UF Professor John Thompson wins Abel Prize of Mathematics
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Mar. 27, 2008University leaders came together to honor a UF mathematics professor Thursday for winning an award deemed the "Nobel Prize of mathematics."
University leaders came together to honor a UF mathematics professor Thursday for winning an award deemed the "Nobel Prize of mathematics."
Baby got back? If so, the Reitz Union's Gator Nights will feature a bun-sketching artist on Friday night.
Students looking for a creative outlet may find it through rhyme at tonight's Freestyle Fridays: Hip Hop/Poetry Slam hosted by UF's Institute of Black Culture, the Hip-Hop Collective and Poets Inc.
Editor's Note: This is the final story in a three-part series on the drinking culture of Gainesville.
Due to a lack of consensus among committee members, the dean search committee for UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences submitted a recommendation to the provost that doesn't endorse any specific action.
While the Gators were busy dismantling the Buckeyes and climbing to the top as football national champions last year, UF's television spot was also beating its peers in terms of diversity.
Editor's Note: This is the second story in a three-part series on the drinking culture of Gainesville.
After collecting faculty feedback this week, the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean search committee will meet to make its final recommendation to the provost today.
When doors opened for Bob Saget's stand-up Wednesday night, fans didn't just wait in line.
With a quick step and determined look, Nicole Bauman presented a ticket to a security guard monitoring the Pugh Hall Ocora Room on Wednesday morning.
For UF employees trying to kick their smoking habit, UF now offers a free program to help them quit.
Gator Stompin', the traditional end-of-semester pub crawl, may not be the drunken fest students would imagine.
Yom huledet same'ach - that's "happy birthday," for those who don't speak Hebrew.
For years, Florida's public universities have contributed tens of thousands of dollars to the Board of Governors at its request, but Florida State University will not comply this year with a system one lawmaker deemed "soft extortion."
The results from SFCC's Student Government elections will be determined tonight, but one decision is set in stone: There will be no runoff election.
A UF student senator called for the resignation of another senator at a meeting Tuesday night, charging that he does not live in the district to which he was appointed.
During a Student Senate meeting marked by division and bickering between parties, senators from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences expressed heated disapproval of decisions that have kept them out of all Senate committees.
A UF fraternity that was suspended in 2006 until 2011 challenged its charges on Tuesday before a Tallahassee appeals court.
Editor's Note: This is the first in a three-part series on the drinking culture of Gainesville.
State Sen. Evelyn Lynn, chairwoman of the Higher Education Appropriations Committee, relinquished pay for her post at Florida State University on Monday.