February 2007 Archive

Panelists hope to raise awareness in discussion on race

On Feb. 26, a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist will lead an open discussion on race in an expert panel sponsored by the University of Florida Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations.

Filed under Announcements on Monday, February 19, 2007.

Brazilian documentary and film on issues of race in Brazil at UF

Gainesville, Fla. — Film director Joel Zito Araújo will be on the University of Florida campus Feb. 20 and 21 to screen his feature film, “Daughters of the Wind,” and his documentary, “Denying Brazil.” Both works address issues of race in Brazil and have garnered multiple awards.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus) on Monday, February 19, 2007.

School of Theatre and Dance presents “Vote: Antidote to Apathy” dance performance

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance and The Florida MOD Project will present “Vote: Antidote to Apathy” Feb. 23 through March 4 at the Nadine McGuire Pavilion on the University of Florida campus.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus) on Monday, February 19, 2007.

Problem forgetting may be a natural mechanism gone awry

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Better tie that string around your finger a little tighter.

Filed under Aging, Health, Research on Monday, February 19, 2007.

UF professor chosen to head major gravitational wave experiment

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A massive international effort aimed at making the first direct observations of gravitational waves now has a University of Florida professor at its helm.

Filed under Research, Sciences on Monday, February 19, 2007.

New UF partnerships help solve Florida’s growth management issues

GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Finding realistic and equitable legal solutions to a wide range of important growth management issues – especially those that affect agriculture, green space, water resources and energy – is easier thanks to a new partnership between the University of Florida’s Extension Service and UF’s Levin College of Law.

Filed under Agriculture, Environment, Florida, Law, Research on Monday, February 19, 2007.

Update: Weekly

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This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of February 19th.

Filed under Audio on Monday, February 19, 2007.

A climate of opportunity

Evidence for human-caused climate change is now so compelling that policy makers are unlikely to ignore it.

Filed under Op-Eds on Sunday, February 18, 2007.

Associated Press: Jude Grosser

Jude Grosser, a cell geneticist at the UF Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred, was quoted in a Feb. 17 Associated Press state wire story about new hybrid varieties of citrus.

Filed under UF In The News on Saturday, February 17, 2007.

UF College of Fine Arts project aims to raise funds to combat hunger

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In a charitable twist on throwing bowls, University of Florida’s School of Art + Art History Community Arts Projects class will host a “Bowl-A-Thon” to combat hunger on Sunday, Feb 18.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus) on Friday, February 16, 2007.