The University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) is the college for the liberal arts and sciences of the University of Florida, and the largest of the university's 16 academic colleges. Most core curriculum classes, 43 majors, and 47 minors are part of the college. The university reports that more than 700 faculty members teach at least 35,000 students each year, with more than 11,000 undergraduates pursuing a degree from the college and 1,500 graduate students are also attaining graduate degrees in the college.[2]
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was awarded $40 million in annual research expenditures in sponsored research for 2018.[7] Liberal Arts and Sciences researchers have been involved in groundbreaking research in a variety of disciplines. Their achievements include contributions of the algorithm and input optics for LIGO, which has detected several "chirps" of gravitational waves produced by colliding black holes. Other significant research includes Project Implicit, which studies implicit bias.[8] The college includes experts on pressing topics such as climate change.[9]
^"CLAS for Faculty/Staff". www.clas.ufl.edu. Archived from the original on 2005-05-14.
^"About us — Tea". Archived from the original on 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
^"University of Florida smashes research awards record with $837.6 million in fiscal year 2018". University of Florida. July 31, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
^"Measuring the implicit biases we may not even be aware of".
^"Hurricane Matthew's Destructive Storm Surges Hint at New Normal". 8 October 2016. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016.