For 12 hours comedians were kept on their toes, performing fresh jokes and skits at the Reitz Union to fundraise for cancer research on Friday.
About 30 students took part in a 24-hour fast on Friday and Saturday to better understand the lives of people living in poverty around the world.
The undergraduate programs in the College of Education will not be eliminated next academic year under a draft of a 10 percent budget cut proposal presented Friday by Catherine Emihovich, dean of the college.
UF may continue offering Vietnamese classes next year after assistant professor Andrea Pham, who was scheduled to be laid off in June, was ordered to be reinstated by an arbitrator about a week ago.
UF students who are deployed overseas are getting a taste of home thanks to their fellow Gators.
A tug-of-war ensued on Friday among a group of six members from Students for a Democratic Society, who pulled to protest the current budget cuts UF is facing as well as costs of funding the Iraq war.
Five members of UF's award-winning Dance Marathon team traveled to Orlando last week to film a commercial and attend the Children's Miracle Network Celebration, an event honoring about 70 children from around the world for their positive attitudes in the face of medical struggles.
Two UF veterinarians took part in a rescue mission on March 6 in order to free an endangered species of whale from about 1,000 feet of fishing line.
More Gainesville residents are giving their green thumb a shot these days, in line with a national trend aimed at lowering the grocery bill.
A robber is still on the loose after he stole prescription medication from a 50-year-old man earlier this week.
Although President Barack Obama recently lifted restrictions that previously denied federal funding to medical research institutions studying embryonic stem cells, UF won't be seeing an immediate impact, experts say.
When couches appeared on the North Lawn of the UF's campus, people stopped and looked.
UF first lady Chris Machen is working like a dog to save healthy animals from euthanasia in Gainesville.
The departments of religion, geological sciences, and communication sciences and disorders would see substantial cuts and faculty layoffs under a budget proposal unveiled Wednesday by College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Paul D'Anieri.
UF's Board of Trustees, the university's highest governing body, approved federally mandated identity theft prevention measures at Tuesday's meeting.
UF was ordered to reinstate assistant professor Andrea Pham, who was to be laid off in June as part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences $6 million budget cut.
The chant "No More Cuts," rang through downtown Tallahassee as about 1,000 students, parents, teachers and administrators representing 67 of Florida's counties gathered in front of the State Capitol to protest budget cuts in public education on Wednesday.
UF student Starr Bishop died Saturday from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. She was 21.
Group offers lunch in exchange for freedoms
Those enjoying Krishna Lunch this week may have received something extra with their meal - a flier.
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