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Football championship draws prospective students
By LAUREN BAKER | Jan. 11, 2009UF admissions can expect to snag some more applicants in the coming year, if past championships are any indication.
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40,000 fans celebrate with football team after win
By ELIZABETH BEHRMAN | Jan. 11, 2009Three days after the Gators' victory over the Oklahoma Sooners in Miami, the party was still on back home.
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Post–BCS campus tours not all about sports
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 11, 2009It wasn't until Friday morning when she was celebrating with her friends on University Avenue that Carolyn Martin realized she would be giving the first campus tour after the championship.
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Education value list excludes UF
By BRITTANY DAVIS | Jan. 10, 2009UF was not one of the six Florida schools named in The Princeton Review's list of the 100 Best Value Colleges for 2009, released Thursday.
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Lucky underwear, birthdays determine game's final score
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 8, 2009The game was in Miami, but you wouldn't know it from the noise at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center during the BCS National Championship Game Thursday night.
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Smathers Library hosts Cuba exhibit
By TATIANA GONZALEZ | Jan. 8, 2009The items that sit inside glass cases tell Cuba's story - a map of the island nation from 1606, a book of poetry from a slave who would become a famous intellectual, and even photos of a future UF professor who joined Fidel Castro's revolution.
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UF professors comply with textbook law
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 7, 2009It took some time and the threat of a $10 fine, but UF faculty are getting the hang of Florida's textbook affordability law.
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UF seeks greater diversity among faculty
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Jan. 7, 2009UF President Bernie Machen is expanding efforts to further diversity among UF's faculty and student body.
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Researchers showcase inventions to fans in Miami
By CAROLYN TILLO | Jan. 7, 2009UF researchers took advantage of Miami's BCS National Championship crowds this week to show off their new inventions.
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Professor gives $250K to spur creativity in entomology
By LAUREN BAKER | Jan. 7, 2009Creative, bug-loving scientists will have the chance to win some money in the future thanks to a UF professor.
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UF to broadcast title game at on–campus venues
By HILARY SHEINBAUM | Jan. 6, 2009UF fans stuck in Gainesville for the BCS National Championship Game don't have to stay at home.
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Cyclist stops at UF on cross–country trip for Obama
By CAROLYN TILLO | Jan. 6, 2009Ryan Bowen does not need a plane or car to travel from Los Angeles to the presidential inauguration.
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Gaza attacks spark reactions from students
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Jan. 6, 2009In line with international protests on the issue, the controversial attacks in the Gaza Strip have sparked reactions from UF students on both sides of the spectrum.
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Student dies in car crash; friends plan memorial
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 5, 2009UF student Michelle Moses, 21, a fourth-year elementary education major, died while driving home to Mason, OH, a suburb of Cincinnati, over winter break.
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UF M.B.A. program doubles returns in five years
By ASHLEY HOOVER | Jan. 5, 2009Officials say UF students with their M.B.A.s can expect a profit double the cost of their degrees five years after graduating due in largely to networking.
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UF sets up mobile DMV office in Reitz Union
By TATIANA GONZALEZ | Jan. 5, 2009You could drive to the DMV and wait countless hours in a long line to get your license renewed. Or you could stop by the ground floor of the Welcome Center at the Reitz Union.
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UF names new IFAS vice president
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 5, 2009UF announced Monday that Larry Arrington will be the interim senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources while UF searches for a permanent replacement for Jimmy Cheek, who was named chancellor of the University of Tennessee in October.
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New budget cuts may force UF to borrow from itself
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 5, 2009Though UF officials previously said they didn't expect mid-year budget cuts, they are now preparing to take another hit this month from the Florida Legislature.
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UF pushes studies over BCS title game
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 5, 2009UF's administrators are setting stricter expectations for classroom attendance as the football team plays its second national championship game in two years.
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Study shows UF athletes have widest SAT score gap
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Jan. 5, 2009A study released during winter break pointed to a gap in SAT scoring between college football and basketball players compared with their classmates' average, a trend that extended to UF's own football team.
