UF receives $1.7m in performance funding from government
By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Oct. 14, 2013UF was awarded roughly $1.7 million last week after the Board of Governors authorized the release of Florida’s performance funding.
UF was awarded roughly $1.7 million last week after the Board of Governors authorized the release of Florida’s performance funding.
The Alachua County Fire Rescue reopened Fire Station 19 on Friday after remedying a mold issue.
A resident’s recent complaint about plumbing at the Village Crossing apartment complex could point to larger issues of enforcing law and lease agreements at properties.
David Coleman was named the new president of the College Board last summer and, thanks to him, the board is debuting a reconstructed SAT in 2015. The SAT has long been a poor excuse for a college-readiness exam. This is especially true of the essay section, which came under heavy fire at a September press conference filled with high school and university faculty from across the country. They told Coleman in no uncertain terms how detrimental the essay portion has become for students. For the first time, the College Board is listening.
Many would consider America to be one of the most religious countries on Earth.
DreamWorks CEO Stacey Snider talked to The Atlantic yesterday in a video segment titled “Advice to a Younger Me” about her climb from an entry-level position in the entertainment industry to chairwoman of Universal Pictures to her current position as CEO.
Matt Jones is out for the season after suffering a torn meniscus in his left knee during the first half of Florida’s 17-6 loss to LSU on Saturday.
Although forward DeVon Walker has impressed Billy Donovan in practice, the Florida coach has not ruled out redshirting Walker this season because of UF’s frontcourt depth.
Katie Mitchell had the best day of her career for the No. 21 Florida women’s golf team in the final round of the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Sunday.
UF and Santa Fe College students can now find out if a registered sex offender or predator is at their school with the release of a new online database on Florida’s Sex Offender Registry.
Chomsky is coming.
Under Mary Wise’s tenure as coach, the Gators have lost to the Bulldogs only once.
“The worst thing a Latino parent can have is a gay child.”
On Tuesday, Turlington Plaza will once again become a center for controversy.
Savannah Jordan has a knack for making game-changing plays.
Sixteen proposals have been chosen for the first $15 million round of UF’s preeminence funding after a month-long selection process.
Florida finished on top Sunday on the final day of the Bedford Cup at the Ring Tennis Complex.
About 80 people gathered Saturday at the University Auditorium for a memorial service for Christian Aguilar, where UF representatives awarded him a posthumous degree and his family announced the release of a new search-and-rescue app.
In perfect unison with those around her, Lauren Eisenschenk marched onto the field under the cloudless blue sky. Small puffs of dust rose from the ground with each step. She lifted her mellophone to her lips, and she was ready.
Due to the government shutdown, UF has about two months until it must begin making tough choices about how to fund federally supported research.