{"id":17296,"date":"2015-10-12T10:46:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T14:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/?p=17296"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:33:12","slug":"50-million-wertheim-donation-kickstarts-new-future-for-college-of-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/news\/stories\/50-million-wertheim-donation-kickstarts-new-future-for-college-of-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"$50 Million Wertheim Donation Kickstarts New Future for College of Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This coverage originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wuft.org\/news\/2015\/10\/01\/wertheim-donation\/\">WUFT.org<\/a>, UF&#8217;s student produced newscast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/vimeo.com\/141218352<\/p>\n<p><em>Video story by Tonia Borsellino, WUFT<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A $50 million donation is paving the way for a new generation of engineers at the University of Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation donated the money to kick off a $300 million funding project taking place over the next five\u00a0years. 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