When the Florida Board of Governors meets today, state university presidents and boards of trustees will pay close attention.
UF alumnus John Cox won the William Randolph Hearst Foundation's 2008 national writing championship, the collegiate equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, in San Francisco on June 5.
A new army of concrete stumps lining the curbs of the southwest entrance of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium has many students, well, stumped.
University officials plan to give the manager of UF's culinary kingdom control of campus food services for 10 more years starting July 2009.
Beginning this fall, UF's Levin College of Law will be the first in the country to offer a master's degree focused on environmental and land use law.
After announcing in March that he intended to resign, Dr. Douglas Barrett has agreed to stay on as UF's senior vice president for health affairs for at least one more year or until a replacement is found.
The Gator Nation has a new leader.
Gov. Charlie Crist reduced funding for statewide agencies by another 4 percent Thursday, but UF President Bernie Machen assured the Board of Trustees on Friday that the cut would not drain any more of UF's resources.
The night ended with a rhythmic reggae beat pulsing through thick, humid Florida air.
UF police chased and used a Taser on a Gainesville teenager Friday afternoon after he fled from police when they found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his car.
The ambiguity of African social identity will be the focus of the Harn Museum of Art's newest exhibit, which opens today.
Friends of Jeremy "Norton" Smith said the 20-year-old UF student loved nothing more than caring for his fully restored 1967 Ford Mustang and playing basketball with friends.
Academics from across the globe began a six-week program Monday to learn about U.S. foreign policy at UF with the help of a grant from the U.S. Department of State.
A UF professor is working toward developing the mothership of science-fiction aficionados' dreams: a real flying saucer.
Most people have to get oil changes every three months.
The UF Student Senate unanimously passed a bill at Tuesday's meeting extending the full support of the student body to the victims of the earthquake that occurred one month ago today in Sichuan, China.
The Board of Trustees, UF's highest governing body, will discuss and vote on a 15 percent tuition hike during its meetings today and Friday.
UF officials mailed letters to more than 11,000 current and former students of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Tuesday to inform them that their private information, including Social Security numbers, was posted online and may have been accessible to the public.
South Korean students and families gathered on campus for an unconventional demonstration Tuesday night to show support for a national movement aiming to spark a change in the South Korean government.
After spending 43 years devoted to media rights, a prominent fighter for freedom of information and longtime UF professor will retire on June 30.
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