Globalization is a tricky word, said author and visiting professor, Saskia Sassen Thursday night.
This weekend the O'Connell Center won't be filled with Gator fans cheering for a sports team. Instead, it will house UF's fifth annual Relay for Life.
The College of Medicine released their 10 percent budget cut proposal late Wednesday, which would cut about $3.8 million and result in the layoffs of seven faculty and staff positions, according to UF spokeswoman Janine Sikes.
Animal Activists of Alachua is hosting its eighth annual VegFest from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Plaza of the Americas.
The colleges of Nursing and Business Administration released their 10-percent budget-cut proposals on Wednesday.
UF announced the appointment of the chief of large animal surgery at UF to interim chairman of the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences on Tuesday.
Some UF students are taking a stand against budget cuts to higher education and subsequent layoffs by joining forces with faculty.
Senators dished out funds to student organizations at Tuesday night's meeting, but disagreed when it came to determining the future of Student Government's lobbyists.
About 30 students enrolled in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders gathered on the Plaza of the Americas on Tuesday to protest the potential cut of their program from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
UF officials said Tuesday they plan to offer the Vietnamese classes taught by laid-off assistant professor Andrea Pham next year.
The undergraduate programs in UF's College of Nursing will not be eliminated under a 10 percent budget cut proposal scheduled to be released today by the college, said Tracy Wright, college spokeswoman.
Starting today, UF students and faculty can get their laptops equipped and patched up with software and anti-virus programs for free.
Police are still searching for a suspect involved in an on-campus assault of a former UF student and employee Friday night.
A bill that would force students to pay back Bright Futures money for classes they drop after the Drop/Add period would save the state about $47 million in 2009-2010, according to a new cost estimate.
What's in a name? For Do It Reitz, a copy shop located on the ground floor of the Reitz Union on the UF campus, it's everything.
Deepika Singh, president of UF start-up company Sinmat, bought a plane ticket and headed for Washington, D.C., where she was praised Monday, along with representatives from other "clean energy" companies, by President Barack Obama.
A large blue truck parked between the Plaza of Americas and Peabody Hall was soaking up the memories on Monday afternoon.
For 12 hours comedians were kept on their toes, performing fresh jokes and skits at the Reitz Union to fundraise for cancer research on Friday.
The undergraduate programs in the College of Education will not be eliminated next academic year under a draft of a 10 percent budget cut proposal presented Friday by Catherine Emihovich, dean of the college.
About 30 students took part in a 24-hour fast on Friday and Saturday to better understand the lives of people living in poverty around the world.
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