UF students voice concerns at student town hall meeting
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | July 8, 2015Winfred Phillips stood in front of about 100 students who wanted to have their voices heard Tuesday at UF’s Levin College of Law.
Winfred Phillips stood in front of about 100 students who wanted to have their voices heard Tuesday at UF’s Levin College of Law.
Twelve sunflowers, an orchid, a potted plant and a box.
If Bill Overholt doesn’t find $900,000 by July 1, he’ll be out of a job.
The UF Board of Trustees proposed a 10-year development plan to the Florida Legislature in hopes of receiving a $100 million grant.
These trees stand apart from the others.
UF professor Wesley Bolch will travel to Vienna, Austria, next month as an appointed member of the U.S. delegation to work with the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, or UNSCEAR.
UF Health celebrated its fifth year of the five-year Forward Together plan with an unveiling of the new five-year plan: the Power of Together.
A distinguished professor of English at UF has a reason to celebrate.
When I was an electrical engineering student, most of my classmates looked like me and thought like me. Companies have learned in recent decades that having a workforce that consists mostly of white male engineers narrows their perspective and limits their capacity to innovate. We have learned that organizations are more likely to be successful over the long term if their members contribute racial, cultural, gender, geographic and disciplinary breadth. Similarly, top universities increasingly have students and faculty who bring a rich tapestry of knowledge and understanding due to their different races, religions and numerous other areas of experience and perspective.
UF’s goals have been made a priority for a new university task force.
Ann Christiano is feeling the love from her students.
Jose Principe was in Singapore on sabbatical when he found out.
President Kent Fuchs asked UF’s Board of Trustees five questions to improve undergraduate education Friday before sharing his excitement over his ESPN Sports Center debut.
At a UF Board of Trustees committee meeting Thursday, members unanimously approved tenure for new hires and a raise in the cost of student living.
A new member of UF’s Board of Trustees has been appointed. But in order for that to mean anything, it’s important to know what the Board does.
A part of my college education is missing. The classes I took were great (at least some of them), and I did well in my classes (at least some of them). But when I wasn’t in the library or lab trying to keep up with better-prepared students, I was working as a dishwasher in the cafeteria, earning money to pay for tuition.
“No more fees, no more fees!” Diana Moreno chanted along with a crowd of graduate assistants Friday on Turlington Plaza.
UF is making space for a new innovative space for the humanities.
Matheson Museum visitors will be exploring music history with a Yale musicologist tonight.
Students from all over the state gathered in Pugh Hall this past weekend for the Future of Florida Summit.