UF starts campaign in Miami
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Jan. 24, 2008UF President Bernie Machen pitched Florida Tomorrow, UF's newest capital campaign, to an audience of about 450 on Thursday night in Miami.
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.
Most college students realize that stress and anxiety can take a toll on their nerves. What they might not realize is that it's also taking a toll on their hearts.
University Police is the first department in the nation to achieve "Triple Crown" status after receiving accreditation on international, state, and university levels.
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 Student Government will sell old UF yearbooks next week to benefit the Institute of Black Culture and the Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures, known as La Casita.
A new Web site created by a UF freshman aims to help students navigate their most-visited UF sites by grouping links on one customized Gators home page.
Local LifeSouth Community Blood Centers collected about 100 more donations than expected for their local blood drive, helping to ease the pressure of a recent blood shortage.
UF may have to limit the number of incoming freshman next fall if statewide recommendations are passed.
Flashing sparks and clanking swords attracted about 200 people to a scene typical of the Middle Ages on the Plaza of the Americas on Wednesday afternoon.
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 and Shands HealthCare announced a new partnership with the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center on Wednesday.
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.
In 26 years, Eric Gold ran a half marathon, raced up 94 flights of stairs for charity, patrolled the waters at a children's diabetes camp, started his own photography business and interned in a U.S. Attorney's Office.
UF quarterback Tim Tebow's collection of honors and awards grew with the addition of a Student Senate resolution passed Tuesday night.
In recognition of UF's sexual awareness month, about 50 people equipped with red blinking reflectors walked, jogged and sprinted around the UF campus Tuesday night for the fifth annual Take Back the Night Safety Walk.
UF's weeklong celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. came to a close Tuesday evening with a candlelight vigil.
UF Crew members are ready to get their feet wet after more than a month of dry-land training.
UF's Food Science and Human Nutrition Department held its annual Successful Ice Cream Retailing workshop Friday through Monday for ice cream entrepreneurs.
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.