University of Florida

The University of Florida is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, whose origins date to 1853 and which has operated continuously on its Gainesville campus since September 1906.佛罗里达大学是位于美国佛罗里达州盖恩斯维尔的公立赠地研究型大学，其渊源可上溯至 1853 年，自 1906 年 9 月起持续在盖恩斯维尔校园办学。

It is the flagship of the State University System of Florida, a member of the Association of American Universities, and one of the largest public universities in the United States, with 54,814 students enrolled in fall 2023.该校是佛罗里达州立大学系统的旗舰、美国大学协会成员，也是美国规模最大的公立大学之一，2023 年秋季学期在校生 54,814 人。

It ranks 228th in the 2027 QS World University Rankings, 138th in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and 105th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities, and is not listed in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中并列第 228，2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名第 138，2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名并列第 105，2026 年软科世界大学学术排名未收录该校。

History

• The modern University of Florida traces its origins to 1853, when the East Florida Seminary, the oldest of its four predecessor institutions, was founded in Ocala as Florida's first state-supported institution of higher learning.现代佛罗里达大学的渊源可上溯至 1853 年，其四所前身院校中最早的一所东佛罗里达神学院在奥卡拉成立，是佛罗里达州第一所受州财政支持的高等学府。

• The seminary closed with the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 and reopened in Gainesville in 1866 on the grounds of the Gainesville Academy, whose Epworth Hall still stands in the city centre.该神学院因 1861 年美国内战爆发而停办，1866 年在盖恩斯维尔的盖恩斯维尔学院旧址重开，其埃普沃思楼至今仍矗立市中心。

• The second precursor, the Florida Agricultural College, was established in Lake City in 1884 as the state's first land-grant college under the Morrill Act.第二所前身佛罗里达农学院于 1884 年在莱克城成立，是依《莫里尔法案》设立的州内第一所赠地学院。

• The Florida legislature renamed that school the University of Florida for the 1903-1904 academic year, and this name was in use for two years.佛罗里达州议会于 1903 至 1904 学年将该校更名为「佛罗里达大学」，此名沿用了两年。

• In 1905 the legislature passed the Buckman Act, drafted by Henry Holland Buckman, merging four institutions into the University of the State of Florida and creating the Florida Board of Control.1905 年州议会通过由亨利·霍兰·巴克曼起草的《巴克曼法案》，将四所院校合并为佛罗里达州立大学，并设立佛罗里达管理委员会。

• The merged institutions were the University of Florida at Lake City, the East Florida Seminary in Gainesville, the St. Petersburg Normal and Industrial School and the South Florida Military College in Bartow.合并的四所院校是莱克城的佛罗里达大学、盖恩斯维尔的东佛罗里达神学院、圣彼得斯堡师范工业学校以及巴托的南佛罗里达军事学院。

• The Buckman Act also created the Florida Female College for white women and the State Normal School for Colored Students for African Americans, both in Tallahassee.《巴克曼法案》还分别为白人女性与非洲裔学生设立了位于塔拉哈西的佛罗里达女子学院与有色人种州立师范学校。

• Gainesville won the contest for the new university on 6 July 1905, led by its mayor William Reuben Thomas, defeating Lake City after a brief but intense period of lobbying.1905 年 7 月 6 日，在市长威廉·鲁本·托马斯的推动下，盖恩斯维尔经短暂而激烈的游说击败莱克城，赢得新大学的所在地。

• The first semester in Gainesville began on 26 September 1906 with 102 students, and the first two buildings, Buckman Hall and Thomas Hall, were both designed by the architect William A. Edwards in the Collegiate Gothic style.盖恩斯维尔的首个学期于 1906 年 9 月 26 日开学，仅有 102 名学生，最早的两座建筑巴克曼楼与托马斯楼均由建筑师威廉·A·爱德华兹以学院哥特风格设计。

• Andrew Sledd, formerly president of the Florida Agricultural College, became the first president of the University of the State of Florida but resigned in 1909 after disputes over his rigorous admissions standards.曾任佛罗里达农学院院长的安德鲁·斯莱德出任佛罗里达州立大学首任校长，但因坚持严格招生标准引发争议，于 1909 年辞职。

