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.
The Discovery Channel's MythBusters show, which scientifically tests the validity of rumors and urban legends, is coming to UF.
Student 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.
UF'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.
Baby got back? If so, the Reitz Union's Gator Nights will feature a bun-sketching artist on Friday night.
Students 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.
Due 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.
Editor's Note: This is the final story in a three-part series on the drinking culture of Gainesville.
While 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.
University leaders came together to honor a UF mathematics professor Thursday for winning an award deemed the "Nobel Prize of mathematics."
All 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.
With a quick step and determined look, Nicole Bauman presented a ticket to a security guard monitoring the Pugh Hall Ocora Room on Wednesday morning.
After collecting faculty feedback this week, the UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dean search committee will meet to make its final recommendation to the provost today.
When doors opened for Bob Saget's stand-up Wednesday night, fans didn't just wait in line.
For UF employees trying to kick their smoking habit, UF now offers a free program to help them quit.
Editor's Note: This is the second story in a three-part series on the drinking culture of Gainesville.
A UF fraternity that was suspended in 2006 until 2011 challenged its charges on Tuesday before a Tallahassee appeals court.
Yom huledet same'ach - that's "happy birthday," for those who don't speak Hebrew.
Editor's Note: This is the first in a three-part series on the drinking culture of Gainesville.
State Sen. Evelyn Lynn, chairwoman of the Higher Education Appropriations Committee, relinquished pay for her post at Florida State University on Monday.
Bob Saget doesn't think he'll drop the "f-bomb" too much at the O'Connell Center tonight.