Three UF officials serve on federal committee
By KATHRYN STOLARZ | Feb. 3, 2009Three UF officials are serving on a 12-person federal committee charged with assessing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's role in ensuring safe food.
Three UF officials are serving on a 12-person federal committee charged with assessing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's role in ensuring safe food.
The Gator Motorsports family is preparing for a road trip to Michigan, where its "baby" will take its first competitive steps.
Three UF faculty members are involved in an alleged love triangle that could end in a restraining order and a simple battery charge against one of them, according to documents filed with the county.
Dead fish floated belly-up on the surface of the Reitz Union's pond last Wednesday.
The Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority house was evacuated Sunday night after a window air conditioner caught fire.
Fifteen contestants danced in sparkling black dresses to kick off the Miss UF Pageant at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Monday to a cheering crowd of about 500.
Continuing a semester driven by star power, February will be a busy month for Accent Speakers Bureau, the Student Government organization that brings renowned speakers to campus.
Google users can now search the ocean depths thanks to a new feature of Google Earth. The feature may even become a handy tool in some of UF's classrooms.
Student political parties continued the search for possible candidates to fill their spring tickets on Monday.
Famed California artist Rachel Schmeidler premiered her collection of Jewish mobster silk-screened mug shots at the UF Hillel Living Room Gallery Monday night.
UF administrators, alumni and students gathered to celebrate the start of Black History Month on Sunday night.
Rising unemployment and falling incomes may cause more UF students to change their financial aid status during the 2009-2010 academic year, according to UF officials.
Students began interviewing for spots on Student Government party tickets Friday.
In a meeting Thursday night, student senators debated and decided not to impeach Student Body President and Gator Party member Kevin Reilly.
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.
With Student Government elections less than a month away, parties will begin interviewing potential student senators today.
The "Pride of the Sunshine" Fightin' Gator Marching Band is in demand, but high travel fees have prevented it from performing in two high-profile events this month.
Sounds of a singing crowd could be heard ringing through the first floor of the UF Bookstore Thursday afternoon, when alternative rock band Hoobastank took a break from its national tour to perform a free concert as a favor to a local radio station.
Dr. Jay A. Levy, co-discoverer of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), spoke to a packed auditorium Wednesday morning to present research on a protein produced by certain white blood cells that can interrupt the transmission of HIV.
Stores on the UF campus stopped selling peanut butter products listed on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's voluntary recall list in connection with the salmonella outbreak caused by Peanut Corporation of America's tainted peanut butter and peanut paste, according to Lionel Dubay, UF's director of business services division.