Office of Community Relations
UF Government and Community Relations
We present  UF in the Community  to spotlight the positive impact of UF in our region. Across our 16 colleges and numerous institutes and health care facilities, our shared mission includes outreach and service to improve and enrich our community, nation and the world.   

North Central Florida is home to our faculty, staff and our 50,000+ students. Like all area residents,   we seek to create 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.​
  • IFAS working to develop emerging enterprises in Florida 
  • UF researchers work to identify drugs to prevent and/or treat infection with COVID-19 by interfering with a known behavior of the virus
Dr. Leah Reznikov and Dr. David Ostrov are shown in Reznikov's lab on June 5. Photo by Jesse S. Jones.
  • Inhale, Exhale – Waiting with bated breath for a coronavirus breakthrough. UF Center for Respiratory Research and Rehabilitation on the coronavirus and breathing.
A mask increases resistance to breathing, what physiologists call a load, and that can trigger an adverse reaction.
  • UF Health researchers developing COVID-19 vaccine using gene therapy
  • UF Musicians' Virtual Quarantine Performance 
  • COVID-19 impact on commercial real estate prices
  • UF Health project seeks to measure impact of coronavirus isolation on older adults
  • UF College of Health and Human Performance offers a collection of resources for diversity / inclusion / equity / justice conversations
  • UF Updates on COVID-19
  • UF Health COVID-19 Site
UF Resources for Kids:
  • Virtual summer camps are coming to the Florida Museum of Natural History
  • Florida Museum of Natural History: Scientist in Every School
  • IFAS: Bite-Sized Science Webinar Series
Community Resources:
  • Florida Department of Health: COVID-19 data and surveillance dashboard
  • Alachua County
  • City of Alachua
  • City of Gainesville
  • Greater Gainesville Chamber
  • United Way of North Central Florida
Stay Well.
Susan Crowley
Assistant Vice President, Community Relations