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Cultural historian of Renaissance Europe to speak Monday at UF

Friday, November 6, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Princeton University history professor will speak Monday on the University of Florida campus about “Jewish Books and Christian Readers in Early Modern Europe.”
Anthony Grafton, the Henry Putnam Professor of History and Chair of the Council of the Humanities at Princeton, is a cultural historian of Renaissance Europe. His lecture starts at [...]

University of Florida officials are monitoring Tropical Depression Ida

Friday, November 6, 2009

University of Florida officials are monitoring Tropical Depression Ida.
Forecasters currently expect the storm to have little effect on the Gainesville area and plans currently call for UF work activities to remain on a normal schedule. Should the storm’s predicted track change or should forecast conditions for the Gainesville area worsen, new information will be posted [...]

UF to use text messaging to collect scholarship donations

Thursday, November 5, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mobile phone users can now make a donation to the University of Florida’s Florida Opportunity Scholars program from their seat in The Swamp, from their tailgate party in the parking lot, from their car, home, or anywhere mobile phone service is available. This Saturday’s (Nov. 7) game versus the Vanderbilt University will [...]

H1N1 Swine Flu information

Thursday, November 5, 2009

For more information, please visit Environmental Health & Safety’s Web site, www.ehs.ufl.edu/H1N1.

H1N1 nasal spray vaccines available for students

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Student Health Care Center expects to begin administering H1N1 vaccines to students on Wednesday, Nov. 4. At this time, there will be 800 vaccines available free of cost for healthy people under age 25.
These vaccines are in nasal mist form. Pregnant women and people with chronic medical conditions [...]

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College of Engineering receives $3 million from Harris Corp.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s College of Engineering announced today (Nov. 3) that it is receiving $3 million in support from Harris Corporation, based in Melbourne, Fla., to promote research collaboration, train scientists, and retain and recruit faculty.
The gift, made through the Harris Foundation, will establish an endowment fund to support early stage, [...]

Former professor wins National Medal of Science

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — President Barack Obama recently honored a former University of Florida professor at the White House with the National Medal of Science.
Rudolf Kalman is a former professor of mathematics and engineering and served as director of UF’s Center for Mathematical System Theory.
Established in 1959, the medal recognizes individuals for outstanding contributions to [...]

Students volunteer at UF’s TV, radio stations following successful open house

Monday, October 26, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Journalism junior Kathryn Stolarz was one of 300 students who recently participated in the University of Florida broadcast stations’ first open house.
Taking a tour of the stations at UF’s College of Journalism and Communications made Stolarz want to pursue her broadcast-news interest, she said. The following week, Stolarz started volunteering at [...]

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