Report shows solid numbers for UF endowment fund
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 28, 2009A national report released Tuesday shows that UF's endowment has fared much better than those of other colleges and universities.
A national report released Tuesday shows that UF's endowment has fared much better than those of other colleges and universities.
For the second time in UF's history, a member of Student Government's executive branch will face getting the boot.
Stores on the UF campus stopped selling peanut butter products listed on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's voluntary recall list in connection with the salmonella outbreak caused by Peanut Corporation of America's tainted peanut butter and peanut paste, according to Lionel Dubay, UF's director of business services division.
Dr. Jay A. Levy, co-discoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), spoke to a packed auditorium Wednesday morning to present research on a protein produced by certain white blood cells that can interrupt the transmission of HIV.
Florida's Board of Governors will meet again today as part of a two-day session, addressing two topics that will center on saving students money, in the session's final day.
Several gallons of oil were spilled in front of Smathers Library early Tuesday morning.
While UF President Bernie Machen was able to let loose and lose the tie, his wife, Chris, complained she had to don a head scarf during the couple's excursion to Iran in November.
An upcoming student production of a Broadway musical could include a scene in which actors appear naked on stage.
After an 18-month legal battle with a Christian student group, UF will allow student organizations registered with the university to choose members and award leadership positions based on religion.
Ahmed Bedier hopes to tell the story of the more than 1,300 Palestinians who have died due to the recent conflict in Gaza.
Students caught breaking traffic laws while biking around campus might be able to skip out on a ticket in the future, if Student Senate has its way.
UF's International Center will host its Study Abroad Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Reitz Union Colonnade today and Wednesday.
After calling off the search for a new dean of UF's College of Engineering in March because of budgeting problems, UF formed a new committee earlier this month to try again.
The mystery is over.
Although 2009 arrived almost a month ago, more than 1,300 people packed the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday for another New Year's celebration.
Avid Barack Obama supporters since 2004, the Leslie family was finally able to see their hard work, and the work of millions of other Americans, pay off when they attended Barack Obama's Inauguration.
One college at UF used the creativity of its students last week to save between $1,000 and $2,500 in 10 hours.
A UF baseball player was arrested and charged with driving under the influence early Saturday morning after he was seen swerving into oncoming traffic on West University Avenue.
About 320 people attended a Friday memorial for Michelle Moses, 21, a fourth-year UF elementary education major who died over winter break while driving home to Mason, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati.