InsideUF
March 2008
Madeleine Albright to speak at UF Wednesday
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Just in time for Women’s History Month, the Bob Graham Center for Public Service is bringing to campus the first woman to become U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Pugh Hall Ocora.
The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Free […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on March 20, 2008.
UF graduates win College Emmy
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two graduates of the University of Florida Documentary Institute recently won an Emmy at the 29th annual College Television Awards in Los Angeles for their thesis project, “Bismillah: In the Name of Allah.”
Jolene Pinder and Sarah Zaman, who received their master’s degrees from UF’s College of Journalism and Communications last year, won […]
Filed under Seen and Heard on March 20, 2008.
UF offers free program to help employees quit smoking
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Student Health Care Center is inviting UF employees to take part in a free seven-week program to help them quit smoking.
Participants in the program, which also is sponsored by the university’s Employee Assistance Program and Area Health Education Centers Program, will meet once a week during their lunch […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on March 19, 2008.
Inside UF: March 18, 2008
Here’s the print edition of Inside UF: March 18, 2008
Filed under Print Archive on March 18, 2008.
UF researchers go high-tech to fight invasive plants
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jim Cuda is a matchmaker, but he doesn’t help lonely hearts find love. He finds organisms to fight invasive plants running amok in Florida.
An associate professor of entomology, Cuda is one of several scientists with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences who researches insects and pathogens that keep the pest plants […]
Filed under UF In Focus on March 18, 2008.
Management professors chosen as editors
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jason Colquitt and Jeffery LePine, both full professors in the Warrington College of Business Administration’s department of Management, were selected as the associate editors of two of the leading journals in management research.
Colquitt was selected as an associate editor of Academy of Management Journal. LePine accepted the position of associate editor […]
Filed under Seen and Heard on March 18, 2008.
Herpetology Conference is approaching
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will host the 31st annual Herpetology Conference on March 29-30.
For more information about the conference, visit www.flmnh.ufl.edu//herpetology/herpsconference/afhc.htm or e-mail apitt@ufl.edu.
Filed under Note This on March 18, 2008.
Emerging Pathogens breaks ground
Recently, the University of Florida broke ground on the Pathogens Research Facility, a state-of-the-art laboratory that will serve as home to UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute.
This new building is the physical manifestation of an initiative President Bernie Machen began pursuing about two years ago, but which has roots in the university that go much deeper.
UF has […]
Filed under UF Voices on March 18, 2008.
Swing dancers stomp at The Swamp
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — More than 170 dancers from Gainesville and across the country spun into town for “Stompin’ at The Swamp,” Feb. 29- March 2. The weekend’s workshops, lessons and dances all had the theme of “Leaping through Time.” The convention wanted to teach beginning and advanced swing dancers alike about the history of […]
Filed under Top Stories on March 18, 2008.
Online MBA Program is ranked No. 1
Gainesville, Fla. — The Economist magazine has ranked the University of Florida’s MBA Program at the Hough Graduate School of Business No. 1 in the world.
The survey was the first to review distance-learning MBA programs, and was conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). EIU’s criteria included program content, quality of students and […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on March 18, 2008.