Two UF students awarded for diversity programs
By STEVE JOHNSON | June 17, 2009Two UF students were recognized Friday for their efforts in promoting multicultural awareness with residents on campus.
Two UF students were recognized Friday for their efforts in promoting multicultural awareness with residents on campus.
Hot does not only describe the weather in Gainesville this summer, it's also an acronym for one UF student-organization.
UF has been crowned the best in the nation once again.
She walks her class route through the UF campus several times before each semester starts. She goes to bed at 10 every night, and she gets up at 8 every morning. She writes exactly what she did that day in her journal and reviews it before she goes to bed.
Cell phones have been the target of a recent spate of thefts at the Southwest Recreation Center, according to reports filed with the University Police Department.
More buses and a new route may make UF's campus more accessible this fall, but the changes will come out of students' pockets.
UF and the University of California at Los Angeles are using artificial stem cells in an attempt to cure Lou Gehrig's disease.
A 71-year-old Gainesville man was banned from campus Wednesday after he poked a 21-year-old female UF student in the butt three times at Library West, according to the University Police Department.
"Rediscovering Slobodkina: A Pioneer of American Abstraction" will debut today at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, showcasing the work of Esphyr Slobodkina.
Students will likely pay about 16 percent more for classes this fall after UF's Board of Trustees approved the increases at Friday's meeting.
Since Friday, Student Body President Jordan Johnson has been "tweeting" at the student body.
This fall, the Shands Cancer Center at UF will grow greener with the addition of a memorial garden for cancer victims.
Although one UF program is used to drama, a potential $90,000 budget cut might be a tough act to follow.
Two members of the Gator Nation will square-off over a party foul on national TV today in a pre-recorded episode of "Judge Joe Brown."
Permafrost is melting, and the number of new plants emerging from the ice isn't enough to offset the carbon, according to a recent UF study.
Gov. Charlie Crist put the kibosh on Santa Fe College students' hopes for prepaid and reduced fair for bus rides.
With the first reading of two bills that passed Tuesday night, student Senators allocated a combined $360,000 for new student computers and a CSI-themed museum exhibit.
A recent undergraduate survey successfully captured enough input from students for UF officials to consider giving it again.
Starting Friday, UF students will no longer be able to pay for classes and other university expenses with cash or debit cards or make over-the-counter payments to the University Cashier at Criser Hall.
A new screening system developed and tested at UF will give the green light for cleanliness.