For years, Florida's public universities have contributed tens of thousands of dollars to the Board of Governors at its request, but Florida State University will not comply this year with a system one lawmaker deemed "soft extortion."
A UF student senator called for the resignation of another senator at a meeting Tuesday night, charging that he does not live in the district to which he was appointed.
The results from SFCC's Student Government elections will be determined tonight, but one decision is set in stone: There will be no runoff election.
Gator Stompin', the traditional end-of-semester pub crawl, may not be the drunken fest students would imagine.
During a Student Senate meeting marked by division and bickering between parties, senators from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences expressed heated disapproval of decisions that have kept them out of all Senate committees.
UF's chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, suspended in 2006 until 2011, is leasing its house on University Avenue to another fraternity.
Beate Sirota Gordon was only 22 when Gen. Douglas MacArthur ordered her to draft the women's rights section of the democratic Japanese constitution.
Those still hoping to attend former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's Wednesday speech are out of luck.
When Debra Walker King came to UF in 1994, she said she was a "young kid on the block," watching the wheels of administration turn as a new English professor.
SFCC started its transition to replace its e-mail system with Google's Gmail on March 18, while UF is still working on a switch of its own.
Whether it's managing hospital ventilators or giving breathing therapy, respiratory care practitioners are in high demand locally.
Students passing by Library West may find themselves stumped by a new public art display constructed from tree parts and installed Sunday.
A UF student involved in a single-car crash on Wednesday died Thursday morning.
The only woman to help write Japan's post-World War II constitution will visit UF Monday night to talk about her career.
Instead of making a recommendation to the provost at its Friday meeting, the dean search committee for UF's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences decided to gather faculty input for one more week.
About 200 people watched 36 modern-day cowboys in pursuit of cattle and prizes on Saturday for UF's third-annual Ropin' in the Swamp competition.
Amid controversy surrounding UF's recent hire of a state senator for a lecturer position, the online publication Inside Higher Ed reported Thursday that Florida State University hired another senator in September to oversee a reading center she helped create and fund.
Luis Delgado may not have been a Boy Scout, but he said he intends to leave his "campsite," or UF's Student Honor Court, better than how he found it.
UF President Bernie Machen's recent decision to restructure his administration may have been well-received by UF's Board of Trustees at its meeting last week, but at a Faculty Senate meeting Thursday, faculty members questioned Machen about the changes.
Recent UF alumnae Jolene Pinder and Sarah Zaman were awarded the top Emmy for their documentary, entitled "Bismillah: In the Name of Allah," at the 29th annual College Television Awards held in Los Angeles last week.
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