UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Remembering Dorothy L. Zimmerman and the lasting impact she made on the University of Florida community. 💙🧡

In an essay by Ytori guest author and Professor of English Sid Dobrin, learn how AI is transforming storytelling and why the most powerful stories may still come from lived human experience.

Read more: https://news.clas.ufl.edu/ai-and-the-storytelling-animal/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SS_Ytori_2026_08_21&utm_content=AI_Story

📚 What happens when comics become literature?

Discover how UF helped redefine comics as a serious literary art form, creating a vibrant community where visual storytelling, scholarship and creativity come together.

Read more in this Ytori cover story! 👇
https://news.clas.ufl.edu/comics-as-literature/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SS_Ytori_2026_08_20&utm_content=Comic_Lit

New Gators, come kick off your CLAS journey with us. 🐊

CLAS Kickoff is tomorrow, and we’re bringing the pizza, the people and a chance to get connected before the semester really gets going.

📅 Aug. 19
📍 Rion Ballroom, Reitz Union, 3rd floor
⏰ 11:00 a.m.

Come meet your fellow CLAS students, grab a slice and kick off the semester with us. 🍕

A little trip down memory lane. 🐊

For nearly 100 years, the Plaza of the Americas has been one of the University of Florida’s most recognizable gathering places. Generations of Gators have walked these paths, studied under the trees, met up with friends and made memories here.

The campus may change, but some places remain timeless.

A river of gas. A system of young stars. And planets getting knocked off course. 🌌

New research involving UF astronomers is giving us a closer look at how planets can be shaped as they form.

Read the story: https://news.clas.ufl.edu/cosmic-river-of-gas/

Caps on. Degrees earned. 🐊🎓

Congratulations to our Summer 2026 CLAS graduates! We’re so proud of you and can’t wait to see what’s next.

Go Gators! 🧡💙

Commencement weekend has arrived, and we're celebrating every Summer 2026 graduate of CLAS. 🎓🐊

As our graduates prepare to cross the stage, we're also recognizing an exciting milestone for the college: the inaugural graduating class of UF's online M.A. in Economics with a concentration in Econometric and Data Analysis.

Their journey is one of perseverance, innovation and helping build something new for future Gators.

Read more about the program's first graduating class here: https://news.clas.ufl.edu/new-uf-online-economics-masters-program-marks-successful-debut/

Your next chapter starts now, and we can't wait to see where it takes you.