Journalism college announces unique public relations chair
By ELIZABETH LEVA | May 14, 2008A new position, the first of its kind in the United States, will soon come to the UF College of Journalism and Communications.
A new position, the first of its kind in the United States, will soon come to the UF College of Journalism and Communications.
To meet its share of a $47 million budget cut, UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will reduce its foreign language offerings, lay off more than 30 faculty and staff and eliminate three Ph.D. programs.
The dean of UF's College of Medicine has apologized for divisive comments he made after his decision to overrule the admissions committee became public more than a month ago.
UF President Bernie Machen announced long-awaited and already controversial plans to slash the university¿s budget by $47 million to cope with state revenue shortfalls last week.
Joseph Glover, interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will become UF's provost on July 1.
UF President Bernie Machen announced on Monday long-awaited plans to slash the university's budget by $47 million.
UF officials announced Friday that Joe Glover, interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will become UF's provost starting in July.
UF officials announced Friday that Joe Glover, interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will become UF's provost starting in July.
UF President Bernie Machen announced on Monday long-awaited plans to slash the university's budget by $47 million.
UF officials announced Friday that Joe Glover, interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will become UF's provost starting in July.
UF President Bernie Machen announced on Monday long-awaited plans to slash the university's budget by $47 million.
On Tuesday, UF President Bernie Machen accepted the recommendations from a committee created after University Police officers Tasered a UF student at a campus speech.
As the UF community braces for the announcement of long-anticipated budget cuts, officials have confirmed that despite UF's efforts, some faculty and staff won't have jobs at the university next year.
Equipment-use fees that UF piloted this semester in four colleges will be made available across the university this fall as part of a larger effort to generate funds in light of major budget cuts.
At the beginning of the fall, all it took was two clicks from UF's home page to call up your favorite UF trustee and ask him or her your burning question. But not today.
UF Provost Janie Fouke, who announced her resignation from her post about a month ago, has been selected as one of six public candidates for the chancellor position at Louisiana State University.
A UF council made recommendations to clean up a textbook-royalty policy for UF faculty members who assign books they authored in courses they teach.
In reaction to the UF College of Medicine controversy over who has the final authority to admit medical school applicants, the college's Faculty Council has formed a subcommittee to better define the admissions process.
A UF official is calling for a review of the College of Medicine's dean's decision to admit a student over the objections of the selections committee and after he reportedly had not taken the standardized medical admissions examination.
After a search complicated by budget cuts and administrative changes, Paul D'Anieri, an associate dean from the University of Kansas, was selected as the new dean for UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.