The possibility of a $5.3 million budget cut next year has caused the dean of UF's College of Engineering to consider replacing the phone lines with magicJack, the inexpensive Internet phone system famous for its late night infomercials.
When a new parking garage goes up on UF's campus, the price of parking decals will likely also rise.
Students will have the chance to vote on three referendum questions and one initiative on today's Student Government ballot.
Winning student votes doesn't come cheap. Parties spent a pretty penny this election season, with the majority of funds spent on T-shirts. The rest went toward campaign materials, such as fliers and stickers.
Budget cuts at UF? Not if Gov. Charlie Crist's budget passes the state Legislature.
As Lake Wauburg glistened in the morning sun, a faint fire flickered in the nearby Cypress Lodge's stone fireplace and a breakfast spread including smoked salmon and maple pecan pastries sat partially eaten, UF's Board of Trustees, the university's highest governing body, got down to the gritty business of budget cuts.
Gov. Charlie Crist unveiled his $66.5 billion budget proposal for the 2009-2010 fiscal year on Friday.
About 80 UF students and faculty members marched through campus on Friday in protest of the Charter to Amendment 1, which would legalize discrimination based on sexual orientation. Protesters presented a letter for UF President Bernie Machen, in hopes of gaining administrative support for their cause.
Lisa Sawicki had never pulled an all-nighter until this weekend when she spent 24 hours riding a stationary bike.
Doctors prescribing Warfarin, a blood-thinning medication, will now be able to use genetic testing as a means of estimating the initial dosage size for their patients.
Although construction began in December, about 90 people attended the official groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday for William R. Hough Hall, a $23 million building being constructed for graduate business students at UF.
Hopeful artists must first garner a following before attracting a record label in today's music climate, said an attorney and musician at a conference Saturday.
A woman was arrested Wednesday night after she hit another woman with her car in a UF parking garage.
UF's Board of Trustees is taking a staycation this year due to budget cuts.
An intruder gained access to files containing the personal information, including Social Security numbers, of more than 97,200 UF students, faculty and staff who used the Grove computer system from 1996 to 2009, UF announced Thursday.
UF's authority to change the agreement under which faculty are hired without their consent was questioned Thursday in a six-hour arbitration hearing.
UF could rake in hundreds of millions of dollars from the $787 billion stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday but, then again, the number could be much lower.
Fall tuition at UF could increase by as much as 15 percent if a bill unanimously approved by a Florida State Legislature committee passes.
About 75 people attended the last debate before Student Government elections on Feb. 24 and 25 at the UF Hillel.
The Reitz Union Board will hold free showings of an NC-17 rated film starting on Sunday, a move that received a mild response from UF President Bernie Machen.
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