- The college established two new centers: the Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions, directed by Religion Professor Vasudha Narayanan, and the Center for Medieval
and Modern Studies, directed by Language, Literatures, and Cultures Professors Mary Watt and Will Hasty.
- Robert H. Grubbs, who earned degrees in chemistry from UF, received the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. An organic chemist whose work on catalysis has led to a wide variety of applications in medicine and industry, Grubbs served as the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
