Former UF professor sentenced to six months in prison for fraud
By Emily Morrow | Nov. 30, 2011Editor's note: The headline for this article has been updated to reflect a correction.
Editor's note: The headline for this article has been updated to reflect a correction.
A new proposed fee for undergraduates and the elimination of payout for unused sick leave to university employees highlight topics that will be addressed at today's UF Board of Trustees meeting.
M. Jack Ohanian, former associate dean for research and administration and a professor of nuclear engineering at UF, died Monday.
At the age of 48, John Kaplan was a Pulitzer-Prize winning photojournalist, a father of two and a journalism professor at UF. At the same age, he became a cancer patient.
What do the Florida legislature, the Board of Trustees and Student Government have in common?
Students and faculty may soon look down the hill on Newell Drive to see the Health Science Center's equivalent of Century Tower.
Linzi Sheppard, 22, is a fifth-year agricultural education and communication senior.
Shouts echoed across campus Friday as about 30 members of the Gainesville chapter of Students for a Democratic Society held a protest against UF's 15-percent tuition hike.
A UF music professor was fired in January for allegedly forcing a kiss upon a female student during a private lesson, and an arbitrator recently declared the decision to fire him sound after hearing an appeal from the United Faculty of Florida.
The Gainesville chapter of Students for a Democratic Society will march to Tigert Hall this morning to protest the 15 percent tuition increase passed in June by UF's Board of Trustees.
Gerald Kish was a movie buff, a sci-fi enthusiast and the guy picked first for trivia teams.
During Tuesday morning's Board of Trustees conference call, UF Provost Joe Glover said the recent jump in graduation rates gave the administration reason to reconsider the measure.
A UF materials engineering professor who suffered a heart attack is in stable condition thanks to two students.
On the five-year anniversary of 9/11, UF assistant theater professor Tim Altmeyer stood at Ground Zero, no microphone in hand, reciting short stories about those who fell during the 2001 attacks.
A focus on graduate education highlighted UF President Bernie Machen's State of the University address Thursday.
For the the third straight year, the cost of tuition for UF students is increasing by 15 percent this fall.
"For better or for worse," he boomed, when all the shuffling and seat-swapping subsided, "this is my swan song."
Before the first time UF jazz professor Scott Wilson visited the home of Earth, Wind and Fire keyboardist Larry Dunn, he had never seen a Grammy Award.
Islamophobia brought Stephen Sheehi to speak at the Civic Media Center on Saturday.
Three baby squid aboard the space shuttle Endeavor had 24 hours to enjoy outer space before they - and the experiment they were a part of - were terminated.