UF President Bernie Machen announced a plan Friday to give faculty and staff small pay raises for the first time in two years.
UF administrators were warned to be prudent in their plans to use money from the university's endowment funds despite positive investment returns this year.
UF physics professor Darin Acosta spent last fall on sabbatical in Geneva, Switzerland - well, roughly 30 stories beneath Geneva, Switzerland.
UF President Bernie Machen predicted another round of budget cuts to come later this year during a question-and-answer session at UF's Student Senate meeting Tuesday.
University of South Carolina officials chose an in-house candidate as the university's new president over former UF Provost Janie Fouke on Friday.
UF Provost Joe Glover announced the appointment of a familiar UF face to a high-ranking position in the provost's office Monday.
Former UF Provost Janie Fouke was passed over for the presidency of the University of South Carolina in favor of an in-house contender.
Former UF Provost Janie Fouke is one of three candidates vying to become the next president of the University of South Carolina, the university's officials announced Wednesday.
When the Florida Board of Governors meets today, state university presidents and boards of trustees will pay close attention.
The Gator Nation has a new leader.
Gov. Charlie Crist reduced funding for statewide agencies by another 4 percent Thursday, but UF President Bernie Machen assured the Board of Trustees on Friday that the cut would not drain any more of UF's resources.
After announcing in March that he intended to resign, Dr. Douglas Barrett has agreed to stay on as UF's senior vice president for health affairs for at least one more year or until a replacement is found.
The Board of Trustees, UF's highest governing body, will discuss and vote on a 15 percent tuition hike during its meetings today and Friday.
Dr. Michael L. Good was named the College of Medicine's interim dean Friday afternoon, less than a month after becoming acting dean following the demotion of Dr. Bruce Kone.
A recent report reveals that UF had almost $131 million in unrestricted funds at the end of the 2007 fiscal year - none of which will be used to offset a $47 million budget crunch this July.
Dr. Bruce Kone was removed from his position as dean of UF's College of Medicine late Thursday afternoon, more than a month after his controversial decision to overrule a medical school admissions committee was made public.
Budget cuts are costing UF something more valuable than $47 million - the university's prominent faculty and staff members.
Members of UF's Faculty Senate called for greater input over decisions about faculty layoffs and department shake-ups during the Senate's Thursday meeting.
A new position, the first of its kind in the United States, will soon come to the UF College of Journalism and Communications.
UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences will face the largest monetary cuts of all UF colleges and administrative units next year, when it will lose $9.5 million and about 110 faculty and staff positions.
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