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A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, UF is consistently ranked among the nation’s best institutions: No. 8 in U.S. News & World Report’s “Top Public Schools” (2019); No. 1 in the Times Higher Education rankings for graduate employability (2016); No. 2 in Kiplinger’s “Best Values in Public Colleges” (2018); and No. 10 on the Forbes list of best value public universities (2019).
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The university is also recognized as an international leader in technology commercialization, dating back to its development of the sports drink Gatorade in the 1960s. UF Innovate is regularly ranked among the top 10 institutions in the nation for technology licensing, patents and start-ups, as ranked by the Association of University Technology Managers, and its two business incubators have been named best in the world on several occasions.
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Director of Partner Strategies - Center for Public Interest Communications, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Florida
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Assistant Professor of Geology, University of Florida
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Director, Center for Public Interest Communications, University of Florida
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Distinguished Professor and Director of Thompson Earth Systems Institute (TESI), University of Florida
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Instructional Associate Professor, Sport Management, University of Florida
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Director of the Brechner Freedom of Information Project, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, University of Florida
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Professor of Neurology, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, University of Florida
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Professor of Neurology, University of Florida
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Head of the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica, University of Florida
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Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Florida
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Ph.D. Student in Geological Sciences, University of Florida
