UF tenure–track professor fights to be reinstated
By THOMAS STEWART | Jan. 25, 2009A hearing was held Friday to determine if UF improperly laid off Andrea Pham, assistant professor of Vietnamese language and linguistics.
A hearing was held Friday to determine if UF improperly laid off Andrea Pham, assistant professor of Vietnamese language and linguistics.
UF students spending hours at Library West may have to start staring at their computers instead of flipping through books.
UF announced Wednesday that it will be forced to reduce endowment fund spending by $1.5 to $2 million from April to June due to investment losses.
Now that UF has decided on a budget cut target for the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the question becomes: What can be cut?
If there's one thing besides national championships that UF should be getting used to by now, it's budget cuts.
A Wednesday vote by UF's Board of Trustees increased the likelihood that UF nursing students will have new places to train.
UF announced Wednesday that Andy McCollough will be the Interim Associate Provost for Undergraduate Affairs beginning Monday.
It turns out students who skipped class on Friday after celebrating the football team's defeat of the Oklahoma Sooners the night before weren't alone.
UF President Bernie Machen is expanding efforts to further diversity among UF's faculty and student body.
UF's administrators are setting stricter expectations for classroom attendance as the football team plays its second national championship game in two years.
UF announced a search Monday to replace Daniel Wubah, who has been UF's associate provost for undergraduate academic affairs since 2007.
Though 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.
Just in time for the holidays, Bernie's giving back.
UF President Bernie Machen's bonuses, totaling $285,000, will be up for discussion at UF's Board of Trustees meeting Monday.
In response to Florida's bleak budget forecast released by state economists Friday, UF Chief Financial Officer Matt Fajack said tuition increases would probably not cover state cuts to UF's 2009-2010 budget.
UF's President Bernie Machen remains Florida's highest paid public university president, but his national standing has slipped.
UF President Bernie Machen and his wife, Chris, left for a week-long trip to Iran on Thursday.
The Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program may be popular with UF students, but the student aid is hurting the university, UF's Chief Financial Officer Matt Fajack said in a Wednesday speech.
In an attempt to stomp out alcohol-related injuries during the UF-South Carolina football game this weekend, UF First Lady Chris Machen has partnered with Shands at UF and Student Government to create the Gator Watch campaign.
Kyle Cavanaugh, UF senior vice president for administration, will leave in January to lead human resources at Duke University.