the world. Participate in this special Q&A with Bob Graham Center director and leading expert on U.S.–Middle East Relations, Dr. Matt Jacobs. 

You will have the chance to ask questions about the impacts of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on both U.S. foreign and domestic policy. On a related topic in a neighboring region of the world, Dr. J can also field questions about the current state of U.S.–Afghanistan relations. For those unable to attend the in-person event, a live stream link will be made available the morning of the event and on the Bob Graham Center’s website.