Planetarium to host out-of-this-world daytime shows
By LONI CHASE | Dec. 7, 2009Throughout finals week, Santa Fe College students will be able to kick back and gaze at the stars between exams.
Throughout finals week, Santa Fe College students will be able to kick back and gaze at the stars between exams.
The 22-year-old telecommunications senior, who died Nov. 30 from cystic fibrosis, cracked jokes with classmates, served as a foster parent for animals and raised awareness for the disease that slowly took her life.
Members of Graduate Assistants United, a union that represents UF’s graduate assistants, are planning to speak at a the Board of Trustees meeting Friday. They will protest the addition of another fee to a growing list of student fees.
UF’s Intelligent Machines Design Laboratory students demonstrated their final projects at Monday’s Robot Demo Day at the Engineering Building, showing how college students with modest budgets can breathe life into metal and circuitry.
Harold Rocha trudged up 193 stairsteps to the top of Century Tower.
When Will Albury raps, he doesn’t talk about having loads of cash or driving lavish cars — he represents the orange and blue.
An estimated 15,000 people took a break from football to peruse the more than 200 booths at Craft Festival 2009 in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center on Saturday and Sunday.
UF’s CPR & Safety Training Center is offering an instructional session on CPR to cap off the end of fall semester.
Racquet Club Dining Center diners evacuated Friday after a fire alarm went off.
The concert attracted a crowd of about 5,000 who stopped by throughout the cold, rainy night. Student Government Productions brought the musicians to UF for a total cost of $75,000.
A new tool developed by a UF researcher could revolutionize cancer treatment and allow for much earlier detection of tumors.
Students with a homework assignment to organize a protest did just that Thursday afternoon on Turlington Plaza, choosing to demonstrate against escalating education costs.
Members of the UF chapter of Habitat for Humanity held their third annual Candy House Building Competition Thursday afternoon on the Reitz Union North Lawn.
The George A. Smathers libraries received donations ranging from 25 cents to $100 every time the Gators scored a touchdown in the regular season.
The UF women’s lacrosse team facilities were on display as head coach Amanda O’Leary gave a tour of the new facilities to the Academic & Professional Assembly Thursday afternoon.
A ceremony was held Wednesday morning to recognize lobby renovations that began in August. The interior was re-painted and new lighting was installed.
A UF telecommunications student with cystic fibrosis died Monday.
The film, “The Philosopher Kings,” follows a custodian at the Florida Museum of Natural History, and seven other custodians from universities across the nation as they tell their stories, showing audiences that wisdom can come from more than just textbooks and teachers.
Senators mixed talks of funding, food and global politics at Tuesday night’s Senate meeting.
Starting Sunday, Library West and Marston Science Library will stay open until 4 a.m.