Topic - University Of Florida

campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, It is has been included among the so-called "Public Ivy" universities—one of the top public universities in the United States—and is currently ranked forty-seventh overall among all national universities, public and private, in the current 2010 U.S. News & World Report rankings. As evaluated by the Academic Ranking of World Universities report (ARWU), Florida currently ranks among the world's top 100 universities (with a world rank of 58 and a national rank of 39 in 2009). - Source: Wikipedia

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Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., makes his opening statement during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Washington. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

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