• Albert Murphree became the second president in 1909, the year the name was simplified to the University of Florida, and he established colleges of law, engineering and liberal arts and sciences by 1910.阿尔伯特·墨菲里于 1909 年出任第二任校长，同年校名简化为「佛罗里达大学」，到 1910 年他已先后创设法学、工程以及文理三所学院。

• The alligator was adopted as the mascot and the orange-and-blue colours were fixed in 1911, the colours combining those of the East Florida Seminary and the Florida Agricultural College.1911 年学校确定以短吻鳄为吉祥物并确立橙蓝校色，该配色由东佛罗里达神学院与佛罗里达农学院各自的校色合成。

• In 1924 the legislature allowed women of mature age to enrol in regular semesters, and Lassie Goodbread-Black became the first woman student in 1925, entering the College of Agriculture.1924 年州议会允许适龄女性在常规学期入学，莱西·古德布拉德-布莱克于 1925 年成为该校首位女学生，就读于农学院。

• John J. Tigert, the third president from 1928, founded the University Athletic Association and in the early 1930s created the grant-in-aid athletic scholarship that prefigured the modern NCAA model.1928 年上任的第三任校长约翰·J·蒂格特创办了大学体育协会，并于 1930 年代初设立助学金制运动奖学金，成为现代 NCAA 奖学模式的雏形。

• After 1946 veterans financed by the GI Bill flooded the university, so the Board of Control opened a Tallahassee Branch that enrolled 954 men by the end of 1946-47 and soon became Florida State University.1946 年后，凭《退伍军人法案》入学的退伍军人涌入校园，管理委员会遂在塔拉哈西开设分校，到 1946 至 1947 学年末已招收 954 名男生，该分校很快独立为佛罗里达州立大学。

• African-American students were first admitted in 1958, when George H. Starke entered the College of Law, and Daphne Duval Williams became the first Black woman student in 1959.1958 年学校首次招收非洲裔学生，乔治·H·斯塔克进入法学院，1959 年达芙妮·杜瓦尔·威廉姆斯成为首位黑人女学生。

• Campus expansion from the 1950s produced Carleton Auditorium, Century Tower, Little Hall, Beaty Towers, Constans Theatre, Library West and the Reitz Student Union, while Shands Hospital opened in 1958 alongside the College of Medicine.1950 年代起的校园扩建带来了卡尔顿礼堂、世纪塔、利特尔楼、比蒂公寓、康斯坦斯剧院、西图书馆与赖茨学生活动中心，香兹医院则于 1958 年与医学院一同启用。

• The university joined the Association of American Universities in 1985 and was designated a preeminent university by Florida legislation in 2013, receiving extra funding to improve its academics and national reputation.该校于 1985 年加入美国大学协会，并于 2013 年依佛罗里达州立法被认定为「卓越大学」，获得用于提升学术水平与全国声誉的额外拨款。

• In 2017 the University of Florida became the first state university to enter the top ten of the U.S. News best public universities, and President Kent Fuchs launched a plan to recruit 500 new faculty, 230 of whom were hired in 2018.2017 年佛罗里达大学成为该州首所进入 US News 最佳公立大学前十的高校，肯特·福克斯校长随即提出增聘 500 名教师的计划，其中 2018 年已聘 230 人。

• In the 2025 fiscal year the university recorded more than 1.33 billion dollars in sponsored research expenditure and has grown to 16 colleges, more than 150 research centres and 545,165 living alumni as of 2018.2025 财年该校的受资助科研支出超过 13.3 亿美元，如今已发展至 16 所学院、150 多个研究中心，截至 2018 年拥有 545,165 名在世校友。

Academics

• The University of Florida is organised into 16 colleges offering more than 100 undergraduate majors and 200 graduate degrees, coordinated through 123 master's programmes and 76 doctoral programmes in 87 schools and departments.佛罗里达大学设 16 所学院，开设 100 多个本科专业与 200 多个研究生学位，并在 87 个院系中统筹 123 个硕士项目与 76 个博士项目。

