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C.J. Hicks' Record 96-Yard Fumble Return Sparks USF's 29-2 Homecoming Win Over Kent State· Sports Appeals Court Rules Escambia School Board Members Can Be Deposed Over Library Book Removals· Education Volusia County Council Takes Final Vote on Banning Large-Scale Data Centers as the Issue Splits Florida's Governor's Race· Politics St. Pete Pride Asks Supporters to Raise $289,000 by Nov. 30 to Erase Its Deficit Before the 25th Anniversary· Entertainment & Culture SpaceX Launches Bandwagon-5 Rideshare From Cape Canaveral, Lighting Up a Brief Space Jellyfish Over Florida· National News Sarasota man indicted on federal threat charge over Instagram videos vowing to 'hunt' Jewish people· Crime & Courts Rays vs. Brewers World Series Preview: Schedule, Tickets and a Guaranteed First-Time Champion· Sports Port of Palm Beach's $43 Million Plan to Draw Bigger Cruise Ships Puts Palm Beach Neighbors on Alert· Business & Real Estate Palm Beach County Bets About $15 Million in Public Money on Becoming a Quantum Computing Hub· Technology & Science Orange County Public Schools Lost About 8,000 Students in a Year, and Roughly 5,000 Were Immigrants, District Data Show· Education Miami-Dade Jury Recommends Death for Alberto Sierra in 2012 Killings of His Estranged Wife and Her Two Young Daughters· Crime & Courts Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski Accuses AG James Uthmeier of 'Classic Bullying' Over Catholic School Vaccine Rules· Health C.J. Hicks' Record 96-Yard Fumble Return Sparks USF's 29-2 Homecoming Win Over Kent State· Sports Appeals Court Rules Escambia School Board Members Can Be Deposed Over Library Book Removals· Education Volusia County Council Takes Final Vote on Banning Large-Scale Data Centers as the Issue Splits Florida's Governor's Race· Politics St. Pete Pride Asks Supporters to Raise $289,000 by Nov. 30 to Erase Its Deficit Before the 25th Anniversary· Entertainment & Culture SpaceX Launches Bandwagon-5 Rideshare From Cape Canaveral, Lighting Up a Brief Space Jellyfish Over Florida· National News Sarasota man indicted on federal threat charge over Instagram videos vowing to 'hunt' Jewish people· Crime & Courts Rays vs. Brewers World Series Preview: Schedule, Tickets and a Guaranteed First-Time Champion· Sports Port of Palm Beach's $43 Million Plan to Draw Bigger Cruise Ships Puts Palm Beach Neighbors on Alert· Business & Real Estate Palm Beach County Bets About $15 Million in Public Money on Becoming a Quantum Computing Hub· Technology & Science Orange County Public Schools Lost About 8,000 Students in a Year, and Roughly 5,000 Were Immigrants, District Data Show· Education Miami-Dade Jury Recommends Death for Alberto Sierra in 2012 Killings of His Estranged Wife and Her Two Young Daughters· Crime & Courts Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski Accuses AG James Uthmeier of 'Classic Bullying' Over Catholic School Vaccine Rules· Health

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University of Florida Reports Record $1.34 Billion in Research Spending for Fiscal 2026

Florida Universities Move Toward Statewide Campus Safety Rules Under New Regulation

Florida Public Universities to Bar Undocumented Students Starting in 2027-28

UF Slips to No. 8 and FSU Holds at No. 21 in the New U.S. News Public University Rankings

Florida Board of Education Adopts AI Rules for Colleges and Extends Immigration Limits to Career Training

EducationNortheast Florida

Florida's University Presidential Searches Keep Producing a Single Public Finalist

Florida Names First Workforce Pell Programs, Opening Federal Aid to Short-Term Training

Technology & Science

University of Florida Research Spending Hits Record $1.34 Billion as State Universities Expand Their Labs

New Federal Limits on Student Visa Stays Reach Florida's International Campuses

Florida Board of Education Approves AI Rules for State Colleges and Turnaround Plans for Two Districts

EducationNortheast Florida

University of Florida's Presidential Search Advances as Interim Leadership Continues

National NewsCentral Florida

Florida Names First Short-Term Programs Eligible for New Federal Workforce Pell Grants

Florida College and University Presidents Sign Academic Excellence Statement

Florida College Presidents Sign Joint Academic Excellence Pledge

Florida Universities to Bar Undocumented Students Starting in 2027-28

All 40 Florida Public College Presidents Sign Federal Excellence Pledge

Florida University Leaders Push Back on Legislative Enrollment Oversight

Florida Board of Governors Bars Undocumented Students From Public Universities

Florida Universities Weigh Armed Guardians Under New Campus Safety Regulation

Florida Private HBCUs Post Their Best Enrollment Numbers in Years

Technology & Science

Florida Board of Education Weighs AI Rules for Schools and Colleges September 16

Florida University Leaders Push Back on Legislative Enrollment Oversight Even as They Vote to Comply

New Federal Visa Rules Set Fixed Admission Periods for International Students in Florida

Florida Prepares AI Rules for Its Colleges and Universities With a Vote Set for September 16

Florida University Board to Vote on Barring Undocumented Students From Enrollment

EducationPanhandle

FSU Four-Year Graduation Rate Hits 82 Percent, a Record for Florida Universities

Florida Becomes First State to Answer U.S. Education Department's Postsecondary Excellence Call

EducationNortheast Florida

Stuart Bell Named Sole Finalist to Lead the University of Florida

EducationPanhandle

Florida State Welcomes Roughly 6,000 First-Year Students Drawn From More Than 96,000 Applications

EducationPanhandle

Florida State Welcomes Its Class of 2030 as Fall Semester Opens in Tallahassee

EducationPanhandle

FSU Opens Its 175th Year With One of Its Largest Freshman Classes

Florida Is First State to Answer Federal Higher Education Call to Action

Eleventh Circuit Blocks Stop W.O.K.E. Act in Higher Education as Florida's Fall Term Nears

Florida College Immigration Status Rule Takes Hold as Fall Enrollment Begins

Eleventh Circuit Strikes Down Stop WOKE Act Limits on Florida University Teaching

Technology & Science

UF Signs Research Agreement With the University of St Andrews

Florida Weighs Barring Undocumented Students From Public Universities

EducationPanhandle

Florida State Racks Up National Honors and an $88 Million Navy Contract as It Marks 175 Years

EducationPanhandle

FSU Lands $88 Million Navy Contract for Next-Generation Shipboard Power

Technology & Science

University of Florida Launches an AI in Biomedical and Health Sciences Master's

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Part of Florida Law Restricting College Teaching

Stuart Bell Confirmed as University of Florida President After a Governance Fight

EducationPanhandle

State Delivers Final $92 Million to Fully Fund $152 Million FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Building

University of Florida Confirms Stuart Bell as Its 14th President, Ending Long Search

Federal Appeals Court Again Blocks Florida's Stop WOKE Act at State Universities

EducationCentral Florida

Florida Board of Governors Clash Delays University of Florida Presidential Pick

Federal Appeals Court Rejects Florida's Challenge to College Accreditation System

EducationSouthwest Florida

New College Takes Over USF Sarasota-Manatee Campus in Contested Transfer

FSU Secures More Than $180 Million in Florida's Budget, With a Long-Awaited Engineering Building at the Center

Florida's Expanded DEI Ban at Public Colleges Takes Effect July 1