UF's nascent Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies is on its way to obtaining official status and developing a league with other universities to share resources and facilities. The center is opening a reading room this month in Dauer Hall with rare book collections and materials. Read the complete story on page 6. Image: Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Effects of Good Government on the City Life (detail), 1338-40, Fresco, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena.

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