Venturing into political waters again, UF President Bernie Machen announced his support Friday for George LeMieux, Gov. Charlie Crist's pick to replace Mel Martinez in the U.S. Senate.
Just over a week after UF sent notices to many of the 60 employees being laid off, UF President Bernie Machen announced an initiative to use $10 million in stimulus money to hire up to 100 new faculty this year.
He knows it could come back to haunt him, but he's willing to take that chance.
UF President Bernie Machen's trip to Indonesia later this month is still on the schedule despite Friday's attacks at two luxury hotels in the country's capital of Jakarta.
Bruce Kone, former dean of UF/s College of Medicine, will receive $517,000 over the next three years as part of a resignation settlement that went into effect this month.
In the first of what will likely be many meetings, UF President Bernie Machen discussed student safety with the owner and general manager of The Jacksonville Landing on Friday.
A visit to Indonesia by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in March has spurred UF President Bernie Machen and other university heads to travel there to foster relationships with their universities.
If UF officials have their way, it may be a little harder to get drunk at the next Florida-Georgia football showdown, which has been held in Jacksonville since 1933.
The College of Engineering announced a new dean on Monday - the first female dean in the history of the college.
Get ready to open your wallets.
UF's researchers haven't been shy about asking for stimulus funds for their projects.
UF president Bernie Machen is in Jacksonville this morning talking about ways to improve safety at the annual Florida-Georgia football game held in River City.
It took a while, but UF finally has an official Twitter account.
While UF is braced for $42.2 million in budget cuts, it's also been raising money - about $62 million in private donations since the beginning of January. And to top it off, UF's endowment has finally posted gains.
Students will likely pay about 16 percent more for classes this fall after UF's Board of Trustees approved the increases at Friday's meeting.
UF has named a new senior vice president for health affairs and president for the UF&Shands Health System.
Some UF students could see tuition increase by almost 16 percent beginning in the fall, and most of that increase wouldn't be covered by Bright Futures.
UF's Board of Trustees, the university's highest governing body, voted unanimously to approve $42.2 million in budget cuts Tuesday.
UF's Board of Trustees, the university's highest governing body, voted unanimously to approve $42.2 million in budget cuts Tuesday.
UF will lay off 58 people and close four programs under its final budget cut plan, which was released Friday.
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