UF President Ben Sasse will join Mayor Lenny Curry for an announcement that might cover education related to technology in finance and medical fields.
and a second hospital on the Northside. Those UF hospitals are part of a health care network in Jacksonville that includes Mayo Clinic, Baptist Medical Center with the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside Hospital and Memorial Hospital.
In the sphere of financial services and technology, known as FinTech, Jacksonville officials have talked in the past with UF about the university putting a FinTech campus in the city where FinTech is a driving force behind job growth., which is the world's largest FinTech company by revenue, according to JAX Chamber. Other Jacksonville-based companies that use technology in their operations include Black Knight, Deutsche Bank, SS&C Technologies, SoFi and Dun & Broadstreet.
Last year, the state Legislature supported $100 million for a UF technology campus in West Palm Beach in South Florida. In that case, private contributions and contribution of land were part of the mix for UF agreeing to establish the campus.state would put $3.