Office of Community Relations
UF Government and Community Relations
Monday, Sept. 7, 2020
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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.
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UF ascends to No. 6 in U.S. News & World Report rankings |
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U.S. News & World Report today named the University of Florida the No. 6 public university in the country, continuing the university’s upward trajectory and placing it on the cusp of reaching its top-five goal.
The announcement marks the fourth consecutive year UF rose in the rankings for public universities, advancing from No. 14 in 2017 to No. 6 today. During the same period, UF leapt from No. 50 to No. 30 on the U.S. News National Universities list, which includes both public and private institutions
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UF College of Veterinary Medicine: Gators taking care of gators |
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When Bob the St. Augustine gator hears his name, he looks up with wide eyes and waddles over to zookeepers.
However, the 660-pound middle-aged alligator let veterinarians at UF College of Veterinary Medicine know he wasn’t in the best mood Thursday while closing his eyes, exhaling and hissing. Preliminary findings found evidence of osteomyelitis, an infection of the bone.
During his visit to the Gator Nation, the 38-year-old alligator, whose feet and tail hang off the scale, visited the hospital for radiographs to evaluate his right hind leg.
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Watch a replay of the UF Eye Opener Discovery Breakfast featuring Dr. Michael Lauzardo |
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"COVID-19: Where are we now, and what comes next?"
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Michael Lauzardo, MD, MSc
Director, UF Health Screen, Test & Protect
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UF researchers discover new type of black hole |
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The discovery, published last week in Physical Review Letters, identifies an intermediate mass black hole. The discovery serves as a connector, the missing link, between known categories of black holes: smaller black holes known as stellar mass black holes, and the largest black holes known as supermassive black holes.
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An artist’s rendition of the two black holes orbiting each other in a gas disk that surrounds a supermassive black hole. Image credit: R. Hurt/IPAC/Caltech. |
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The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on the mental health of many Americans |
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UF psychiatrist Dr. Andres Pumariega offers guidance and information about how to seek assistance in recent MarketWatch article.
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Keeping kids healthy during COVID-19 |
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Keeping children safe is a top priority for all parents during the COVID-19 crisis and will become increasingly challenging this fall. |
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Experts outline path to development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines on a global scale |
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Small, single-vaccine clinical trials may not provide sufficient evidence that a COVID-19 vaccine is effective enough to provide significant protection, writes a group of World Health Organization scientists, including the University of Florida’s Ira Longini, Ph.D., in a commentary published today in the journal The Lancet.
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UF Innovate | Tech Licensing celebrates best year ever |
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University of Florida researchers made more discoveries and licensed more technologies than ever in the fiscal year just ended, despite the coronavirus pandemic influencing the third and fourth quarters.
Researchers disclosed 393 new discoveries and UF Innovate | Tech Licensing signed a record 132 licenses and options, up from 331 disclosures and 122 licenses last year. Faculty also earned a record $900.7 million in research funding this fiscal year.
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Help our campus community stay social, safer |
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Each of us plays a part in providing for a safer campus community as we return to UF.
Masks are required on our campus. For up-to-date guidance on approved mask and face coverings to wear while at UF and UF Health facilities, visit UF's masking and physical distancing policy web page.
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- Florida Department of Health: COVID-19 data and surveillance dashboard
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- Greater Gainesville Chamber
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- United Way of North Central Florida
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Susan Crowley
Assistant Vice President, Community Relations
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