Throughout his life, Effie Eitam has been a member of the Israeli legislature, a brigadier general, an adviser and consultant to the Israeli prime minister.
UF will be using rocket fuel to generate biofuel during next week’s shuttle launch.
In its efforts toward sustainability, UF gets a B+.
Andrew Nichols has used Ouija boards, locked his wife in a dungeon and stared as a grandfather clock rotated completely around by itself — all in the name of his career as a parapsychologist.
The grant will help the multi-state research team, led by UF plant pathologist Natalia Peres, find better ways to fight fruit rot that plagues the strawberries in Florida fields and refrigerators every year.
Marilyn M. Thomas-Houston has spent the past 10 years studying racism in Nova Scotia — but now all of her research is gone.
Three blindfolded students raced to open condoms and place them on plastic model penises while others guessed how many condoms were in a jar Wednesday.
A small cluster gathered around library employee Jami Beserock, her orange Walking Gators T-shirt signaling their usual meeting spot outside Smathers Library.
The economy may be improving, according to a new UF study.
In a heated debate Tuesday night, Student Senators passed a bill that allows only for bills passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee to be heard in Senate meetings.
A cholera outbreak in Haiti has prompted UF to restrict undergraduate travel to the recovering country.
Students made a trip to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on Tuesday night.
The legislation would allow all Florida colleges to add a small transportation fee to each credit hour for students.
After running five marathons, including the New York Marathon at the age of 62, John Brown’s knees gave out. Now, at 80, he dances.
While the iPad is entertaining people with its technological charm, students and teachers at UF are finding it unsuccessful in the classroom.
The faint sound of chainsaws and shrill screams echoed from the basement of Sledd Hall on Tuesday night.
In an effort to accommodate students with food allergies, Gator Dining Services has made some changes this year to the food products offered on campus and in dining halls.
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the sisters of alpha Kappa Delta Phi are hosting a week filled with events and activities to raise money for the Breast Cancer Crusade, sponsored by the Avon Foundation for Women. The activities started Monday and will last through Thursday.
While some see electronic books streamlining education in the near future, some UF students and faculty are hesitant to digitize learning.
Students need to spend at least 150 hours studying for a single test in order to get into graduate school, according to standardized-test preparation professionals.
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