Qualla: University of Florida https://qualla.com/university-of-florida en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/m/2/university-of-florida-wp/a-juvenile-alligator-approachi.jpg Qualla: University of Florida https://qualla.com/university-of-florida University of Florida: Introduction https://qualla.com/university-of-florida/ Photo credit Artist not known, Public domain. In 1965, a kidney specialist named Robert Cade mixed water, salt, sugar, and lemon juice in a University of Florida lab, handed it to ten football players, and accidentally created one of the most recognizable brands on Earth. Gatorade was born in Gainesville -- and so, in many ways, was modern sports hydration. But that single invention barely scratches the surface of what this sprawling campus along the live oaks of north-central Florida has produced since a hundred and two students showed up for its first semester in 1906.

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/m/2/university-of-florida-wp/djm2-university-of-florida-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full University of Florida: Four Schools, One Act of Legislature https://qualla.com/university-of-florida/ Photo credit Daysaway, CC BY-SA 3.0. The University of Florida did not spring up overnight. Its roots reach back to 1853, when the East Florida Seminary opened in Ocala as the state's first publicly supported institution of higher learning. Separately, Florida Agricultural College was established in Lake City in 188...

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/m/2/university-of-florida-wp/djm2-university-of-florida-four-schools-one-act-of-legislature.mp3 0:06 2 full University of Florida: Gators, Orange, and Blue https://qualla.com/university-of-florida/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. The alligator became UF's mascot almost by accident. Around 1911, a local vendor began selling school pennants stamped with the reptile -- an obvious choice, given that alligators populated virtually every lake in and around Gainesville. Students embraced it immediately, and the ...

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/m/2/university-of-florida-wp/djm2-university-of-florida-gators-orange-and-blue.mp3 0:06 3 full University of Florida: The Swamp and the Trophy Case https://qualla.com/university-of-florida/ Photo credit Pablo Corredor, CC BY-SA 4.0. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, better known as The Swamp, seats 88,548 fans and has been the Gators' home field since 1930. Three Heisman Trophy winners -- Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel, and Tim Tebow -- quarterbacked Florida to three consensus football national championships. The ba...

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/m/2/university-of-florida-wp/djm2-university-of-florida-the-swamp-and-the-trophy-case.mp3 0:06 4 full University of Florida: Research, Butterflies, and Billion-Dollar Ideas https://qualla.com/university-of-florida/ Photo credit WillMcC, CC BY-SA 3.0. Beyond athletics, UF is a research juggernaut. In fiscal year 2025, the university pulled in more than $1.33 billion in sponsored research expenditures. Its sixteen colleges and more than 150 research centers span medicine, law, engineering, and agriculture. The Florida Museum of...

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]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/j/m/2/university-of-florida-wp/djm2-university-of-florida-research-butterflies-and-billion-dollar-ideas.mp3 0:06 5 full University of Florida: Gainesville from Above https://qualla.com/university-of-florida/ Photo credit William M, CC BY-SA 3.0. From the air, the campus reveals itself as a dense canopy of hardwoods and live oaks broken by the glint of Lake Alice and the unmistakable bowl of The Swamp. Century Tower rises at the heart of campus, commemorating UF's centennial origins and memorializing students lost in the ...

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