Rally in the Swamp trumps rain, Fuchs visits students
By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 23, 2015A little rain couldn’t keep UF students and President Kent Fuchs away from The Swamp on Sunday as the university got ready for the Fall football season.
A little rain couldn’t keep UF students and President Kent Fuchs away from The Swamp on Sunday as the university got ready for the Fall football season.
I am so pleased to welcome all our new students to the University of Florida. I consider myself a freshman and a member of your class, since I started at UF in January. You bring new energy to campus, enlivening the university after a productive and restful summer. I offer a special shout out to transfer students and new international students.
UF President Kent Fuchs’ goal-setting task force has finished its first task.
As a result of the Florida Legislature’s special session in June, the UF board of trustees Committee on Finance and Facilities made adjustments to several spending plans at their meeting Friday.
UF President Kent Fuchs said he drinks between five and 10 cups of coffee every day.
Winfred Phillips stood in front of about 100 students who wanted to have their voices heard Tuesday at UF’s Levin College of Law.
Twelve sunflowers, an orchid, a potted plant and a box.
If Bill Overholt doesn’t find $900,000 by July 1, he’ll be out of a job.
The UF Board of Trustees proposed a 10-year development plan to the Florida Legislature in hopes of receiving a $100 million grant.
These trees stand apart from the others.
UF professor Wesley Bolch will travel to Vienna, Austria, next month as an appointed member of the U.S. delegation to work with the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, or UNSCEAR.
UF Health celebrated its fifth year of the five-year Forward Together plan with an unveiling of the new five-year plan: the Power of Together.
A distinguished professor of English at UF has a reason to celebrate.
When I was an electrical engineering student, most of my classmates looked like me and thought like me. Companies have learned in recent decades that having a workforce that consists mostly of white male engineers narrows their perspective and limits their capacity to innovate. We have learned that organizations are more likely to be successful over the long term if their members contribute racial, cultural, gender, geographic and disciplinary breadth. Similarly, top universities increasingly have students and faculty who bring a rich tapestry of knowledge and understanding due to their different races, religions and numerous other areas of experience and perspective.
UF’s goals have been made a priority for a new university task force.
Ann Christiano is feeling the love from her students.
Jose Principe was in Singapore on sabbatical when he found out.
President Kent Fuchs asked UF’s Board of Trustees five questions to improve undergraduate education Friday before sharing his excitement over his ESPN Sports Center debut.
At a UF Board of Trustees committee meeting Thursday, members unanimously approved tenure for new hires and a raise in the cost of student living.
A new member of UF’s Board of Trustees has been appointed. But in order for that to mean anything, it’s important to know what the Board does.