• Its colleges include the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the Warrington College of Business, the College of Engineering, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Fredric G. Levin College of Law.其学院包括农业与生命科学学院、沃灵顿商学院、工程学院、文理学院以及弗雷德里克·G·莱文法学院。

• Other academic units are the College of Design, Construction and Planning, the College of Education, the College of Journalism and Communications, the College of the Arts and the College of Health and Human Performance.其他学术单位还有设计、建造与规划学院，教育学院，新闻与传播学院，艺术学院以及健康与人类行为学院。

• The J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center groups the College of Medicine, the College of Dentistry, the College of Nursing, the College of Pharmacy, the College of Public Health and Health Professions and the College of Veterinary Medicine.J·希利斯·米勒健康科学中心下辖医学院、牙医学院、护理学院、药学院、公共卫生与健康专业学院以及兽医学院。

• The oldest units are the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the College of Education, both founded in 1906, while the College of Law dates from 1909 and the College of Engineering and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from 1910.历史最久的单位是均创办于 1906 年的农业与生命科学学院与教育学院，法学院可上溯至 1909 年，工程学院与文理学院则始于 1910 年。

• In fall 2023 the university enrolled 54,814 students, comprising 34,924 undergraduates and 19,890 postgraduates, taught by 8,231 faculty and supported by 6,556 administrative staff in 2018.2023 年秋季学期在校生 54,814 人，其中本科生 34,924 人、研究生 19,890 人，2018 年有教师 8,231 人与行政人员 6,556 人。

• Tuition and fees for the 2018-19 academic year were 6,381 dollars for in-state undergraduates and 28,658 dollars for out-of-state undergraduates, with lower charges for online courses and higher ones for graduate study.2018 至 2019 学年，本州本科生学费与杂费为 6,381 美元，外州本科生为 28,658 美元，在线课程收费更低，研究生课程收费更高。

• For the class entering in fall 2023 the acceptance rate was 24.0 percent, with a mid-50 percent SAT range of 1320 to 1470 and an ACT range of 28 to 33.2023 年秋季入学的新生录取率为 24.0%，SAT 成绩中间 50% 区间为 1320 至 1470，ACT 区间为 28 至 33。

• The university's strongest graduate programmes include pharmacy, tied for ninth nationally, veterinary medicine ninth, plant and animal science fourth in the world and agricultural sciences fourteenth.该校最强的研究生项目包括并列全国第 9 的药学、第 9 的兽医学、世界第 4 的植物与动物科学以及第 14 的农业科学。

• The honors programme admitted 1,778 students from 14,089 applicants in 2023 and offers more than 100 courses exclusively to its members, together with the Honors Village housing for freshmen.荣誉项目 2023 年从 14,089 名申请者中录取 1,778 人，为其成员专门开设 100 多门课程，并为新生提供荣誉村住宿。

• Research expenditure exceeded 1.33 billion dollars in 2025, up from 740 million dollars in 2015, placing the university among the nation's top 25 research institutions.2025 年科研支出超过 13.3 亿美元，较 2015 年的 7.4 亿美元大幅增长，使该校跻身全美科研投入最高的 25 所院校之列。

• The university manages more than 150 research centres and institutes, including the Emerging Pathogens Institute, the McKnight Brain Institute, the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience.学校管理 150 多个研究中心与研究所，包括新发病原体研究所、麦克奈特脑研究所、国家强磁场实验室与惠特尼海洋生物科学实验室。

• Florida operates one of the world's largest citrus research centres, hosts a nuclear training reactor used for neutron activation analysis and was the first American university to receive a European Union grant for a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence.佛罗里达运营着世界最大的柑橘研究中心之一，建有用于中子活化分析的核训练反应堆，并且是美国首所获欧盟拨款设立让·莫内卓越中心的大学。

• The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences runs extension offices in all 67 Florida counties and 13 research and education centres at 19 locations, and the university opened a Beijing Center for International Studies in 2005.食品与农业科学研究所的服务站遍布佛罗里达全部 67 个县，设有 13 个分布于 19 处的研究与教育中心，学校还于 2005 年在北京设立国际研究中心。

