University of Florida News

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.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Photographers, videographers and writers covering standup comedian Lewis Black’s show at the University of Florida’s O’Connell Center must turn off all recording devices after the first five minutes of the March 28 program.

The University of Florida men’s basketball team advanced to its second consecutive Final Four with a 85-77 victory over the Oregon Ducks. More information is available via the following links:

Men’s Basketball Advances To Final Four With 85-77 Win Over Oregon
Ticket Information Announced For The NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four

Update (April 1, 2007): After defeating [...]

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of March 26th.

Gordon Marino, a professor in the College of Health and Human Performance and a former professional boxer, wrote an op-ed column March 25 in the St. Petersburg Times about the significance of the career of Muhammad Ali.