
This text message from Aug. 13, 2021, shows the chairman of the University of Florida board of trustees, Morteza “Mori” Hosseini, communicating with the university’s president, Kent Fuchs, about reports surfacing that at least some colleges on the main campus were preparing to move all their classes online for the first three weeks of the fall semester. Hosseini has been under scrutiny over questions about his role and relationship with Gov. Ron DeSantis in politically tinged decisions affecting the school. The text was turned over under Florida’s public records law. (Fresh Take Florida/University of Florida)