January 1999 Archive

University Of Florida To Test Drive Wireless Computers

GAINESVILLE — Even with the latest laptop or fastest desktop computer, anyone who wants to surf the Web at the University of Florida has to plug into a telephone line or computer cable.

Filed under Campus on Thursday, January 7, 1999.

UF College Of Law Named For Prominent Lawyer Fredric G. Levin

GAINESVILLE — A gift from prominent trial lawyer Fredric G. Levin to the University of Florida College of Law will result in a $20 million endowment, immediately transforming the college into one of the best-funded public law schools in the nation. The gift, the second-largest ever to a public U.S. law school, will be formally announced by UF officials Monday (1/11/99) at a luncheon in Levin’s hometown of Pensacola.

Filed under Campus on Wednesday, January 6, 1999.

UF Develops Test To Pinpoint Causes Of Water Pollution

GAINESVILLE — University of Florida researchers have developed new tests to determine causes of pollution in lakes, streams, bays and underground water supplies.

Filed under Research, Environment, Florida on Wednesday, January 6, 1999.