University of Tampa News

Siobhan Roland, left, and her mother, Melissa Roland, right, visit with Catherine Lowry Straz at the awards dinner.

Hillsborough County offices will be closed. City of Tampa offices will be closed.

Thousands voted, but only one of our College Guide contestants could win it all: Amanda Abadi of the University of Tampa.

The University of Tampa's quartet-in-residence will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Grand Salon on campus, 401 Kennedy Blvd.

Growing up in South Tampa, Nancy Rubenstein began studying the piano at age 3 and loved everything from classical to rock 'n' roll.

All events held at The Education Channel, 703 N. Willow Ave, Tampa. Each themed screening night begins with a reception, complimentary food, drink and socializing before the films, followed by coffee and dessert.

Constructive tension prevails inside the boardrooms at Raymond James Financial Inc.

Each Wednesday on The Morning Show, we'll answer the question: "Why do they call it that?" This week, it's the story of the likely misspelling that gave an entire city its identity, plus the family that lived above the highway.

The 7-year-old boy ran as militiamen destroyed his village. He trekked through the wilderness for hundreds of miles, dodging air raids, land mines, wild animals and killers, watching helplessly as others fell.

The University of South Florida talks with prospective applicants and their families at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. weekdays.

St. Petersburg, Florida - Sunday was the final day of a 60 mile journey where supporters and survivors came together in the fight against breast cancer.

Celebrate Halloween - and a slice of local history - with the living and dead on a stroll through Oaklawn Cemetery guided by "Miss Prudence Fipwhistle." Founded in 1850, Oaklawn is Tampa's first public burial ground.

Here they are: The submissions from our 2009 College Guides. Vote for your favorite below.* The student receiving the most votes wins the title CL College Guide 2009, plus a CL briefcase stuffed with movie and concert passes, CDs and DVDs and assorted CL gear plus a $500 shopping spree from CL Deals.

NOVEMBER IN YBOR: A pictograph by Linda Haukaas, an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, South Dakota, will be part of Snake Dance Moon at HCC's Ybor City Campus Art Gallery.

Hi. Did you go to the University of Tampa and graduate from there in 1965? Did you lose your class ring in Clay Township? Someone found it.

The University of Tampa signed agreements with three Chinese universities to establish student and faculty exchanges, study abroad trips and faculty research.

Members of the Hillsborough High rowing team practice on the Hillsborough River last week in front of visiting crews' signs.

A funny thing happened at Ithaca College this year. Someone miscalculated, and the incoming freshman class is overenrolled by about 20%. Expecting the class of 2013 to come in somewhere between 1,700 and 1,750, enrollment officials were surprised to find 2,027 students accepting offers of admission.

District 4 City Council race Art gallery owner Leslie Curran faces Pamella Settlegoode, a retired teacher, for the district that represents neighborhoods north of downtown.

Today at the University of Tampa, the Florida Consortium for Women's and Gender studies held their annual conference.