The following is a timeline of the admission of black students to the University of Florida: ...more

September 18, 2008

Tampa's H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute and the University of Florida announced a partnership Wednesday that will benefit Moffitt's efforts to build the world's largest cancer tissue databank. ...more

January 23, 2008

ESPN's "College GameDay" - the basketball version - returns to Gainesville on Saturday for the Kentucky-Florida game. Jay Bilas, the former Duke player who has become an ESPN mainstay, said he and his colleagues (Digger Phelps, Rece Davis and Hubert Davis) still remember the overwhelming response from Gators fans during the program's appearance last season in Gainesville. ...more

January 18, 2008

GAINESVILLE - A 3-year-old undergoing tests at a pediatric clinic died because he was given a dose of medication more than 10 times stronger than prescribed, hospital officials said Thursday. Sebastian Ferrero died Oct. 10 at Shands at the University of Florida medical center, two days after a routine test was done to help doctors determine why the boy's growth was below average. ...more

October 26, 2007