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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.

Two new scholarships awarded to UF students by Friends of Theatre and Dance

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two new scholarships were recently awarded to College of Fine Arts School of Theatre and Dance students at the University of Florida.
A newly formed support group, The Friends of Theatre and Dance, created and funded the two $750 annual scholarships that were awarded in the Constans Theatre.
Each year, the Friends of […]

Filed under Seen and Heard on May 12, 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.

Kaplan named Fulbright Scholar for 2009

John Kaplan, College of Journalism and Communications professor, has been named a Fulbright Scholar for 2009 by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB). During his spring semester 2009 sabbatical, he will be based at Hong Kong Baptist University. At HKBU, Kaplan will teach a class on international journalism, do research on diabetes awareness […]

Filed under Seen and Heard, Announcements on April 25, 2008.

Joyce named to Florida environmental commission

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Joe Joyce, IFAS’ executive associate vice president for agriculture and natural resources, has been named to the state’s environmental regulation commission.
His three-year term began April 11 and ends in July 2011. The commission meets about once a month and approves air, water and waste management standards.
The commission’s seven members are appointed by […]

Filed under Seen and Heard, Announcements on April 24, 2008.

P.K. Nair receives honorary doctorate from Spain

The Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain, has honored UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher P.K. Nair with a doctor honoris causa degree for his contributions to the development of global agroforestry.
Nair received the award at a colorful ceremony at the 500-year-old institution’s “Salon Noble del Colegio de Fonseca” on April 1. […]

Filed under Seen and Heard on April 24, 2008.

Associate director of Upward Bound appointed

Montia Morris has been appointed as the new associate director of the Upward Bound (UB) Program. She began working with UB in February.
Upward Bound is a federally funded college preparatory program for promising high school students from low-income households in Alachua and Bradford counties.
For more information, visit http://web.oasis.ufl.edu/UpwardBound/ubindex.html or contact Barbara McDade, director, […]

Filed under Seen and Heard on April 15, 2008.

Florida Museum of Natural History research screened at international science media festival in Italy

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The PBS NOVA documentary “First Flower,” featuring Florida Museum of Natural History paleobotanist David Dilcher, recently bloomed on screen in Milan, Italy, at the Vedere la Scienza Festival, an international festival celebrating science-themed media.
“’First Flower’ looks at questions regarding the nature of the first flowers on earth, and also the beautiful […]

Filed under Seen and Heard on April 11, 2008.

UF graduate to compete in Miss USA Pageant April 11

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Andrea Duke of Saluda, N.C., has been crowned Miss North Carolina and will represent her state in the Miss USA Pageant on April 11 in Las Vegas.
Duke graduated in December 2007 from the University of Florida with a Masters of Science degree in management.
“The MSM program has been a fantastic […]