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Trustees and community partners pose to mark the groundbreaking of a Student Success Center.

UNF breaks ground on new student success center that will centralize and add multiple campus services

Mindy McLarty, Managing Editor | Oct 23, 2025

The University of North Florida held an event on Thursday morning to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new student success center.  The Student Success Center will be a three-story building offering...

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UNF President Moez Limayem speaks at the USF BOT meeting on Oct. 21, 2025. At the meeting, Limayem was approved by USF to be its ninth president.

Moez Limayem approved by USF for presidency, now awaits Florida BOG approval

RJ Kinard, Government Reporter | Oct 21, 2025

The following story was updated on Oct. 21 at 12:37 p.m. to add new details on Limayem's USF contract and compensation. University of North Florida President Moez Limayem, the recently-named finalist...

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President Moez Limayem answers questions at a Faculty Association meeting on Oct. 2—two days after the announcement that he was the sole finalist for the USF presidency.

A look at what’s next for President Limayem ahead of USF approval

Sasha Koresh, News Editor | Oct 21, 2025

University of North Florida President Moez Limayem was recently named the sole finalist for the University of South Florida’s presidency, prompting a mix of concern and planning among UNF faculty and...

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A white screen with a spaceship and robot, with text underneath that reads "Canvas is experiencing issues due to an ongoing AWS incident."

Monday Canvas outage impacting students, no timeline for restoration

Mindy McLarty, Managing Editor | Oct 20, 2025

An outage is affecting access to Canvas and related services at the University of North Florida, with no timeline on when services will be restored, according to a campuswide email from UNF Information...

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UNF's Building 50, the science and engineering building, is closed through Tuesday due to an electrical failure. (George Lansing Taylor Jr./UNF Digital Commons)

Building 50 closed due to electrical outage: Latest updates

Mindy McLarty, Managing Editor | Oct 8, 2025

The following story was originally published on Oct. 8, 2025 and is outdated. See the latest updates above. Building 50, the University of North Florida’s science and engineering building, remains...

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Above view of UNF Building 50: Science and Engineering

Science and Engineering building closed for third day due to power outage

Madelyn Schneider, Editor-in-Chief | Oct 7, 2025

Building 50, the University of North Florida's science and engineering building, remains without power and will be closed through Wednesday, according to a campus alert. The outage was caused by a main...

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UNF's Building 50, the science and engineering building, is closed through Tuesday due to an electrical failure. (George Lansing Taylor Jr./UNF Digital Commons)

Building 50 remains closed through Tuesday following weekend electrical outage

Madelyn Schneider, Editor-in-Chief | Oct 6, 2025

Building 50, UNF's Science and Engineering building, will remain closed through Tuesday, Oct. 7, following an electrical failure Sunday night, according to a campus alert. The outage was caused by a...

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A sign with large, dark blue letters spells "UNF" on a concrete stand in the grassy area next to a sidewalk. The sky is bright blue with some small white clouds and there are lots of trees in the background.

UNF secures $2.1 million federal grant to bolster civics education in Northeast Florida

Sasha Koresh, News Editor | Oct 6, 2025

The University of North Florida’s Silverfield College of Education and Human Services has been awarded a three-year $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to launch a new professional...

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Logo: SIMPLE SYLLABUS, overlayed on image of students working on computers

UNF faculty concerned following requirement to upload all course syllabi to public, online platform

Sasha Koresh, News Editor | Oct 5, 2025

Beginning spring 2026, the University of North Florida will mandate the use of Simple Syllabus, a centralized platform for managing course syllabi, for all instructors teaching credit-bearing courses. The...

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11 people dressed in business casual outfits stand on a staircase smiling at the camera.

UNF awarded $740k NIH grant to study protein misfolding in neurodegenerative disorders

Mindy McLarty, Managing Editor | Oct 3, 2025

The University of North Florida has recently received a $740,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate a key feature of several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s,...

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Dr. Moez Limayem, UNF's seventh president.

UNF president announces he is sole finalist in USF presidential search

Madelyn Schneider, Editor-in-Chief | Sep 30, 2025

University of North Florida President Moez Limayem is the sole finalist for the presidential position at University of South Florida, according to a university spokesperson on Tuesday. In a university-wide...

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‘I’m not here to be the hero’: UNF’s president on ICE agreement, his role as university leader

Madelyn Schneider, Editor-in-Chief | Sep 29, 2025

After more than three years leading the University of North Florida, President Moez Limayem has stayed grounded in his mission to ensure every student’s success, as he’s persisted, “within the framework...

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