Gainesville, Fla. — The Economist magazine has ranked the University of Florida’s MBA Program at the Hough Graduate School of Business No. 1 in the world.
The survey was the first to review distance-learning MBA programs, and was conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). EIU’s criteria included program content, quality of students and distance-learning [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Fundraising for the future home of the Hough Graduate School of Business in the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business Administration has been very strong since the project was announced in January 2007. Recent private gifts have brought the total raised to $9.7 million for construction.
Gifts of $1 million each from [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Ad Hoc Committee on a Civil, Safe and Open Environment will hold a public forum Wednesday evening to present its draft recommendations to the university community and to seek public comment.
The committee, which was formed last year after a question-and-answer session with U.S. Sen. John Kerry was interrupted [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Law Professor Berta E. Hernández-Truyol has been awarded the 16th annual Clyde Ferguson Award from the Minority Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). The honor, named for one of the first African-American tenured professors at Harvard Law School, is “granted to an outstanding law teacher [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced that two University of Florida scientists have been named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows among 116 of their national peers.
Christopher Jermaine and Ivan K. Furic have been conducting research at the frontiers of physics and computer science with the University of Florida and have received [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Four Warrington College of Business Administration students earned first place at the 18th Annual Undergraduate Marketing Case Challenge. Sarah Anassori, Matthew Kuhl, Sashi Mylavarapu and Catherine Nguyen devised ways to strengthen Alltel’s future response to natural disasters. Alltel’s chief marketing officer commented that he was particularly impressed with the integrity of the [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has been asked to help communicate a Newberry Road construction project that may impact students, faculty and staff.
Beginning on March 17, the outside eastbound lane of Newberry Road (State Road 26) between Northwest 43rd and 46th Streets will be closed weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Elton John concert scheduled for March 16 at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center has been postponed, due to illness. The new concert date is April 24.
All tickets issued for the March 16 date will be valid for the new date. Should a refund be desired, please contact the original point of [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Because of the difficult economic conditions experienced by the University of Florida and in recognition of the limited resources available for many years, UF President Bernie Machen today announced an administrative restructuring that places all budget and financial operations under the vice president and chief financial officer.
Budget operations in the Office of [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The O’Connell Center will be closed from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday to allow training by the University of Florida and Gainesville police departments.
The police will conduct “active shooter” scenario training inside the facility. It will involve on-duty personnel to simulate a real-time response.
Signs will be posted in the area indicating the [...]