From discovering new planets to building the world’s largest telescope, the UF Department of Astronomy is quickly positioning itself as one of the leaders in the field. (Photo of the Orion Nebula courtesy NASA and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team )
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The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida is the largest college on campus, with more than 800 faculty members who teach more than 35,000 students each year. CLAS has 12,000 students pursuing 36 majors and 42 minors through 23 departments, four academic programs and five centers. In addition, the college is home to 34 centers and institutes, including the Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions, the Institute for Fundamental Theory, the Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication, and the Center for the Humanities in the Public Sphere.
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