SG approves more than $500K for academic budget
By CHELSEA KEENAN | Apr. 14, 2009Senators voted to approve the $569,602 academic budget for the 2009-2010, which will be dealt out to UF's 24 different college councils.
Senators voted to approve the $569,602 academic budget for the 2009-2010, which will be dealt out to UF's 24 different college councils.
After an asbestos scare forced its closure on Friday, Santa Fe College's Health Sciences Building W reopened Tuesday after testing.
An independent arbitrator has ruled that UF did not violate its contract with the faculty union when it increased the teaching load of Florence Babb, professor of women's studies at UF, according to insidehighered.com.
Student Government joined the blogosphere on Monday.
Future health care reform in the United States will emphasize cost-effective treatment, upping health insurance requirements and healthy habits for citizens, according to Kristine Blackwood.
About 90 students will learn basic life-saving techniques today at UF's Gator Saver Day, hosted by the UF's Student Health Care Center and Student Government.
The body of UF student Thad Owens, who was swept away while swimming in a river in Namibia, Africa, was found on Saturday.
Three thousand nine hundred and fifty. That's how many steps Shelley Meyer took at the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Saturday morning.
A poet takes the stage. She is nervous, and her pages tremble in her hand as she reads. She pauses and admits her nerves are getting the best of her. The audience applauds in support.
A Reitz Union Wendy's employee was fired Monday after being charged with repeatedly punching a man in the face at the McCarty Drive bus stop last week, according to a University Police Department report.
Human society could cease to exist in as few as 30 years, author Jared Diamond said to about 1,600 Gainesville residents Thursday.
UF student Starr Bishop was a straight-shooter who loved the outdoors. She snow skied and skydived. She even spoke out in a town meeting against a proposed parking garage that would block access to the St. Johns River, which flows through Jacksonville, her hometown. It was an argument she won.
The passion Adam Amir fights with just won him $30,000.
Gators fans will have a new reason to crowd Ben Hill Griffin Stadium this Saturday-- to support autism awareness.
UF President Bernie Machen walked outside his office Thursday and perched himself on a bench to discuss looming budget cuts and tuition increases with Students for a Democratic Society.
Luis Velasco Jr. is an 18-year-old freshman at UF. He is studying English. And he is gay.
High fashion from around the world will be presented at the One Night Only fashion show on Friday.
To combat the strain of unemployment, young adults are making life-changing decisions and increasing their debts simultaneously, according to a national study released Wednesday.
Local feminists protesting what they see as a racist and sexist pattern in layoffs at UF presented the university with a statement signed by about 240 supporters Wednesday around noon.
UF and Wendy's are breaking up, and it's not on the best of terms.