Student Government considers third censure of the Summer
By Sandra McDonald | July 11, 2022The UF Student Government Senate Rules and Ethics Committee will complete two censure hearings into legislative body members Friday.
The UF Student Government Senate Rules and Ethics Committee will complete two censure hearings into legislative body members Friday.
A former student’s lawsuit arguing UF violated its contract when it required the student body to pay for on-campus amenities despite COVID-19 restrictions will see the Florida First District Court of Appeals in Tallahassee July 20.
University police lodged a felony complaint against a UF student Friday afternoon after a death threat forced a guest speaker to cancel his appearance on campus, police say.
In the weeks following The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade June 24, UF remains silent as campus leaders remain stagnant in policy change.
The UF presidential search remains a secret as it enters its fourth month. Public record bills passed in March permit the names of Florida schools' presidential candidates to remain private, but similar questions to recent state searches persist.
UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital received a $30 million grant from the state in May and was named the No. 1 children’s hospital in Florida June 14. UF’s College of Pharmacy’s research funding also earned its spot as the No. 3 program in the nation June 23.
Marston Science Library’s fourth and fifth floors are trading out furniture from the library’s 1987 opening to adapt to students’ ever-evolving needs.
A proposed UF Student Government Senate bill would reimburse students for 50% of contraceptives costs, emergency contraceptives, abortions, travel costs for abortion care in- and out-of-state and post-abortion counseling.
As UF and Graduate Assistants United's bargaining period ended Tuesday, about 50 students sat in shifts outside UF President Kent Fuchs and UF Provost Joe Glover’s offices. Fuchs and Glover weren’t present to receive the students.
Josh Richards’ Wednesday speaking event has been postponed indefinitely due to an unforeseen family obligation, according to an Accent Speakers Bureau Instagram post. No alternate time was mentioned.
Gator Esports won't receive any funding from Student Government until Spring. The club is on track to becoming a sports club, which would entitle it to additional funding.
Student Government’s Accent Speakers Bureau will welcome TikTok star Josh Richards to the University Auditorium Wednesday at 7 p.m.
The demonstration marked the culmination of GAU’s ongoing protest of low wages for graduate assistants at UF.
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges determined Thursday UF has operated with integrity as they take steps to protect academic freedom.
UF’s Innovation Academy hosted its 10th annual Summer A Catalyst Showcase, the first in-person one since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Friday.
Graduate Assistants United will not accept a proposed 3% raise for graduate assistants, as UF offered at a bargaining session Wednesday.
The 2022-2023 budget will provide wages for more than 1,000 student workers on campus and fund campus resources such as the Hitchcock Field and Fork Pantry and Southwest Recreation Center.
The $3 million project is expanding Southwest Rec’s weight room from 14,000 to 21,000 square feet and adding a turf area, squat racks, deadlift platforms, weights and gender neutral washrooms.
Carlos “Charlie” Messina, a UF horticultural science professor, returned to Gainesville after more than 15 years in the crop modeling and plant breeding industry.
UF marine researchers recently discovered a new way of collecting DNA from sea turtles; a flipper print trail in the sand gives them all they need.