Win Phillips, vice president for research, wrote a June 22 column in The Miami Herald about renewable energy initiatives in Florida. The column was edited and pitched by the UF News Bureau’s Op-Ed Service.
State policymakers at this week’s 2008 Climate Change summit in Miami will focus on renewable energy in Florida. The meeting is important and timely.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two years ago, the United States restored full diplomatic relations with Libya. This summer, a Libyan mass media professor will participate in a State Department institute at the University of Florida.
Garyounis University professor Jouma Mohamed M. ElFotaysi joins 17 participants from around the world June 29 in the six-week Study of the [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It takes two talented performers to fill the “Blue Suede Shoes” of “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.” Mike Albert and Scot Bruce, together with the Big E Band, re-create the hits that made Elvis Presley one of the 20th Century’s most enduring and beloved icons in “Blue Suede Shoes (The Ultimate [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It was 1971 when Seigfred Fagerberg said hello to the University of Florida’s College of Health and Human Performance. About 60,000 students, more than 1,000 recommendations, 25 courses and 11 college textbooks later, Fagerberg is saying goodbye.
When Fagerberg came to Gainesville 37 years ago, it was to visit a fraternity brother finishing [...]
As you may have heard, a new state law in Florida that becomes effective July 1 will allow employees who have a concealed weapons permit to keep their guns in their cars while at work.
However, it is important to note that the new law does not apply to the University of Florida. The law [...]
Physicist David Tanner was quoted in a June 17 USA Today story about investigating dark matter.
Charles Adams, a marine economics specialist, was quoted in a June 17 Associated Press story about the impact of high fuel prices on commercial and charter fishing.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Jim Liversidge Collection, a walk through “Baby Boom” pop culture history, is now open in the second floor gallery of Smathers Library (East) from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. “The Passing Parade: A Baby Boomer Collects” touches upon highlights from politics, television, theatre, film, music, sports, [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Almost as soon as recent University of Florida journalism graduate John Cox landed in San Francisco earlier this month, he started competing in the national Hearst Championships. After attending a dinner reception, he received his spot-news assignment and quickly hit the pavement.
Forty-eight hours later, Cox, of Niceville, Fla., became the third UF [...]