UF to maintain spending despite lower investment returns
The ailing economy has caused UF to take new risks with its $1.25 billion endowment.
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The ailing economy has caused UF to take new risks with its $1.25 billion endowment.
Because of high costs, UF no longer plans to install two LCD screens that would have displayed a GPS map of bus locations.
At the request of Gov. Charlie Crist, UF President Bernie Machen said Thursday that UF will submit a budget proposal for the 2009-2010 school year that is 10 percent less than this year's budget.
Florida's Board of Governors has come one step closer to filling the shoes of outgoing Chancellor Mark Rosenberg.
Urban Meyer and Billy Donovan will flex their fundraising muscles this year for the sake of college affordability.
The parents of a 3-year-old who died from a chemical overdose at Shands at UF about a year ago were given a chance to present their case to the Florida Board of Pharmacy on Tuesday.
Although he was re-elected to his seat following last week's Student Government elections, Orange and Blue Party Sen. Ben Cavataro could lose his position in Student Senate..
Shands at UF has acquired a new weapon in its fight against heart disease, America's No. 1 killer.
The Student Government Election Commission began hearing the first dozen of about 50 election violation complaints Thursday night at the Reitz Union.
After a breakdown in negotiations, the two major Student Government political parties will not debate each other as planned.
Samantha Evans, who specializes in sexual health issues at the Student Health Care Clinic, said students are always surprised when she tells them how many students refrain from sex.
"It's keg, keg stand? Is that what it's called?" Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president of Student Affairs, asked as she began explaining in an interview on Sept. 24 why the phrase "keg tipping" was included in the proposed changes to UF's Student Honor and Conduct codes.
Academy Award-winning actor and Obama supporter Forest Whitaker took the stage in the Reitz Union's Grand Ballroom to a standing ovation and left it to another.
Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker will be on campus today to speak on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.
Perceived threats to off-campus keg stands have passed after amended revisions to UF's Student Conduct and Honor codes were approved by the Board of Trustees in a 15-minute conference call Wednesday.
Sen. Barack Obama may not have Sen. John McCain's military experience, but he has the right judgment when it comes to foreign policy, said Richard Clarke, former terrorism adviser in President Bill Clinton's administration, in a Tuesday visit to UF.
Revisions to UF's Student Honor and Student Conduct codes are one step closer to being fully approved Monday following approval from a committee of the Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustee's Educational Policy and Strategy Committee unanimously passed revisions to UF's Student Honor and Conduct codes today.
Members of the Orange and Blue Party, who have made controversial revisions to UF's Student Conduct Code a major part of its agenda in recent weeks, said they are happy with the final version of the changes, which were released Thursday.
UF's grading system, which is being changed to include minus grades, will premier a semester later than planned.