University of Florida

Century Tower at the University of Florida

The University of Florida (UF) is a public university in Gainesville, Florida, US. The campus is 2,000 acres and has more than 900 structures, as well as other locations in the state of Florida. Important research activities at the university are in medicine, at Shands Hospital, and in agriculture. The mascot of UF is an alligator, and students and fans of the university's athletic teams are often called "Gators".

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  The East Florida Seminary, re-established in Gainesville in 1866, was the direct predecessor to the University of Florida.

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  Buckman Hall, completed in 1906, opened as one of the University of Florida's first buildings following its establishment through the Buckman Act in 1905.

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  An early Florida Gators football practice in 1912

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  The University of Florida campus in 1906, looking southwest

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  Statue of Albert Murphree, the second president of the university

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  Smathers Library, University of Florida campus circa 1945.

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  Floyd Hall and Leigh Hall, University of Florida campus in 1957.

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  Century Tower, begun in 1953, commemorates the 100th anniversary of origins of UF and memorializes students and alumni who died in the World Wars

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  The University of Florida Cancer and Genetics Research Complex is one of several research facilities at the university

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  The Emerging Pathogens Institute