University of Central Florida News

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Walter Lara considers himself the all-American guy next door, raised on the mantra that if you work hard and do well in school, you can ''make something of yourself.'' But the 23-year-old, undocumented Florida resident -- who supporters say is ''as American as apple pie'' -- faces deportation on Monday because his parents never adjusted his ...

The University of Central Florida will use $36.6 million in federal stimulus funds over the next two years to save five academic programs and 51 jobs, and prevent salary cuts for 236 faculty and staff members.

The Florida Legislature's aversion to taxes and spending could prolong the state's economic recovery, a University of Central Florida economist said Tuesday.

Democratic leaders in the U.S. House need votes to pass a controversial climate bill today and U.S. Rep.

Treking through rainforests and eating seasoned insects is not a part of the dream job of most young girls.

Wendell Eugene Melleppe Jr., Gene to his friends, is your average all-American young man.

Lighthouse Central Florida will recognize Dr. Deborah German, dean of the new University of Central Florida medical school, with its Community Visionary Award for her achievements at its annual "Puttin' on the Ritz" fundraising gala on Sept.

A pregnant woman has died of swine flu, or H1N1, at Florida Hospital Altamonte, according to the Seminole County Health Department.

Onstage at Mr. Moe's is a blonde who resembles every stringy-haired chick you've ever seen with the words "Too Hot to Handle" plastered across her chest in a Girls Gone Wild ad.

US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano attends the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC, on June 19, 2009 SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images It was bad enough that Natalia Goukassian, then 21, had to spend her honeymoon in June of 2006 in West Palm Beach, Fla., helping her husband ...

The Orange County Health Department continues to receive confirmed cases of swine flu every few days.A On Tuesday, officials confirmed the first case of the H1N1 virus at the University of Central Florida.

Home sales are picking up in Florida, but at prices well below what they were a year ago.

Forget passing handwritten notes underneath desks or inking your arm with essential math formulas before a killer test.

Check out Keller's if youa re in the University Boulevard and Goldenrod Road area and hungry for some barbeque.

Pizzeria Uno and several other restaurants along East Colonial Drive in Orlando have closed.

If you're eager to "drill here, drill now" and don't believe in global warming, you won't like what Jim Fenton has to say.

ORLANDO - Students planning to attend college this fall at one of Florida's 11 public universities will have to pay more in tuition.

After four years of planning, crews on Thursday started building Nemours Children's Hospital.

ORLANDO - The board that oversees Florida's public universities will decide whether to approve a 7 percent differential tuition increase recommended for approval earlier this month.