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IN 2024

Wednesday January 17, 2024

On June 30, Dave Richardson steps down from his position as dean after a decade of service, returning to the Department of Chemistry to continue his research and teaching. As dean, he re-righted the college’s budget after years of recession, hired more than 350 faculty members, and developed the Beyond120 program to push the boundaries […]

IN 2023

Wednesday January 17, 2024

World Sea Turtle Day is established in honor of the legendary researcher Archie Carr, and aims to raise awareness about sea turtles and the challenges they face.

IN 2022

Wednesday January 17, 2024

Joe Spillane retires after a decade of leading Academic Advising.

IN 2021

Wednesday January 17, 2024

U.S. News Ranks UF Online Psychology Bachelor’s Program #2 in the Nation

IN 2016

Wednesday January 17, 2024

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Collaboration, which has involved UF physicists since its early days, discovered that it had detected a “chirp” from colliding black holes in late 2015. The LIGO Collaboration continues to detect gravitational waves from long ago, faraway black hole mergers.

IN 2015

Wednesday January 17, 2024

Dave Richardson was named Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in June, 2014. In March 2015, he was appointed Dean of the college, providing leadership for the college’s 21 academic departments and more than 20 centers and programs. He manages more than $100 million in annual expenditures and approximately $40 million […]

IN 2008

Wednesday January 17, 2024

Paul D’Anieri was hired as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. D’Anieri received a bachelor’s degree in international relations at Michigan State, followed by a doctorate in government at Cornell University. In 1991, he was hired as an associate professor of political science at the University of Kansas. After the Soviet Union […]

IN 2007

Wednesday January 17, 2024

Associate Provost Joe Glover became interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Science in January following the resignation of Dean Neil Sullivan. Glover’s relationship to the college dated back to 1982, when he was hired as an assistant professor of mathematics. He served as chair of the Department of Mathematics from 1993 to […]

IN 2006

Wednesday January 17, 2024

Following two years of restoration, the college opened the restored Kathryn Chicone Ustler Hall, the new home for the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research. Built in 1919, the structure fell into disuse in 1979 but was saved from demolition in 1988 when it was granted protection under the National Register of Historic Places. […]

IN 2005

Wednesday January 17, 2024

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 2004

Wednesday January 17, 2024

Renovations began on the Women’s Gym, which was renamed Kathryn Chicone Ustler Hall upon completion. Ustler’s donation transformed the building into a 14,700 square-foot, three-level facility that houses classrooms, seminar rooms, and faculty and administrative offices for the Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research. It is the first UF academic building named solely […]

IN 2003

Wednesday January 17, 2024

As the University of Florida celebrated its 150th anniversary, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences had many new initiatives on the horizon, including the construction of the world’s largest optical telescope on the Canary Islands off the coast of Spain and the continued development of the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere. […]

IN 2001

Wednesday January 17, 2024

After serving as interim dean for the 2000-2001 academic year, Neil Sullivan was named dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Sullivan came to UF in 1982 from the Centre d’Etudes Nuclearies in Saclay, France, where he worked as a physicist. He earned a BS in 1964 and an MS in 1965, both […]

IN 2000

Wednesday January 17, 2024

Newman Nahas (English, ’00) was named a Rhodes Scholar. Nahas earned his JD from Harvard Law School and practices litigation in New York. Newman Nahas

IN 1997

Wednesday January 17, 2024

Kenneth (’47 Mathematics) and Janet Keene donated a generous gift that allowed the college to start restoration of Anderson and Flint Halls. Under the direction of Rowe Architects, the buildings underwent renovations from 1999-2001 and are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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