The University of Florida’s Plans in Jacksonville: Where They Stand

Jacksonville is poised to become the home of two new University of Florida institutions that would play into UF President Ben Sasse’s vision of the university partnering with businesses to apply research to current and future challenges, putting students closer to prospective employers and spurring the regional and state economies.

On March 27, the state Board of Governors approved a UF graduate school planned for Downtown Jacksonville. The next day, Mayor Donna Deegan told a crowd at a business luncheon that Jacksonville was a front-runner to be the site of the Florida Semiconductor Institute.

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