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 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.
Though UF President Bernie Machen's endorsement of a presidential candidate was unusual for a leader in public higher education, university leaders said Wednesday it's not a big deal - just Machen's opinion.
UF may have to limit the number of incoming freshman next fall if statewide recommendations are passed.
UF officials are investigating why more than 4,400 students and faculty did not receive the first test of the university's emergency text-messaging system Jan. 15.
With less than six months to trim $16 million from UF's budget, UF officials said they are trying to avoid across-the-board cuts, but some programs may be scaled back or eliminated completely.
In an unusual move for a university president, UF President Bernie Machen publicly endorsed Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., this weekend for the 2008 presidential election.
A requirement for incoming students to receive meningitis and hepatitis B vaccines could become mandatory for all of Florida's public universities. UF already has a similar requirement in place.
Summer classes will not be canceled this year, UF President Bernie Machen announced at a Faculty Senate meeting Thursday.
In his new education budget proposal released Thursday, Gov. Charlie Crist suggested that state universities and community colleges get a nearly $5.5 billion chunk of state funds in 2008-2009, but he proposed no tuition increase.
A Florida law restricting travel to countries dubbed "terrorist states" has limited the ability of state universities, including UF, to study and conduct research in Cuba.
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UF has lost some of its bragging rights among top-tier universities, though a university official said Wednesday that it's nothing to worry about.
UF's first attempt to alert students about campus emergencies through text messaging was successful, university officials said Tuesday.
Bernard Machen, the father of UF President Bernie Machen, died in Gainesville Wednesday after a long illness. He was 94.
Following state funding cuts, UF students may have to take the summer off whether they like it or not.
An upcoming speech at UF from Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who spent eight years in prison for assisting more than 130 suicides, has spurred about 1,000 e-mails to UF's administration in the past few days.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist appointed two new members to UF's highest governing body, the Board of Trustees, on Wednesday.
Editor's Note:UF plans to test its text-messaging emergency notification system on Tuesday, Jan. 15.
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