Since the beginning of the pandemic, it has been clear that widespread testing for COVID-19 is crucial to helping control the spread of the infection. The infamous nasal swab has been the best way to date to obtain an accurate specimen for running the PCR tests that are the gold…

President Fuchs is joined by Provost Joe Glover, Senior Vice President and COO Charlie Lane, Vice Presidents Jodi Gentry and D’Andra Mull and UF Health Screen, Test & Protect director Michael Lauzardo, MD, MSc, and epidemiologist Jerne Shapiro, MPH. The group answered questions about the status of reopening and…

Dear faculty and staff, please see below to learn more about how we are expanding testing for students and adjusting to better address their transportation and housing needs. Also be on the lookout for more information soon about how the UF Health Screen, Test & Protect team is working hard…

Like the beginning of any other typical academic year, the level of excitement and energy around town has grown over the past week as more students move into Gainesville and we get closer to the official start of classes. But obviously, this is no typical academic year. This year’s back-to-school…

Dear Campus Community, As the start of fall semester approaches, we are kicking off a new public dashboard that offers an ‘at-a-glance’ picture of COVID-19 trends among members of the university community — faculty, staff and students. These figures should provide a clearer picture of what is happening on campus from…

Campus leaders, including D’Andra Mull, Chris Hass, Heather White and UF Health Screen, Test & Protect director Michael Lauzardo, MD, MSc, and epidemiologist Jerne Shapiro, MPH, answered questions about UF Health Screen, Test & Protect in a virtual town hall on Thursday, Aug. 6. Hosted by UF Student Affairs, the…

Campus leaders, including President Kent Fuchs, Joe Glover, Charlie Lane, Jodi Gentry, Amy Hass, Nicole Iovine and UF Health Screen, Test & Protect director Michael Lauzardo, MD, MSc, and epidemiologist Jerne Shapiro, MPH, answered questions about Our Plan Forward and UF Health Screen, Test & Protect in a virtual town…

Campus leaders, including UF President Kent Fuchs and UF Health Screen, Test & Protect director Michael Lauzardo, MD, MSc answered questions about UF Health Screen, Test & Protect in a virtual town hall on Thursday, Aug. 6. Hosted by the Black Student Union and Health Education and Literacy Organization,…

A town hall on the UF Research Resumption Plan, moderated by David Norton, Rob Ferl and Duane Mitchell. video-player-1 Watch Town Hall…

A town hall moderated by Kent Fuchs, Charlie Lane, Joe Glover, Jodi Gentry, Amy Hass, Nicole Iovine, Michael Lauzardo and Jerne Shapiro. video-player-1…