InsideUF

June 2007

Museum announces 2007-08 Museum Associates Board

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced its 2007-2008 Museum Associates Board.

Filed under Seen and Heard on June 28, 2007.

Florida Museum completes native wildflower, butterfly education projects

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History recently completed several major projects to help educate the public about the state’s native butterflies and wildflowers.
Funded with a $94,409 grant from the state of Florida, Florida Wildflower Advisory Council and the Florida Wildflower Foundation Inc., the “Educating the Public about Florida’s Wildflowers and Butterflies” […]

Filed under Seen and Heard, Announcements on June 28, 2007.

UF graduate students recognized for Florida Museum research

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2007 Austin Award, given annually by the museum’s University Teaching Committee to recognize excellence in natural science research, and the 2007 Ripley P. Bullen Award, named after an influential Florida Museum archaeologist of the 1940s and 1950s.

Filed under Seen and Heard, Announcements on June 27, 2007.

Interim chairman appointed for emergency medicine in Gainesville

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dr. Joseph Adrian Tyndall has been appointed interim chairman of the University of Florida College of Medicine’s department of emergency medicine, effective Aug. 15. He takes over the post vacated by Dr. David C. Seaberg, who last week was named dean of the University of Tennessee’s regional medical campus in Chattanooga.

Filed under Seen and Heard on June 25, 2007.

Lt. Baxley graduates from the FBI National Academy

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Police Department Lt. Darren Baxley and 298 other law enforcement officers graduated June 8 from the FBI National Academy Program at Quantico, Va.

Filed under Seen and Heard on June 25, 2007.

Annual ‘Fanfares and Fireworks’ set for July 3 at Flavet Field

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Public broadcasting stations WUFT-TV, Channel 5, WUFT-DT, Digital 36, WUFT-FM, Classic 89 and WJUF-FM, Nature Coast 90 will present “Fanfares and Fireworks,” the annual Independence Day eve celebration, on Tuesday, July 3 beginning at 7 p.m. at the University of Florida Flavet Field. The 17th annual event is sponsored by the City of Gainesville; AvMed Health Plan and the University of Florida.

Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on June 25, 2007.

RTS limits service during break

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Beginning June 25 and ending July 1, RTS will reduce its summer bus service on City Fixed Routes 9, 12, 13, 16, 20, 34 and 35. There will be no service on City Fixed Routes 21 and 36 during this time. In addition, there will be no UF Campus, Later Gator or Lake Wauburg RTS service at this time.

Filed under Note This on June 22, 2007.

Fla. Museum hosts Caribbean archaeology symposium

The Florida Museum of Natural History presents “In the Footsteps of Ripley and Adelaide Bullen: A Survey of Caribbean Archaeology” from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. June 29 in Room 122 of Frazier/Rogers Hall on the University of Florida campus. The event, sponsored by the Florida Museum Caribbean Archaeology Program, is free and open to the public.

Filed under Happenings on June 22, 2007.

UF College of Design, Construction and Planning Receives
$500,000 Gift from Wachovia Foundation to Research Affordable Housing

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As housing costs have skyrocketed, the availability of affordable housing has declined. The issue has become critical throughout Florida as communities try to ensure that people of all income levels have access to affordable housing.

Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on June 22, 2007.

NEH grant to help Florida Museum care
for unique Calusa Indian collection

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Museum of Natural History archaeologists are rehabilitating the world’s largest collection of Calusa Indian artifacts and specimens, thanks to a $284,504 grant recently awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.