UF to renew 10–year food service contract with Aramark
By THOMAS STEWART | June 16, 2008University officials plan to give the manager of UF's culinary kingdom control of campus food services for 10 more years starting July 2009.
University officials plan to give the manager of UF's culinary kingdom control of campus food services for 10 more years starting July 2009.
After announcing in March that he intended to resign, Dr. Douglas Barrett has agreed to stay on as UF's senior vice president for health affairs for at least one more year or until a replacement is found.
The Gator Nation has a new leader.
Beginning this fall, UF's Levin College of Law will be the first in the country to offer a master's degree focused on environmental and land use law.
After spending 43 years devoted to media rights, a prominent fighter for freedom of information and longtime UF professor will retire on June 30.
The Board of Trustees, UF's highest governing body, will discuss and vote on a 15 percent tuition hike during its meetings today and Friday.
A UF professor is working toward developing the mothership of science-fiction aficionados' dreams: a real flying saucer.
Academics from across the globe began a six-week program Monday to learn about U.S. foreign policy at UF with the help of a grant from the U.S. Department of State.
UF officials mailed letters to more than 11,000 current and former students of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Tuesday to inform them that their private information, including Social Security numbers, was posted online and may have been accessible to the public.
The UF Student Senate unanimously passed a bill at Tuesday's meeting extending the full support of the student body to the victims of the earthquake that occurred one month ago today in Sichuan, China.
South Korean students and families gathered on campus for an unconventional demonstration Tuesday night to show support for a national movement aiming to spark a change in the South Korean government.
A new UF study suggests that just visiting coastal regions of North Carolina, South Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia may increase the risk of dying from a stroke.
Dr. Michael L. Good was named the College of Medicine's interim dean Friday afternoon, less than a month after becoming acting dean following the demotion of Dr. Bruce Kone.
Five local women, including several UF students, auditioned for the Atlanta Hawks' NBA franchise dance team Saturday in the Reitz Union.
By the time Summer B classes begin, UF students should be able to enjoy a newly renovated Florida Pool.
Construction is under way on a new pumping station that will conserve and reuse water on UF's campus by October.
Mosquitoes suck, and new UF research may soon produce several improved repellents to keep the pests away more than twice as long as the industry's leading repellent, DEET.
Only two years after a $30-million makeover, Library West administrators have realized some of the building's floors cannot handle the pressure of being a campus hotspot.
The advent of the six-month hurricane season arrived Sunday, captivating the attention of UF weather experts and emergency officials.
The Center for Student Involvement and the Office of Student Activities are merging to create the Center for Student Activities and Involvement.