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WUFT-FM creates a student-produced Spanish-language newscast
Tuesday, February 9, 2010GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s public radio station, WUFT-FM, will broadcast a student-produced Spanish-language radio newscast starting Feb. 18.
The 30-minute “Noticias WUFT” (“WUFT News”), which will air every Thursday night at 11, will cover local, state, national and international news, including public affairs, sports and weather.
“In terms of serving our community, [...]
Southwest Recreation Center’s expansion project is on schedule
Friday, February 5, 2010GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The department of Recreational Sports has been in the process of expanding and renovating the Southwest Recreation Center (SWRC). The expansion project began in September 2009, with an anticipated opening date of August 2010. RecSports has been working with the construction management firm to ensure the least amount of closures [...]
UF ranks fifth nationally, first in Southeast, in Peace Corps volunteers
Thursday, February 4, 2010GAINESVILLE, Fla. — This year, the University of Florida ranks fifth on the Peace Corps’ annual national rankings of large Peace Corps volunteer-producing schools with 79 undergraduate alumni now serving. This represents a jump of 11 positions from last year’s 16th place ranking.
Since the Peace Corps was founded in 1961, 1,066 University of Florida alumni [...]
Jacobs receives historic preservation award
Tuesday, February 2, 2010GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Historic preservation advocate Arthur Ivan “Buddy” Jacobs will be awarded the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning 2010 Beinecke-Reeves Distinguished Achievement Award at a luncheon on Friday.
The annual award, given by the college’s Historic Preservation Program, recognizes an individual with a connection to the state of Florida [...]
InsideUF’s print edition is page three of the Alligator today
Tuesday, February 2, 2010GAINESVILLE, Fla. — InsideUF’s biweekly print edition appears today as the entire page three of today’s Independent Florida Alligator. InsideUF is official University of Florida news, produced and paid by UF’s University Relations department.
The print edition is produced biweekly during spring and fall semesters. Past print editions may be viewed online at http://news.ufl.edu/campus/print/.
Daily [...]
UF’s Sugar Belle is sweet success
Tuesday, February 2, 2010Sugar Belle, a name meaning sweet and beautiful, is the first University of Florida-created citrus variety intended for commercial production.
Fred Gmitter, UF professor of citrus breeding and genetics, worked many years for Sugar Belle, a bold mandarin orange hybrid, to be where it is today.
Hired in 1985 as a UF assistant professor, Gmitter soon noticed [...]
Changes to state’s growth management policy to be debated at UF
Monday, February 1, 2010GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A leading expert on growth management will host a discussion on an amendment that could radically change the way Florida regulates growth and development during a Feb. 10 forum at the University of Florida’s Bob Graham Center for Public Service.
Bob Rhodes, a former growth management administrator for the state of Florida, will [...]
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