University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction will take six students to Tanzania for a research project this summer as part of the new International Research Experience in East Africa, a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s Office of International Science and Engineering.
For nine weeks, the students [...]

Letter from J. Bernard Machen, President
5/5/2008
In response to the budget adopted last Friday by the Florida Legislature, we are today announcing cuts that correspond to declining state revenues.
Some of those budget reductions are outlined below. I asked each vice president, dean and director to reduce spending by 6 percent for the fiscal year that begins [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In response to the fiscal year 2008-09 budget adopted Friday by the Florida Legislature, University of Florida President Bernie Machen today announced $47 million in cuts affecting all areas of the university.
As a result of the budget cuts, the university will reduce funding for administrative units and research, reduce or eliminate degrees [...]

As part of an ongoing effort to reduce our budgets and embrace sustainability, the University of Florida is launching a new program, Think Before You Ink. The program affects printed materials from all areas of UF, and has three separate initiatives: Save the Paper, Print to Web and Printer Certification.
All the initiatives focus on “reducing [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Joe Glover, interim dean of the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been named provost effective July 1, President Bernie Machen announced today.
Glover succeeds Janie Fouke, who announced in March that she was stepping down.
Machen said he chose not to conduct a search for a new provost because [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Michael Blachly, director of University of Florida Performing Arts, has announced the line-up for the 2008-09 season. With performers from 16 countries and genres that run the gamut from jazz to dance to musical theater, the season has a little something for everyone.
Among the season’s many productions is Laurie Anderson’s “Homeland” [...]

Originally posted April 24, 2008.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — During his time in the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine, Gregory Reppas has worked with the U.S. Navy’s mine-detecting dolphins, tended sled-racing dogs for Alaska’s Iditarod and done hands-on work with alligators in St. Augustine.
Reppas, who graduated from UF’s Navy ROTC program in 1993, will receive [...]