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UF Performing Arts offers summer fun — tickets now on sale

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Take a musical journey this summer with University of Florida Performing Arts’ “Summer in the City” series. With eight different shows to choose from, you can travel the spectrum of musical fun and family entertainment – all right here in the heart of Florida.
Take the A-Train back to the days of […]

Filed under Happenings, Announcements on May 15, 2008.

Lowman selected for U.S. Department of Education committee

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Kenneth K. Lowman, program evaluator for the University of Florida’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers’ leadership team and adjunct finance professor in the College of Health and Human Performance, recently was selected by the U.S. Department of Education to serve on the department’s summer Institute Planning Committee.
The U.S. […]

Filed under Seen and Heard, Announcements on May 14, 2008.

IFAS’ Shibu Jose named Fulbright Scholar

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Shibu Jose, an IFAS forestry researcher, has been named a Fulbright Scholar for 2009 by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. During the 2009 spring semester, he will be based in Dhaka, the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, where he will teach and do research at the Independent University of […]

Filed under Seen and Heard, Announcements on May 12, 2008.

Peter Stoffella named Indian River Research and Education Center director

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Peter Stoffella has been named director of the Indian River Research and Education Center, an appointment that became effective May 5.
Stoffella, a horticulture professor with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, had served as the center’s interim director for 11 months. He served as an associate director for […]

Filed under Seen and Heard, Announcements on May 9, 2008.

UF students to report for national ABC News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — ABC News will open a mini-bureau in the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications in September.
UF is among five U.S. universities chosen for the ABC News On Campus program. Students will work as staffers in each of the bureaus, contributing story ideas and using equipment provided by ABC. The program […]

Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on May 8, 2008.

Fla. Museum hosts K-5 science program ‘Why Monkeys Choose to Live in Trees’ on May 10

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Children in grades K-5 are invited to join the Florida Museum of Natural History 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. May 10 for its Let’s Explore Science Series program “Why Monkeys Choose to Live in Trees.”
Participants will discover African oral traditions about monkeys and how the animals inspired these stories.
The class […]

Filed under Happenings, Announcements on May 8, 2008.

Fanfares and Fireworks will take place on July 3

GAINESVILLE, Fla.— The annual Independence Day Eve celebration, Fanfares & Fireworks, which was previously cancelled has been rescheduled. The event now will take place on Thursday, July 3 at 7 p.m. at the University of Florida Bandshell at Flavet Field. The event will be a gift to the community, thanks to the generosity of an […]

Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on May 7, 2008.

Building construction program takes students to East Africa

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction will take six students to Tanzania for a research project this summer as part of the new International Research Experience in East Africa, a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s Office of International Science and Engineering.
For nine weeks, the […]

Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on May 7, 2008.

UF reduces spending by $47 million in response to state budget reductions

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In response to the fiscal year 2008-09 budget adopted Friday by the Florida Legislature, University of Florida President Bernie Machen today announced $47 million in cuts affecting all areas of the university.
As a result of the budget cuts, the university will reduce funding for administrative units and research, reduce or eliminate degrees […]

Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on May 5, 2008.

New UF initiatives strive to help budget and environment

As part of an ongoing effort to reduce our budgets and embrace sustainability, the University of Florida is launching a new program, Think Before You Ink. The program affects printed materials from all areas of UF, and has three separate initiatives: Save the Paper, Print to Web and Printer Certification.
All the initiatives focus on “reducing […]