ADVANCING THE STATE OF FLORIDA

UF earns Carnegie classification for community engagement efforts

The University of Florida has been awarded the 2026 Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement, a national designation that recognizes colleges and universities committed to meaningful community partnerships.

Ahead of Florida Arbor Day, experts help Tavares cemetery become state’s first to earn arboretum accreditation

The Tavares Cemetery and Arboretum integrates nature into grieving spaces, promoting mental and physical health benefits through green spaces.

Future Florida dentists learn to treat patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities

A historic state investment is funding a new UF Dental Science Building with a clinic designed to provide sensory-adapted, accessible care for patients with disabilities.

Committed to service, UF pharmacy students bring health care, food and compassion to Florida communities

By performing more than 1,600 hours of service at 90 community events across the state last fall, University of Florida pharmacy students learned that the act of giving can also feel like a gift.

The new face of HIV in Florida

After four decades of hard-won progress toward curbing the HIV epidemic, the face of the disease is changing.

Alachua County’s bystander CPR rates save lives, study finds

Two minutes into cardiac arrest — when the heart stops pumping and blood ceases to flow to the body’s organs — brain cells begin to die. It only takes another five minutes for irreversible neurological damage to occur. When every second counts, early intervention is key to survival.