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USF president-elect Moez Limayem could make over $2M his first year

By Lucy Marques, Tampa Bay TimesDecember 8, 2025December 9, 2025

Limayem is set for a confirmation vote from the Florida Board of Governors on Friday.

Posted inTampa Bay

UF’s Donald Landry introduces policy to limit university leaders’ speech on social issues

By Lucy Marques, Tampa Bay TimesDecember 5, 2025December 9, 2025

This week’s Board of Trustees meeting was the interim president’s first one.

Posted inTampa Bay

How college campus organizing has been upended in Florida’s political climate

By Lucy Marques, Tampa Bay TimesDecember 3, 2025January 6, 2026

Conservative groups say they’ve been supported after Charlie Kirk’s death. Progressives, on the other hand, feel pushed out.

Posted inTampa Bay

Judge rules UF must reinstate law student expelled over antisemitic post

By Lucy Marques, Tampa Bay TimesNovember 25, 2025December 5, 2025

Preston Damsky sued the university in September, alleging his free speech rights had been violated.

Posted inTampa Bay

Police charge 2 after Muslim students harassed on USF’s Tampa campus

By Lucy Marques, Tampa Bay TimesNovember 21, 2025November 25, 2025

Local officials and law enforcement joined students in condemning the perpetrators.

Posted inTampa Bay

USF, graduate assistants still face gap in salary negotiations

By Lucy Marques, Tampa Bay TimesNovember 7, 2025November 12, 2025

The university’s counteroffer would keep masters’ graduate assistants slightly under the federal poverty level.

Posted inTampa Bay

Florida’s campus DOGE report questions spending at New College

By Lucy Marques, Tampa Bay TimesNovember 4, 2025November 20, 2025

The Board of Governors is set to discuss the report on Thursday.

Posted inTampa Bay

DeSantis calls for crackdown on H-1B visa holders at Florida universities

By Lucy Marques, Tampa Bay TimesOctober 29, 2025November 4, 2025

Many Florida universities employ H-1B visa holders in a variety of academic departments.

Posted inTampa Bay

New College of Florida may be first to sign Trump’s university pledge

By Lucy Marques, Tampa Bay TimesOctober 29, 2025October 29, 2025

More than half a dozen universities have rejected the compact. New College wants to embrace it.

Posted inTampa Bay

USF may soon get a new president. Here are 4 challenges he’ll face.

By Lucy Marques, Tampa Bay TimesOctober 28, 2025October 29, 2025

Moez Limayem promised to turn the university into a leading research institution. What issues stand in his path?

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