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From the Chapter President: The Year in Review, Defending the First Amendment, and Inaugural Chapter Awards                

May 06, 2022
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I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions…. I ought to go upright and vital and speak the rude truth in all ways. Ralph Waldo Emerson ... Continue Reading →

UFF statement on the “viewpoint discrimination” survey: do not participate!

April 03, 2022
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This coming week, the University of Florida will be joining other public institutions of higher learning in Florida in distributing an ideological viewpoint survey. This survey requests all faculty, s ... Continue Reading →

Spring Membership Dinner

March 20, 2022
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Please follow this link to RSVP by April 13. When: April 20, 2022, from 5:30 – 8:30 pm Where:: Cypress & Grove Brewing Company, 1001 NW 4th St. Gainesville Event: UFF-UF Annual Spring Dinner ... Continue Reading →

Are we REALLY all in this together?

January 31, 2022
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COVID-19 policies further threaten UF’s reputation and relationship with faculty Steven Kirn Click here to read the full article on The Alligator. I am a retired member of the UF faculty — College of ... Continue Reading →

Sign the Petition: Coalition of Faculty for Academic Freedom

November 17, 2021
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Click here to sign the petition! Click here to view the full petition text with signatures. We, the undersigned faculty of the University of Florida, support the University of Florida’s written commit ... Continue Reading →

Statement from Retired Faculty of UF on Academic Freedom

November 10, 2021
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Click here to view the full statement. Statement of RFUF Board of Directors  November 10, 2021  TO: President Kent Fuchs  The Retired Faculty of the University of Florida (RFUF) Board o ... Continue Reading →

Open Letter from UF’s Political Science Graduate Student Council

November 09, 2021
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Click here to view the full PDF document. UF MUST STAND UP FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND AGAINST POLITICAL PRESSURE  Academic freedom in the United States is under attack. In Florida, Governor Ron DeS ... Continue Reading →

UFF-UF Demands: Save Academic Freedom

November 09, 2021
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Contact:  executive@uff-uf.org Click here toe view the full PDF document. Preamble Since at least March of 2020, the University of Florida’s Board of Trustees, President Kent Fuchs, and Provost J ... Continue Reading →

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