RTS has modified several campus and city bus routes because of construction and a partial road closure of Southwest Second Avenue to Southwest 13th Street. The affected routes are 1, 11 and 127 (campus shuttle) and Sunday routes 401, 402 and 403.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. –– The Harn Museum will highlight the current exhibition of Ethiopian art during Museum Nights on March 29 with a docent-led exhibition spotlight tour of “Continuity and Change: Three Generations of Ethiopian Artists” at 7:30 p.m.
Linda Bartoshuk, a professor in the College of Dentistry, was quoted in a March 27 Washington Post story about a plant used as a medicinal herb in India that can block receptors in the mouth from tasting sweet foods.
Anthropologist Susan Gillespie was quoted in March 27 USA Today story on books written about the ancient Mayans’ predictions of an apocalypse in 2012.
Finance Professor Jay Ritter was quoted in a March 27 USA Today story about Citigroup seeking to sell Vonage stock nine months after it helped bring the company public.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Rising gas prices, a declining housing market and a sudden dip in the stock market contributed to a six-point drop in Florida’s consumer confidence to 86 in March, its lowest level in six months, University of Florida economists report.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Players, the University of Florida’s student-run theater company, is excited to present “Godspell,” the first of two musicals in its spring 2007 season. The production will be staged in the Nadine McGuire Black Box Theatre March 29 through April 1. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. March 29, 30 and 31, and 1:30 p.m. March 31 and April 1.
After a summer research trip to Uganda led him to discover the country’s great need for educational resources, University of Florida geography doctoral candidate Joel Hartter decided to do something about it by helping to establish a foundation to support libraries in rural villages in the western part of the country.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Olga Kern made history in 2001 when she was awarded the gold medal at the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Kern was the first woman in more than 30 years to win the coveted piano competition held in Forth Worth, Texas.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Stand-up comedian, actor and playwright Lewis Black will speak at 8 p.m. March 28 in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center on the University of Florida campus. The event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 7:15 p.m.