Eric Barron, president of Florida State University, and UF President Bernie Machen speak before the higher education committee of the Florida House of Representatives on Friday morning.
UF President Bernie Machen will join the Florida House of Representatives' education committee today in Tallahassee to discuss issues affecting Florida's state universities.
Since fall classes ended Dec. 7, UF has used its emergency alert system on two occasions. Both times, the administration was pleased with how quickly text messages were sent to students and employees.
Asserting financial independence was a major theme of President Bernie Machen's strategic discussion at UF's Board of Trustees meeting Friday.
With a gallery of administrators, protesters and Student Government officials present, the UF Board of Trustees met Thursday to address issues ranging from new student fees to the proposed Reitz Union renovation.
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A new proposed fee for undergraduates and the elimination of payout for unused sick leave to university employees highlight topics that will be addressed at today's UF Board of Trustees meeting.
The Gator Student Alliance is being formed to combat one issue all students face: tuition hikes.
M. Jack Ohanian, former associate dean for research and administration and a professor of nuclear engineering at UF, died Monday.
At the age of 48, John Kaplan was a Pulitzer-Prize winning photojournalist, a father of two and a journalism professor at UF. At the same age, he became a cancer patient.
What do the Florida legislature, the Board of Trustees and Student Government have in common?
Students and faculty may soon look down the hill on Newell Drive to see the Health Science Center's equivalent of Century Tower.
Linzi Sheppard, 22, is a fifth-year agricultural education and communication senior.
Shouts echoed across campus Friday as about 30 members of the Gainesville chapter of Students for a Democratic Society held a protest against UF's 15-percent tuition hike.
A UF music professor was fired in January for allegedly forcing a kiss upon a female student during a private lesson, and an arbitrator recently declared the decision to fire him sound after hearing an appeal from the United Faculty of Florida.
The Gainesville chapter of Students for a Democratic Society will march to Tigert Hall this morning to protest the 15 percent tuition increase passed in June by UF's Board of Trustees.
Gerald Kish was a movie buff, a sci-fi enthusiast and the guy picked first for trivia teams.
During Tuesday morning's Board of Trustees conference call, UF Provost Joe Glover said the recent jump in graduation rates gave the administration reason to reconsider the measure.
A UF materials engineering professor who suffered a heart attack is in stable condition thanks to two students.
On the five-year anniversary of 9/11, UF assistant theater professor Tim Altmeyer stood at Ground Zero, no microphone in hand, reciting short stories about those who fell during the 2001 attacks.
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