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New executive director named for Alumni Association
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — One of the nation’s best-known and most-respected professionals in the field of alumni relations has been selected to lead the University of Florida Alumni Association, the university announced today.
Leland Patouillet, associate vice chancellor for alumni relations and executive director of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association, will begin his duties as executive […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on June 16, 2008.
UF notifies students of online records privacy breach
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida officials today mailed letters of notification to more than 11,300 current and former students regarding a privacy breach that resulted in names, addresses and Social Security numbers being posted online that may have been accessible to the public.
The student information was actively used from 2003 through 2005 and remained […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on June 10, 2008.
UF receives Department of State grant to explore U.S. foreign policy
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Eighteen academics from around the world are coming to Gainesville to gain a deeper understanding of how U.S. foreign policy is created and enacted.
The University of Florida political science department was awarded approximately $250,000 by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to conduct the Study of […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on June 9, 2008.
RTS riders can now track locations of buses with new Gator Locator GPS
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Beginning today, bus riders in Gainesville will be able to pinpoint the exact location of the bus they’re waiting for with the help of the Gator Locator bus tracking system. The University of Florida and the City of Gainesville Regional Transit System are launching the global positioning system with $204,000 in funds from […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on June 9, 2008.
Good named UF interim medical dean
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dr. Michael L. Good, a 20-year veteran of the University of Florida faculty, has been named interim dean of the College of Medicine.
Dr. Douglas J. Barrett, UF senior vice president for health affairs, made the appointment after consulting with medical faculty members and UF President Bernie Machen.
Good, who joined the UF […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on June 6, 2008.
UF Documentary Institute Holocaust film receives $200,000
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When Col. Ilan Ramon, Israel’s first astronaut, climbed aboard the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia in 2003, he carried a moonscape drawing by Petr Ginz, an artist and writer who perished as a teenager at Auschwitz.
To help the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications’ Documentary Institute make a film about Ginz, […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on June 4, 2008.
Greening Gators: UF offers new minor in sustainability studies
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To strengthen its commitment to the environment, the University of Florida has established a new undergraduate minor in sustainability studies.
Housed in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the interdisciplinary minor is a compilation of courses already offered across the university, with the exception of a newly created introductory course, Facets […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on June 3, 2008.
Freedom of information fighter retires, named to Hall of Fame
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As he gears up to retire June 30 after 43 years as a journalist, media law scholar and mentor, Bill Chamberlin is collecting top honors in his field.
They include being inducted into the “Heroes of the 50 States: The Open Government Hall of Fame” and receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from Florida’s […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on May 27, 2008.
UF urges donations to others in need
In a letter to the University of Florida community, President Bernie Machen urges The Gator Nation to think of the millions who need our help in China, Myanmar and parts of the U.S.
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on May 23, 2008.
Section of campus loses power for some 30 minutes
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF officials were still working Tuesday morning to determine what caused a power outage that affected the northeastern section of campus.
The outage, which started around 11 a.m. and lasted about 30 minutes, affected everything from Gale Lemerand Drive east and from Museum Drive north, said David O’Brien, assistant vice president for the […]
Filed under Top Stories, Announcements on May 20, 2008.