UF administrators, alumni and students gathered to celebrate the start of Black History Month on Sunday night.
Rising unemployment and falling incomes may cause more UF students to change their financial aid status during the 2009-2010 academic year, according to UF officials.
Students began interviewing for spots on Student Government party tickets Friday.
In a meeting Thursday night, student senators debated and decided not to impeach Student Body President and Gator Party member Kevin Reilly.
With Student Government elections less than a month away, parties will begin interviewing potential student senators today.
TALLAHASSEE - An estimated 22,000 undergraduates in Florida's 11 public universities passed up at least $24 million in Pell Grants in 2005 because they didn't apply, according to a report presented to Florida's Board of Governors Thursday.
Sounds of a singing crowd could be heard ringing through the first floor of the UF Bookstore Thursday afternoon, when alternative rock band Hoobastank took a break from its national tour to perform a free concert as a favor to a local radio station.
The "Pride of the Sunshine" Fightin' Gator Marching Band is in demand, but high travel fees have prevented it from performing in two high-profile events this month.
Florida's Board of Governors will meet again today as part of a two-day session, addressing two topics that will center on saving students money, in the session's final day.
For the second time in UF's history, a member of Student Government's executive branch will face getting the boot.
Students have skateboarded to class for years without much trouble, but that all changed Wednesday as the University Police Department conducted a "saturation detail," targeting skateboarders and pulling them over if they were skating on the street.
A national report released Tuesday shows that UF's endowment has fared much better than those of other colleges and universities.
About 65 students listened to Jon Douglas Rainey, co-host of Discovery Channel's series "It Takes a Thief," Wednesday night in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom.
Stores on the UF campus stopped selling peanut butter products listed on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's voluntary recall list in connection with the salmonella outbreak caused by Peanut Corporation of America's tainted peanut butter and peanut paste, according to Lionel Dubay, UF's director of business services division.
Dr. Jay A. Levy, co-discoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), spoke to a packed auditorium Wednesday morning to present research on a protein produced by certain white blood cells that can interrupt the transmission of HIV.
An upcoming student production of a Broadway musical could include a scene in which actors appear naked on stage.
After an 18-month legal battle with a Christian student group, UF will allow student organizations registered with the university to choose members and award leadership positions based on religion.
Students caught breaking traffic laws while biking around campus might be able to skip out on a ticket in the future, if Student Senate has its way.
While UF President Bernie Machen was able to let loose and lose the tie, his wife, Chris, complained she had to don a head scarf during the couple's excursion to Iran in November.
Ahmed Bedier hopes to tell the story of the more than 1,300 Palestinians who have died due to the recent conflict in Gaza.
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