• In July 2008 the university formed a Joint Research Center of Clean Sustainable Energy with Zhejiang University to pursue sustainable energy solutions for the Earth's energy problems.2008 年 7 月，学校与浙江大学共建清洁可持续能源联合研究中心，以探索应对地球能源问题的可持续方案。

• The university also runs the Lombardi Scholars, J. Wayne Reitz Scholars and Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars programmes, awarding 300 scholarships each year to first-generation, low-income students with an average family income of 18,408 dollars.学校还设有隆巴迪学者、J·韦恩·赖茨学者与梅琴佛罗里达机会学者等项目，每年向家庭平均收入 18,408 美元的第一代低收入学生发放 300 份奖学金。

• UF Health, the university's academic health system, runs two campuses and six health-related colleges with more than 7,000 students enrolled across them as of 2021.该校的学术医疗体系 UF Health 运营两个校区与六所健康相关学院，截至 2021 年共有 7,000 多名学生就读其间。

Campus

• The main campus covers more than 2,000 acres on the western side of Gainesville, a mid-sized city in north central Florida, and centres on the historic district.主校区位于佛罗里达州中北部中等城市盖恩斯维尔的西侧，占地超过 2,000 英亩，以历史街区为核心。

• Its best-known landmark is Century Tower, a 157-foot carillon tower begun in 1953 to mark the centenary of the university's origins and to memorialise students and alumni who died in the world wars.其最知名的地标是世纪塔，这座高 157 英尺的钟琴塔于 1953 年动工，既纪念大学渊源百年，也缅怀在两次世界大战中逝去的学生与校友。

• The University of Florida Campus Historic District comprises 19 buildings across about 650 acres, among them Buckman Hall, Thomas Hall, Sledd Hall, Century Tower and the University Auditorium.佛罗里达大学校园历史街区涵盖约 650 英亩内的 19 座建筑，包括巴克曼楼、托马斯楼、斯莱德楼、世纪塔与大学礼堂。

• The J. Wayne Reitz Union, the student union completed in 1967 and named for the university's fifth president, was reopened in 2016 after a renovation that added 138,000 square feet of space.以第五任校长命名的 J·韦恩·赖茨学生活动中心建成于 1967 年，2016 年在新增 138,000 平方英尺空间的改造后重新开放。

• The George A. Smathers Libraries form one of the largest university library systems in the United States, with more than 6 million print volumes, 1.5 million digital books, over 1,000 databases and about 150,000 journals.乔治·A·斯马瑟斯图书馆系统是美国最大的高校图书馆体系之一，拥有 600 多万册纸质图书、150 万种电子书、1,000 多个数据库与约 15 万种期刊。

• The Florida Museum of Natural History, chartered in 1891, and the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, opened in 1990 with more than 7,000 works, both stand on the campus.1891 年获特许设立的佛罗里达自然历史博物馆，与 1990 年开放、藏有 7,000 多件作品的塞缪尔·P·哈恩艺术博物馆，均坐落于校园内。

• The McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, opened in 2000, holds more than six million butterfly and moth specimens, one of the largest such collections in the world.2000 年开放的麦圭尔鳞翅目与生物多样性中心藏有 600 多万件蝴蝶与蛾类标本，是世界上同类收藏最大的机构之一。

• Performing arts venues include the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts of 1992, with a 1,700-seat hall, the University Auditorium with 843 seats and the Constans Theatre of 1967.校园演出场所包括 1992 年启用、拥有 1,700 座大厅的柯蒂斯·M·菲利普斯表演艺术中心，843 座的大学礼堂，以及 1967 年的康斯坦斯剧院。

• Athletic facilities include Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, seating 88,548 and known as The Swamp, and the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, a 10,133-seat arena completed in 1980.体育设施包括可容纳 88,548 人、俗称「沼泽」的史蒂夫·斯珀里尔-佛罗里达球场，以及 1980 年建成、有 10,133 个座位的斯蒂芬·C·奥康奈尔中心埃克萨泰克球馆。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings the University of Florida is placed tied at 228th in the world, and the university also reports a ranking in the top 30 of national universities in the United States.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，佛罗里达大学并列世界第 228，学校另自述其在美国全国性大学榜单中位列前 30。

