Donald Landry, former chairman of the Department of Medicine at Columbia University, was approved Monday to serve as interim president of the University of Florida. | Azhalia Pottinger, WUFT News)

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The new University of Florida campus in Jacksonville will include the Florida Semiconductor Institute.

An aerial illustration shows what the University of Florida’s graduate campus in LaVilla could look like once it's all built. | Downtown Investment Authority, UF

The city land swap deal approved Tuesday by City Council would see this 1-acre site next to the Main Street Bridge used for a 17-story mixed-use tower. | Downtown Investment Authority

University of Michigan President Santa Ono prepares to toss T-shirts into the crowd during the second half of a football game against Oregon on Nov. 2, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | Jose Juarez, AP

A magnolia tree hangs over a house on the Southside of Jacksonville. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

Riverfront Parks Now says an area like Sparkman Wharf on the Tampa riverfront would bring activity to Riverfront Plaza without a residential tower. | Jacksonville Daily Record

University of Michigan President Santa Ono prepares to toss T-shirts into the crowd during the second half of a football game against Oregon on Nov. 2, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | Jose Juarez, AP

The city land swap deal approved Tuesday by City Council would see this 1-acre site next to the Main Street Bridge used for a 17-story mixed-use tower. | Downtown Investment Authority

The city wants to acquire the Interline Brands building for the planned University of Florida campus. | Monty Zickuhr, Jacksonville Daily Record

An aerial illustration shows what the University of Florida’s graduate campus in LaVilla could look like once it's all built. | Downtown Investment Authority, UF

The James D. Westcott Building is on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee. | Lauren Witte, Fresh Take Florida

The city is working to acquire two properties for the University of Florida graduate campus planned in LaVilla. To the west in yellow is a site owned by Vestcor. To the east in red is a site owned by Gateway Jax. | Jacksonville Daily Record

Former New York Jets wide receiver Derrick Gaffney

An illustration shows the planned UF campus near Prime Osborn Convention Center.

The Gateway Jax development would include 11 floors of residences, five floors of hotel rooms, two floors of podium parking and lobbies, a floor of public food and beverage space, and a public sky garden terrace. | Gateway Jax via Jacksonville Daily Record

An illustration shows the planned UF campus near Prime Osborn Convention Center.

Donald Landry, former chairman of the Department of Medicine at Columbia University, was approved Monday to serve as interim president of the University of Florida. | Azhalia Pottinger, WUFT News)

Florida-Georgia banners hang in Downtown Jacksonville l Steven Ponson, Jacksonville Today

EverBank Stadium is always filled for the Florida-Georgia football game. | Georgia-Florida Football Game Facebook

Former University of Florida President Ben Sasse.

Sen. Ben Sasse responds to questions by the University of Florida Board of Trustees in Gainesville on Nov. 1, 2022, as trustees decided whether to select Sasse as the school's next president. | Fresh Take Florida