Shouts echoed across campus Friday as about 30 members of the Gainesville chapter of Students for a Democratic Society held a protest against UF's 15-percent tuition hike.
A UF music professor was fired in January for allegedly forcing a kiss upon a female student during a private lesson, and an arbitrator recently declared the decision to fire him sound after hearing an appeal from the United Faculty of Florida.
The Gainesville chapter of Students for a Democratic Society will march to Tigert Hall this morning to protest the 15 percent tuition increase passed in June by UF's Board of Trustees.
Gerald Kish was a movie buff, a sci-fi enthusiast and the guy picked first for trivia teams.
During Tuesday morning's Board of Trustees conference call, UF Provost Joe Glover said the recent jump in graduation rates gave the administration reason to reconsider the measure.
A UF materials engineering professor who suffered a heart attack is in stable condition thanks to two students.
On the five-year anniversary of 9/11, UF assistant theater professor Tim Altmeyer stood at Ground Zero, no microphone in hand, reciting short stories about those who fell during the 2001 attacks.
A focus on graduate education highlighted UF President Bernie Machen's State of the University address Thursday.
For the the third straight year, the cost of tuition for UF students is increasing by 15 percent this fall.
"For better or for worse," he boomed, when all the shuffling and seat-swapping subsided, "this is my swan song."
Before the first time UF jazz professor Scott Wilson visited the home of Earth, Wind and Fire keyboardist Larry Dunn, he had never seen a Grammy Award.
Islamophobia brought Stephen Sheehi to speak at the Civic Media Center on Saturday.
Three baby squid aboard the space shuttle Endeavor had 24 hours to enjoy outer space before they - and the experiment they were a part of - were terminated.
Jim Sullivan's windowsill is running out of room.
John Kaplan likened the pain to what it must feel like to get shot.
UF’s teachers union is in jeopardy of being decertified and having its collective bargaining rights revoked.
The politics of the Middle East will never be the same again.
A UF professor was arrested Jan. 27 by University Police on charges of funding trips to Malaysia on a UF credit card as far back as 2008, according to the police report.
Bo Gustafson learned as a child there’s never one answer. Ask him a question and he’ll smile, knowing there’s no such thing as a simple, concise response.
Instead of using words and ideas to tell a story, Joan Frosch prefers to use feet.
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