• The 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings place the university 138th in the world, and the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities rank it tied at 105th.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列为世界第 138，2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名则将其列为并列第 105。

• The 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities does not list the university, while the 2021 U.S. News national table ranked it tied 28th among all national universities and tied fifth among public universities.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名未收录该校，而 2021 年 US News 全美榜单将其列为全国性大学并列第 28、公立大学并列第 5。

• Subject rankings place Florida's plant and animal science fourth in the world, pharmacology and toxicology 50th and environment and ecology 28th in the U.S. News global subject tables.学科排名方面，US News 全球学科榜将佛州的植物与动物科学列为世界第 4，药理学与毒理学第 50，环境与生态学第 28。

• OpenAlex attributes 376,240 works and 33,521,011 citations to the university, reflecting one of the very largest research outputs of any American public university.OpenAlex 为该校收录 376,240 篇成果与 33,521,011 次被引，反映出其科研产出在全美公立大学中位居最前列。

• The university has been affiliated with two Nobel laureates, a Fields Medalist, 13 Rhodes Scholars and three Marshall Scholars.该校先后与两位诺贝尔奖得主、一位菲尔兹奖得主、13 位罗德学者以及三位马歇尔学者相关联。

• Faculty honours include a Fields Medal and an Abel Prize in mathematics, an Albert Einstein Medal, a Sakurai Prize and several Special Breakthrough Prizes for contributions to the LIGO discovery of gravitational waves.教师荣誉包括数学领域的菲尔兹奖与阿贝尔奖、阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦奖章、樱井奖，以及多项因参与 LIGO 引力波发现而获的特别突破奖。

• Its intercollegiate teams, the Florida Gators, have won 49 national team championships, 44 of them NCAA titles, together with 143 Olympic medals including 69 golds as of 2021.其校际运动队「佛罗里达短吻鳄」共夺得 49 项全国团体冠军，其中 44 项为 NCAA 冠军，截至 2021 年累计获得 143 枚奥运奖牌、含 69 枚金牌。

• In the 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities the university was placed 86th globally on research output and faculty awards, and Washington Monthly ranked it 18th nationally in 2017.在 2018 年世界大学学术排名中，该校以科研产出与师资获奖为依据位列全球第 86，2017 年《华盛顿月刊》则将其列为全国第 18。

Student life

• The university's motto is the Latin phrase Civium in moribus rei publicae salus, meaning the welfare of the state depends upon the morals of its citizens, while the seal also bears the words In God We Trust.学校校训为拉丁语「Civium in moribus rei publicae salus」，意为「民众之德行乃兴邦立国之本」，校徽上还刻有「In God We Trust」。

• The alma mater was composed by Milton Yeats in 1925, and the student government was established in 1909, now operating on a 22.5 million dollar annual budget on behalf of nearly 60,000 students.校歌由米尔顿·叶茨于 1925 年谱成，学生会自 1909 年设立，如今以 2,250 万美元年度预算代表近 60,000 名学生运作。

• The university houses more than 9,200 students in residence halls on both sides of campus, and Greek life involves about 5,200 undergraduates, some 15 percent of the student body, in 25 fraternities and 18 sororities.学校在校园两侧的宿舍区为 9,200 多名学生提供住宿，希腊社团生活则有约 5,200 名本科生参与，约占学生总数的 15%，分属 25 个兄弟会与 18 个姐妹会。

• Dance Marathon at UF is an annual 26.2-hour event for the patients of UF Health Shands Children's Hospital that has raised more than 33 million dollars over 33 years, including a record 3,230,025 dollars in 2019.佛罗里达大学「舞蹈马拉松」是为 UF Health Shands 儿童医院患者举办的年度 26.2 小时活动，33 年间累计募得 3,300 多万美元，其中 2019 年创下 3,230,025 美元的纪录。

• The Independent Florida Alligator, the largest student-run newspaper in the United States, has been financially and editorially independent of the university since 1973 and circulates free daily on campus.《独立佛罗里达短吻鳄》是全美规模最大的学生自主运营报纸，自 1973 年起在经济与编辑上均独立于校方，并在校园内每日免费发放。

