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Summer classes safe from budget cuts
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Jan. 17, 2008Summer classes will not be canceled this year, UF President Bernie Machen announced at a Faculty Senate meeting Thursday.
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Cuban travel ban challenged
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Jan. 17, 2008A Florida law restricting travel to countries dubbed "terrorist states" has limited the ability of state universities, including UF, to study and conduct research in Cuba.
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Crist won't hike tuition
By KIM WILMATH | Jan. 17, 2008In his new education budget proposal released Thursday, Gov. Charlie Crist suggested that state universities and community colleges get a nearly $5.5 billion chunk of state funds in 2008-2009, but he proposed no tuition increase.
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Slashed funds result in fewer Merit students
By KIM WILMATH | Jan. 16, 2008UF has lost some of its bragging rights among top-tier universities, though a university official said Wednesday that it's nothing to worry about.
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Car pool opens to students
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Jan. 16, 2008Whether you want to catch extra sleep on the ride to school, find a buddy to keep you company during a long drive home or save gas on a road trip to a Gators game, GreenRide has the answer.
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UF emergency text-message system proves successful
By KATIE SANDERS | Jan. 15, 2008UF's first attempt to alert students about campus emergencies through text messaging was successful, university officials said Tuesday.
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Father of President Machen dies at 94
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Jan. 13, 2008Bernard Machen, the father of UF President Bernie Machen, died in Gainesville Wednesday after a long illness. He was 94.
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Budget cuts may cost UF summer classes
By LEANA MORALES | Jan. 10, 2008Following state funding cuts, UF students may have to take the summer off whether they like it or not.
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Machen's inbox flooded with anti-Kevorkian e-mails
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Jan. 10, 2008An upcoming speech at UF from Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who spent eight years in prison for assisting more than 130 suicides, has spurred about 1,000 e-mails to UF's administration in the past few days.
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Two new trustees appointed to UF board
By KIM WILMATH | Jan. 9, 2008Florida Gov. Charlie Crist appointed two new members to UF's highest governing body, the Board of Trustees, on Wednesday.
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UF to test texting alerts after LSU glitch
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Jan. 7, 2008Editor's Note:UF plans to test its text-messaging emergency notification system on Tuesday, Jan. 15.
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After Taser incident, committee recommends new public-forum guidelines
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Jan. 7, 2008The Committee on a Civil, Safe and Open Environment, created by UF President Machen after the September Tasering of UF student Andrew Meyer, has released a draft of recommendations to improve UF's public forum policies.
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Lawsuit to clear up tuition control tossed
By KIM WILMATH | Jan. 6, 2008Former Florida Gov. Bob Graham and the Board of Governors, the State University System?s highest governing body, now face a stumbling block in their fight for tuition-setting power.
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College of Engineering dean resigns after 6 years
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Jan. 6, 2008Pramod Khargonekar, the six-year dean of UF?s College of Engineering, announced his resignation Dec. 4.
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It's official: Wright is dean of College of Journalism and Communications
By <href="mailto:dswerdlow@alligator.org">DEBORAH SWERDLOW< | Jan. 6, 2008John Wright, who served as the interim dean of the UF College of Journalism and Communications for more than a year, was named the college?s permanent dean last month.
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UF Trustee Fernandez resigns
By KIM WILMATH | Jan. 6, 2008Editor's Note: Manny Fernandez resigned from the UF Board of Trustees on Dec. 6. We reported otherwise in Monday's Alligator.
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UF trustee steps down from post
By KIM WILMATH | Dec. 5, 2007Manny Fernandez, a UF trustee and former chairman of the university's top governing body, announced his resignation today.
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New life-science center to be built by 2010
By KIM WILMATH | Dec. 4, 2007UF will construct a new life-science center by the year 2010 to help make research more marketable, UF President Bernie Machen announced at a Friday meeting of UF's Board of Trustees.
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Universities plan for tuition increase
By KIM WILMATH | Dec. 3, 2007The 5 percent tuition increase going into effect this spring will leave the State University System ,9.5 million richer, but each of Florida's 11 universities has different plans for spending its share.
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SDS presents investment plan to officials
By KIM WILMATH | Dec. 3, 2007Members of UF's Investment Committee told UF protesters Monday they were open to suggestions about socially responsible investing.
