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Mori Hosseini blames some faculty for working for their personal gain rather than the university's and says it must stop.

With a hospitality college ranked seventh nationally and academic and sporting programs that bring 75,000 visitors annually to the city, Florida State University is moving forward with plans to add an “academic” hotel to its campus inventory. The university’s Board of Trustees voted by consent last week to approve a request to include a hotel site in FSU’s master plan, which was delayed last year due to COVID planning and could take 12 months to finalize. Approval by trustees was needed because it involves an amendment to the master plan, which serves as a blueprint for campus propert...

Over 160 years ago, on private land owned by a state politician, the University of Florida had its beginnings. Flushed with trees and natural wildlife that surrounded a wooden school hall, the acres were verdant and lush. But with ever more students and buildings, that green space has shrunk to a handful of pockets scattered throughout campus. McCarty Woods is a 2.9-acre forest in the heart of Gainesville's main University of Florida campus. It has been open for community recreational use for over 40 years, and since at least 2000, has been designated conservation land, protected from devel...

The University of Florida Board of Trustees is expected to adopt the new Campus Development Agreement, which outlines plans for university growth and land use, in March 2021. Here's what you should know about the proposed changes in the meantime. Housing Linda B. Dixon, director of planning with the UF office of Planning, Design & Construction, said a new honors hall will be built in the space currently taken up by the Broward Outdoor Recreational Complex's tennis courts and pool for additional and upgraded housing. Like the current honors housing in Hume Hall, the new building will hold a m...