BREAKING: UF fired all staff in positions related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, effective immediately.
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- In his 17-month stint as UF president, Ben Sasse more than tripled his office’s spending, directing millions in university funds into secretive consulting contracts and high-paying positions for his GOP allies.
- Former UF president Ben Sasse said a completed audit found no wrongdoing when it came to his spending. But according to public records, the audit never existed. Read more from @wynwg and @sophia_bailly.
- Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis has called on the Board of Governors, which oversees the State University System, to launch an investigation into former UF President Ben Sasse’s “exorbitant spending” of university funds.
- BREAKING: UF Pres. Kent Fuchs is asking the UF Conflict of Interest Office to reverse its decision to bar professors from testifying against the state. Fuchs is also requesting that the professors be allowed to receive compensation. Story to come.
- BREAKING: Florida men’s basketball wins NCAA title.
- BREAKING: UF is now the No. 6 top public university in the country, according to U.S News and World Report’s 2021 ranking. alligator.org/news/uf-is-no-…
- BREAKING: UF is now ranked No. 5 in U.S. News & World Report's list of the country's top public universities.
- UF fired 13 full-time diversity, equity and inclusion positions and ended 15 administrative appointments Friday. It also eliminated the office of the Chief Diversity Officer and ended DEI contracts with outside vendors, according to a Friday memo.
- UF fell from No. 1 to No. 34 in the Wall Street Journal's public university rankings. The school ranked No. 83 among all universities, public and private.
- BREAKING: The University of Florida dismissed Title IX allegations against Florida men’s basketball coach Todd Golden.
- The Black Student Union and Black Student Leaders at UF released a joint statement May 20 denouncing DeSantis signing the bill. The organizations expressed heavy concerns over the bill’s power to silence minority voices.
- Nine top donors and administrators say former UF President Ben Sasse's increasingly tense relationship with Board of Trustees chair Mori Hosseini led to his unexpected departure from the university in July.
