GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The 57th Annual Latin American Conference of the University of Florida’s Center for Latin American Studies will be held Feb. 7-8 at Reitz Student Union. The event promises to provide a unique examination of how corporate social responsibility, philanthropy, strategic planning, community participation and sustainability can be combined to meet the challenges [...]
January 2008 Archive
Annual Latin American Conference to be held at UF, Feb. 7-8
Degree Applications Due
Graduating seniors should be aware that degree applications are due by 5 p.m. on Feb. 1 if they plan to graduate at the end of the spring semester. Students may call 352-392-1374 for more information, or visit http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/adspring0708.html.
E-mail Scam Alert
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida community should be on alert for a fraudulent e-mail message with the subject, “Verify your UFL email account now,” which is currently circulating on the Internet. Do not respond to the “Verify your UFL email account now” message.
Symposium to focus on “green” building
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Experts from law and related fields will meet Feb. 15 at the University of Florida Hilton Conference Center to discuss “green” building practices in Florida. Presented by the UF Levin College of Law and co-sponsored by sections of The Florida Bar, this year’s conference is entitled “Green Building: Prospects and Pitfalls for [...]
What’s Your Focus?
Eye-opening and life-changing are the best words to describe the day I decided to get involved with the climate change initiative. After attending a conference on climate change issues in Florida, my philosophy emerged: Nothing in climate change is possible without collective action. If you follow popular belief, you know that it took collective action [...]
Air Force ROTC aces over the competition
What do a fraternity president, a varsity pole vaulter, and a Black Student Union president all have in common? They are all proud cadets with the University of Florida’s Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), recently named one of the best in the United States.
“In a school of 50,000, we’re just a small group, [...]
Garden springs to life as renewed community sanctuary
Various pieces of literature, art and songs have a “forgotten garden” theme, and there’s no need to look far to find the University of Florida’s own forgotten garden.
It was a different era when the once-thriving gardens at the corner of Gale Lemerand Drive and Mowry Road were a Gainesville tourist attraction, popular wedding site and [...]
InsideUF: January 29, 2008
Here’s the print version of InsideUF for January 29, 2008.
Associated Press: Chris McCarty
Chris McCarty, director of UF’s Survey Research Center, was quoted in a Jan. 29 Associated Press story about the monthly Florida consumer confidence report. The story was the result of a News Bureau release.