UF could rake in hundreds of millions of dollars from the $787 billion stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday but, then again, the number could be much lower.
Fall tuition at UF could increase by as much as 15 percent if a bill unanimously approved by a Florida State Legislature committee passes.
UF's Board of Trustees is taking a staycation this year due to budget cuts.
UF's authority to change the agreement under which faculty are hired without their consent was questioned Thursday in a six-hour arbitration hearing.
UF President Bernie Machen got some pre-Valentine's Day love Friday morning from a student group seeking to recognize him for his environmental efforts at UF.
Though the $75,000 salary of state Sen. Mike Haridopolos, hired last spring as a lecturer at UF, drew criticism because it eclipsed most others in the political science department, it turns out UF approached him in the fall about teaching a seminar, which would have bumped his salary even higher.
UF President Bernie Machen's salary may be lowered if the U.S. Treasury Department extends its new guidelines to university presidents. On Feb. 4, the department tried to cap top executives' salaries at some companies to $500,000 in order to ameliorate the nation's financial crisis, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education article released last week.
UF has changed its policy to accept more incoming credits from high school exams after learning it was in violation of a statewide regulation.
Eight finalists for the position of UF's senior vice president for health affairs were announced Tuesday.
UF President Bernie Machen will be returning to the office today after spending the last three days in Washington, D.C.
TALLAHASSEE - An estimated 22,000 undergraduates in Florida's 11 public universities passed up at least $24 million in Pell Grants in 2005 because they didn't apply, according to a report presented to Florida's Board of Governors Thursday.
Florida's Board of Governors will meet again today as part of a two-day session, addressing two topics that will center on saving students money, in the session's final day.
While UF President Bernie Machen was able to let loose and lose the tie, his wife, Chris, complained she had to don a head scarf during the couple's excursion to Iran in November.
After calling off the search for a new dean of UF's College of Engineering in March because of budgeting problems, UF formed a new committee earlier this month to try again.
And then there were three.
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.
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