One of the finalists for UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean position will meet students, faculty and staff on campus today and Wednesday.
Students for a Democratic Society is one step closer to creating more transparent investing at UF after a majority of students approved the group's referendum in last week's Student Government elections.
State Sen. Mike Haridopolos, who was recently hired as a UF lecturer, told UF officials that he was working on his doctoral degree at the University of Arkansas, but Arkansas officials said he hasn't been since 2000.
YULEE - UF's highest-ranking officials met Thursday to discuss ways to slash $50 million from UF's budget - an amount UF President Bernie Machen said UF should aim to cut next year to make up for legislative funding shortfalls.
Editor's Note: The state Board of Education does not oversee the Board of Governors.
UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences could implement a multi-year hiring freeze and eliminate its critical-tracking program if it heeds the budget-cutting recommendations of the college's Faculty Finance Committee.
Some students don T-shirts proclaiming Gainesville a "drinking town with a football problem." But to a group of UF students, drinking is no joke.
Colleges at UF may start assessing students' learning so prospective employers have a better understanding of graduates' preparation in their intended field.
To appease students, faculty and staff who may have questioned UF's hiring of state Sen. Mike Haridopolos as a lecturer, a former state representative proposed Tuesday to pay for Haridopolos' UF salary with private money.
To set the record straight about the budget situation, UF created a frequently asked questions page on its Web site on Monday.
UF began charging students and former students for transcripts Monday, and though university officials said things went smoothly, some students were still left grumbling.
A Florida senator will teach at UF and help students find government internships, but the recent hire has raised some questions among faculty.
Following statewide budget cuts, UF canceled its annual lobbying day, known as Gator Day, at the Capitol.
The UF Dean of Students Office revealed "When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century" as the book incoming freshmen must read as part of the second year of UF's Common Reading Program.
Editor's Note: UF Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian Aungst was not contacted for this story.
To comply with requests from the Board of Governors to stifle enrollment for the fall, UF may be left with only one option: cutting transfer students. And that news did not sit well across town at SFCC.
UF's budget situation got brighter Thursday, at least for the near future.
Two in-house candidates are out of the running for the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean position.
The director of UF's Office of Sorority and Fraternity Affairs stepped down Feb. 13 in an unusually quick fashion.
Another candidate has dropped out of the search for a UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean.
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