• Student media also include the WRUF radio stations and WUFT public radio and television, whose daily newscasts are produced by students at the Innovation News Center.学生媒体还包括 WRUF 电台以及 WUFT 公共广播与电视，其每日新闻节目由创新新闻中心的学生制作。

• The Reserve Officer Training Corps programme was officially founded in 1905 and is one of the oldest in the nation, commissioning officers for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force.预备军官训练团项目正式创立于 1905 年，是全国历史最悠久的同类项目之一，为陆军、海军、海军陆战队与空军培养军官。

• Recreational sports run two lakefront parks at Lake Wauburg, the 140,000-square-foot Southwest Recreation Center and an 81-acre wildlife sanctuary on campus.校内休闲体育设施包括沃伯格湖畔的两座临湖公园、占地 140,000 平方英尺的西南康体中心以及校园内一片 81 英亩的野生动物保护区。

Notable people

• James Nesbitt Anderson, the first dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, wrote the university's Latin motto, and Albert Murphree, the second president, built enrolment from under 200 to over 2,000.文理学院首任院长詹姆斯·内斯比特·安德森撰写了学校的拉丁文校训，第二任校长阿尔伯特·墨菲里则把在校生由不足 200 人扩充至 2,000 多人。

• Andrew Sledd, the first president of the University of the State of Florida, and John J. Tigert, the third president, shaped the university's early governance and athletics.佛罗里达州立大学首任校长安德鲁·斯莱德与第三任校长约翰·J·蒂格特，共同塑造了学校早期的治理与体育体制。

• Robert H. Grubbs, who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2005 for the metathesis method in organic synthesis, was a University of Florida alumnus.因有机合成中的复分解方法于 2005 年共同获得诺贝尔化学奖的罗伯特·H·格鲁布斯，是佛罗里达大学校友。

• Marshall Warren Nirenberg, a University of Florida graduate who won the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for describing the genetic code, is among the university's alumni.因阐明遗传密码而获得 1968 年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖的佛罗里达大学毕业生马歇尔·沃伦·尼伦伯格，是该校校友。

• John Griggs Thompson, a mathematician who won the Fields Medal in 1970 for his work on finite groups, was a faculty member at the university.因有限群研究于 1970 年获得菲尔兹奖的数学家约翰·格里格斯·汤普森，曾任该校教师。

• Marco Rubio, the United States Secretary of State from 2025 and a former U.S. Senator, and Bill Nelson, the former NASA administrator and U.S. Senator, are alumni of the university.2025 年起任美国国务卿、前联邦参议员的马尔科·鲁比奥，以及前美国宇航局局长、联邦参议员比尔·纳尔逊，均为该校校友。

• Kevin A. Ford, a NASA astronaut and former commander of the International Space Station, and Emmitt Smith, the Pro Football Hall of Famer, both graduated from the university.美国宇航局宇航员、国际空间站前指令长凯文·A·福特，以及入选职业橄榄球名人堂的埃米特·史密斯，均毕业于该校。

• Tim Tebow, a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback who led Florida to the 2006 and 2008 national championships, and Steve Spurrier, the Heisman winner and later championship coach, are among its football greats.曾获海斯曼奖并率队夺得 2006 与 2008 年全国冠军的四分卫蒂姆·蒂博，以及海斯曼奖得主、后任冠军教头的史蒂夫·斯珀里尔，都是该校橄榄球名宿。

• Robert Cade, a professor in the College of Medicine, led the team that invented the sports drink Gatorade for the Florida Gators football team in 1965 and 1966.医学院教授罗伯特·凯德领导团队于 1965 至 1966 年为佛罗里达短吻鳄橄榄球队研制出运动饮料「佳得乐」。

• Carol Browner, a former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and White House climate director, and Beverly Perdue, a former governor of North Carolina, are university alumnae.前美国环境保护署署长与白宫气候事务主管卡罗尔·布朗纳，以及北卡罗来纳州前州长贝弗利·珀杜，都是该校女性校友。