Editor's Note: There are currently 8,000 Peace Corps volunteers serving. We reported otherwise in Tuesday's Alligator.
Job seekers on campus can meet with potential employers at the O'Connell Center today and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the UF Career Resource Center's Career Showcase.
UF officials said they are studying the proposed changes to the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and have not yet decided whether they would support them.
During her study abroad program last summer, Anne Lesser trekked through Europe, studied at the University of Cambridge in England and landed in debt.
A state senator has proposed a bill to base financial awards from the Bright Futures scholarship program on students' majors.
UF's official food service provider, Gator Dining Services, has kicked up its efforts to go green with three new sustainability initiatives.
A national study has revealed UF as one of 76 universities with more than $1 billion in endowment assets, leading some U.S. senators to clamor for the institutions to set more money aside for financial aid.
A member of UF's Board of Trustees was named president of the Orange Bowl Committee on Wednesday.
The University Police Department is looking for a man who was spotted exposing his sexual organs last week in the UF Education Library at Norman Hall.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain canceled a UF "Get Out the Vote" rally scheduled for the Florida Gym on Sunday, only two days before Florida's crucial Republican primary.
Jhamil Mosquera looked at the girls in bikini pictured in the showcase program and knew he would enjoy the show.
Beginning Tuesday, faculty, staff and students will have a chance to join Walking Gators, a Healthy Gators 2010 program consisting of walking routes throughout campus.
A UF organization dedicated to raising awareness about global development will hold a gala at 7 p.m. tonight in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom.
Students now have a different way to beat rival universities: recycling.
UF President Bernie Machen pitched Florida Tomorrow, UF's newest capital campaign, to an audience of about 450 on Thursday night in Miami.
Pramod Khargonekar, the outgoing dean in UF's College of Engineering, is one of three finalists for the position of provost at the University of Arizona.
Most college students realize that stress and anxiety can take a toll on their nerves. What they might not realize is that it's also taking a toll on their hearts.
University Police is the first department in the nation to achieve "Triple Crown" status after receiving accreditation on international, state, and university levels.
TALLAHASSEE - In an unplanned move at its meeting Thursday, the Florida Board of Governors approved an 8 percent tuition increase for Florida's 11 state universities next year.
UF Student Government will sell old UF yearbooks next week to benefit the Institute of Black Culture and the Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures, known as La Casita.
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