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Local organization creates magazine for county rape victims
By CHANTELLE MARCELLE | June 18, 2008Putting pain into words can be difficult.
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Treasurer defends absence after e–mail calls for impeachment
By KRISTEN HUFF | June 18, 2008While Student Body Treasurer Paul Drayton may be out of state, he is certainly not out of mind.
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Students struggle with summer sublease blues
By JENNA LANIA | June 18, 2008If subleasing in Gainesville was a club, it would be the type of club where you have to know someone to get in.
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UF graduate wins Hearst writing award
By SARAH HENDERSON | June 18, 2008UF alumnus John Cox won the William Randolph Hearst Foundation's 2008 national writing championship, the collegiate equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, in San Francisco on June 5.
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Stadium construction nears completion
By KRISTEN HUFF | June 18, 2008A new army of concrete stumps lining the curbs of the southwest entrance of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium has many students, well, stumped.
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Board of Governors wants say in choosing university presidents
By KRISTEN HUFF | June 18, 2008When the Florida Board of Governors meets today, state university presidents and boards of trustees will pay close attention.
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UPD uses Taser on teen after chase through Sorority Row
By APRIL DUDASH | June 16, 2008UF police chased and used a Taser on a Gainesville teenager Friday afternoon after he fled from police when they found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his car.
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Harn Museum opens new African identity video exhibit
By MARGARET FRANCOIS | June 16, 2008The ambiguity of African social identity will be the focus of the Harn Museum of Art's newest exhibit, which opens today.
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Car crash kills one student and lands another in hospital
By KATIE SANDERS | June 16, 2008Friends of Jeremy "Norton" Smith said the 20-year-old UF student loved nothing more than caring for his fully restored 1967 Ford Mustang and playing basketball with friends.
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Board’s $21 million statewide cuts won’t affect UF resources, Machen says
By KRISTEN HUFF | June 16, 2008Gov. Charlie Crist reduced funding for statewide agencies by another 4 percent Thursday, but UF President Bernie Machen assured the Board of Trustees on Friday that the cut would not drain any more of UF's resources.
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Juneteenth Festival offers art, music despite low turnout
By CHANTELLE MARCELLE | June 16, 2008The night ended with a rhythmic reggae beat pulsing through thick, humid Florida air.
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UF to renew 10–year food service contract with Aramark
By THOMAS STEWART | June 16, 2008University officials plan to give the manager of UF's culinary kingdom control of campus food services for 10 more years starting July 2009.
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UF health administrator postpones resignation
By KRISTEN HUFF | June 16, 2008After announcing in March that he intended to resign, Dr. Douglas Barrett has agreed to stay on as UF's senior vice president for health affairs for at least one more year or until a replacement is found.
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Alumni Association names new executive director
By KATIE SANDERS | June 16, 2008The Gator Nation has a new leader.
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Law school first in U.S. to offer new master’s program
By VICTORIA WINKLER | June 16, 2008Beginning this fall, UF's Levin College of Law will be the first in the country to offer a master's degree focused on environmental and land use law.
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Delivery drivers feel the burn of rising gas prices
By CHANTELLE MARCELLE | June 11, 2008Most people have to get oil changes every three months.
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Media rights activist, UF professor retires after 43 years
By ELIZABETH LEVA | June 11, 2008After spending 43 years devoted to media rights, a prominent fighter for freedom of information and longtime UF professor will retire on June 30.
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UF Board of Trustees to vote on tuition hike
By ELIZABETH LEVA | June 11, 2008The Board of Trustees, UF's highest governing body, will discuss and vote on a 15 percent tuition hike during its meetings today and Friday.
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UF professor designs flying saucer
By KRISTEN HUFF | June 11, 2008A UF professor is working toward developing the mothership of science-fiction aficionados' dreams: a real flying saucer.
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UF receives $250K grant for study program on U.S. foreign policy
June 11, 2008Academics from across the globe began a six-week program Monday to learn about U.S. foreign policy at UF with the help of a grant from the U.S. Department of State.
