Political donations reveal trustees' party affiliations
Oct. 1, 2008Their crucial decisions on UF affairs may be a mystery to some students, but the power and influence of the 13 men and women who sit on the UF Board of Trustees is no secret.
Their crucial decisions on UF affairs may be a mystery to some students, but the power and influence of the 13 men and women who sit on the UF Board of Trustees is no secret.
While next week's Student Government election creeps closer, SG records show that parties are still doling out hundreds of dollars for campaigning materials.
A resolution supporting a proposed annexation of the area surrounding Southwest 20th Avenue passed unanimously at Tuesday night's Student Senate meeting.
UF College of Medicine professor James William Doyle is not only remembered as a successful educator and doctor of ophthalmology, but also as an amateur comedian.
Take a tour through the nose. Walk, climb, slide and crawl through the digestive system. Enter through a giant mouth into the "grossest" exhibit of the human body.
A UF sophomore hopes to win a triple-word score with a new club on campus.
For Cuban-American hip-hop artist Pitbull, Hispanic Heritage Month is about struggling to succeed - a concept he said he learned from his grandmother who was a part of the Cuban Revolution.
An associate professor of ophthalmology at UF's College of Medicine died Wednesday at Haven Hospice in Gainesville.
Academy Award-winning actor and Obama supporter Forest Whitaker took the stage in the Reitz Union's Grand Ballroom to a standing ovation and left it to another.
Before Ole Miss hit the Swamp on Saturday, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain took the stage in the Rebels' territory at the University of Mississippi for their first presidential debate.
About 1,100 people packed the Phillips Center on Sunday evening to see 50 women and 15 men compete for six places on UF's homecoming court.
Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker will be on campus today to speak on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.
A recent study found that feeling burned out may be associated with increased suicidal thoughts among students in medical school.
The Gator Party released its platform Thursday, featuring plans to improve UF's environmental efforts and student representation and safety.
The grades are in, and according to the 2009 College Sustainability Report Card, UF's eco-friendly efforts are above average, though its score in endowment transparency remains low.
TAMPA - UF may have found another way to jump-start stalled construction projects after some members of the Board of Governors expressed support Thursday for giving universities greater flexibility in using state money.
An online petition pushing for UF's Center for Autism and Related Disabilities, or CARD, in Jacksonville to be reassigned to another university has gained momentum this week.
A Titusville police officer is being investigated by University Police on charges of stalking a UF student.
The scent of steaming chicken and rice filled the air Thursday night as about 200 people gathered in the O'Connell Center for Iftar, a nightly meal to break fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Rick Atkinson brings dead people back to life - in books, that is.