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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.
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 […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on May 5, 2008.
Glover named University of Florida provost effective July 1
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Joe Glover, interim dean of the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has been named provost effective July 1, President Bernie Machen announced today.
Glover succeeds Janie Fouke, who announced in March that she was stepping down.
Machen said he chose not to conduct a search for a new provost because […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on May 2, 2008.
Future Army veterinarian among 8,675 students set to graduate from UF
Originally posted April 24, 2008.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — During his time in the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine, Gregory Reppas has worked with the U.S. Navy’s mine-detecting dolphins, tended sled-racing dogs for Alaska’s Iditarod and done hands-on work with alligators in St. Augustine.
Reppas, who graduated from UF’s Navy ROTC program in 1993, will receive […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on May 2, 2008.
Rock star to play supporting role at astronomy commencement event
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Stars are standard fare in astronomy departments, but this one is sure to win special attention.
Brian May, lead guitarist for the rock group Queen, is flying from London to Gainesville to help UF’s astronomers pay tribute to a renowned Spanish astronomer who will receive an honorary doctorate during Saturday’s commencement events.
May worked […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on April 30, 2008.
Students expected to donate tons of items to charity this week
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Department of Housing & Residence Education Recycling & Sustainability Committee is sponsoring the 2008 Spring Check-Out Recycling Project. The theme this year is “Be a Recycling Hero!”
Donations of nonperishable food, clothes, small appliances, new and used school supplies, and electronics are being collected through Saturday in residence hall […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on April 29, 2008.
DCP dean, director inducted into AICP College of Fellows
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The American Institute of Certified Planners inducted Christopher Silver, dean of the University of Florida’s College of Design, Construction and Planning, and Claude E. “Gene” Boles Jr., director of the department of urban and regional planning’s Center for Building Better Communities, into the elite membership of AICP’s College of Fellows at a […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on April 28, 2008.