As the Florida legislative session starts today, many eyes will be on how lawmakers will shave the state budget down to $70 billion without compromising the quality of higher education.
Sometimes it pays to be green.
The windows blazed a reddish burnt orange, and 13-year-old Sadae Kasaoka stood in her bedroom and thought about how pretty the glass looked. An instant later, the blast pummeled her into the wall while shards of glass pierced her skin.
Five Russian teachers visited the UF campus and attended a beginner's Russian language class Thursday morning.
The root of UF's game-day alcohol problem stems from police negligence of the open-container law, UF researchers said at a presentation Thursday.
YULEE - UF's highest-ranking officials met Thursday to discuss ways to slash $50 million from UF's budget - an amount UF President Bernie Machen said UF should aim to cut next year to make up for legislative funding shortfalls.
Editor's Note: The state Board of Education does not oversee the Board of Governors.
State Sen. Mike Haridopolos, who was recently hired as a UF lecturer, told UF officials that he was working on his doctoral degree at the University of Arkansas, but Arkansas officials said he hasn't been since 2000.
Although the Student Government elections results were announced early Thursday morning, the Gator Party and the Orange and Blue Party kept battling until late Thursday night.
Editor's Note: Twelve members of the Gator Party ran unopposed in the spring Student Government election, and more than 8,000 students cast ballots in the two days of SG voting.
Some students don T-shirts proclaiming Gainesville a "drinking town with a football problem." But to a group of UF students, drinking is no joke.
UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences could implement a multi-year hiring freeze and eliminate its critical-tracking program if it heeds the budget-cutting recommendations of the college's Faculty Finance Committee.
Two members of UF's Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity were released from jail Wednesday after they were arrested Tuesday afternoon for threatening to harm a member of a neighboring fraternity.
Two years ago, it was an idea.
The United States isn't providing Latin American countries with democratic free trade agreements, said former Costa Rican presidential candidate and UF visiting lecturer Ottón Solís in a lecture held in Emerson Alumni Hall on Wednesday.
Making defamatory statements in a newspaper can get a person sued for libel.
Colleges at UF may start assessing students' learning so prospective employers have a better understanding of graduates' preparation in their intended field.
To appease students, faculty and staff who may have questioned UF's hiring of state Sen. Mike Haridopolos as a lecturer, a former state representative proposed Tuesday to pay for Haridopolos' UF salary with private money.
Student Body President Ryan Moseley will form a committee to investigate online voting, a Student Government official announced in a Student Senate meeting Tuesday night.
Both parties vying to succeed in UF's Student Government elections added umbrellas to their campaign materials on the first day of voting Tuesday.
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