University of Florida
University of Florida names new College of Nursing dean
Share Anna M. McDaniel has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Nursing, effective this summer. McDaniel serves as the associate dean for research at the Indiana University School of Nursing where she has been a faculty ... Read More »
Universities nationwide ramping up online degrees
Share Prominent public universities are moving toward offering more virtual degrees — a push university leaders say could lower tuition costs and better serve residents. Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a measure into law Monday granting funding to the state’s ... Read More »
Florida approves online-only public university education
Share By Bill Cotterell Public university students in Florida next year will be able to start working toward college degrees without actually going to college, under a law Governor Rick Scott signed in front of educators and business lobbyists. The ... Read More »
UF researchers give thumbs-up to online accounting tool for research
Share Biologists, historians, geneticists and philosophers are not accountants, and now that the University of Florida has launched a new online tool to track it’s nearly $700 million in annual research funding, they don’t need to be. Stephanie Gray, who ... Read More »
UF first Florida school to offer free online courses
Share When Wendell Porter lectures on global sustainable energy, more than 18,000 students will be listening. The University of Florida lecturer has developed a free course that is being offered online to anyone who wants to register — one of ... Read More »
Calvin Johnson named dean of Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine
Share Auburn University veterinary professor, department head and alumnus Dr. Calvin Johnson has been named dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine after a national search, effective March 1, announced by Dr. Timothy Boosinger, Auburn provost and vice president for ... Read More »
Five Florida universities make best value list
Share A meeting of the minds, after winning over lawmakers, University of Florida and Florida State University were just a signature away from being able to raise tuition above the yearly 15% cap. “If I’m losing faculty it’s harder for ... Read More »
US: Universities will freeze tuition for more state money
Share University presidents pledged not to increase tuition next year if the Legislature agrees to plow another $118 million into the State University System’s budget. But leaders at the University of Florida and Florida State University would not pledge to ... Read More »
UF ranks No. 122 in top 400 universities
Share University of Florida students have a reason to say they go to the best school in Florida. UF’s world rank is No. 122 out of the top 400 universities, according to Times Higher Education. The Florida Institute of Technology ... Read More »
University of Florida chemists pioneer new technique for nanostructure assembly
Share A team of researchers from the University of Florida department of chemistry has developed a new technique for growing new materials from nanorods. Materials with enhanced properties engineered from nanostructures have the potential to revolutionize the marketplace in everything ... Read More »
