NEWS
|
CAMPUS
'Juno' writer Diablo Cody to visit UF
By KIM WILMATH | Apr. 1, 2008Diablo Cody, writer of "Juno" and former stripper, will speak at UF on Tuesday night.
News | Campus
NEWS
|
CAMPUS STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Controversy over senator's address continues
By ILEANA MORALES | Apr. 1, 2008UF Student Senate President Kellie Dale said she would not leave her post despite a student senator's request for her immediate resignation on Tuesday night.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
Krishna Lunch sees record turnout despite price hikes
By ILEANA MORALES | Mar. 31, 2008Despite the $1 increase for Krishna Lunch this semester, the Hare Krishnas have seen more customers than ever before.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
UF, unlike FSU, doesn't plan to fine professors for turning grades in late
By KATIE SANDERS | Mar. 31, 2008A $10 fee penalizing Florida State University professors for each grade they turn in past their deadline is not being considered for UF faculty.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
Israeli professor Eva Etzioni-Halevy speaks at UF on Jewish divisions
Mar. 31, 2008Prominent Israeli college professor and sociologist Eva Etzioni-Halevy lectured to more than 100 students Monday night on the split between religious and secular Jews.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
UF freshmen seek internships, early exposure to professional world
By KATE KENNEDY | Mar. 31, 2008Many UF freshmen have traded in wrinkled campus maps and wide eyes for crisp resumes and interview appointments in efforts to make it to the top of the heap come graduation day.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
UF pharmacy program ranks No. 9 in U.S.
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Mar. 31, 2008UF's College of Pharmacy made it to the top 10 in this year's ranking of pharmacy programs nationwide in U.S. News & World Report.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
Japanese Spring Festival showcases culture, games
Mar. 30, 2008Like brightly colored butterflies, women in kimonos flitted around the Reitz Union North Lawn, teaching participants how to play traditional Japanese games at the Japanese Spring Festival held Saturday.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
Television's 'MythBusters' to visit UF
By ILEANA MORALES | Mar. 30, 2008The Discovery Channel's MythBusters show, which scientifically tests the validity of rumors and urban legends, is coming to UF.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
UF senior to appear on 'The Price is Right'
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Mar. 30, 2008If it weren't for a hot dog and a forgiving cop, Kristin Lundy might not have been a contestant on "The Price is Right."
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
Poets bare souls at UF hip-hop event
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Mar. 30, 2008Student poets took the stage Friday night to share their innermost feelings before a crowd of about 50 people at Freestyle Fridays: Hip Hop/Poetry Slam.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
Math, engineering events held at UF
Mar. 30, 2008UF's campus buzzed with a younger generation of students Saturday for two educational competitions: the Florida Blue Key Math Invitational and the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering Inc. Regional Olympiad for engineering.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
Three UF graduate programs improve in rankings; one college falls
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Mar. 30, 2008Several of UF's graduate programs have moved up in this year's U.S. News and World Report rankings, but deans of those colleges said looming budget cuts could hurt next year's standings.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
Jonathon Cote's whereabouts remain unknown
By WILL PAFFORD | Mar. 30, 2008While the FBI has identified the remains of four out of five men who were kidnapped in Iraq in 2006, former UF student Jonathon Cote, 25, is still missing.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
'The Original Butt Sketch' coming to Gator Nights
Mar. 27, 2008Baby got back? If so, the Reitz Union's Gator Nights will feature a bun-sketching artist on Friday night.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
Poetry slam to feature hip-hop style, rhyme
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Mar. 27, 2008Students looking for a creative outlet may find it through rhyme at tonight's Freestyle Fridays: Hip Hop/Poetry Slam hosted by UF's Institute of Black Culture, the Hip-Hop Collective and Poets Inc.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
CLAS dean search committee refrains from action
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Mar. 27, 2008Due to a lack of consensus among committee members, the dean search committee for UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences submitted a recommendation to the provost that doesn't endorse any specific action.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION
Study: UF ads convey diversity
By DEBORAH SWERDLOW | Mar. 27, 2008While the Gators were busy dismantling the Buckeyes and climbing to the top as football national champions last year, UF's television spot was also beating its peers in terms of diversity.
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
UF Professor John Thompson wins Abel Prize of Mathematics
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Mar. 27, 2008University leaders came together to honor a UF mathematics professor Thursday for winning an award deemed the "Nobel Prize of mathematics."
NEWS
|
CAMPUS
Cuts leave sports instructors jobless
By LIA GANOSELLIS | Mar. 27, 2008All but four courses in UF's sport and fitness program are being snuffed out next fall, and many graduate students who teach the classes will have to find other means of paying tuition next semester.
