October 2008 Archive

Wearing candidate garb won’t keep voters away from polls in Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — While poll workers in some states will turn away voters who wear political shirts, hats or buttons, wearing your political pride while voting in Florida won’t violate any anti-solicitation laws, a UF political science professor said.

Filed under Florida, Politics, Research on Wednesday, October 22, 2008.

Research Report: Airline Tourism

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It turns out that concerns about hurricanes don’t keep people from flying to Florida, but lack of money might. University of Florida researchers studied the factors affecting air travel to the sunshine state. Researcher Jose Cazanova says consumers will brave the heat and the storms if they can afford it.

Filed under Audio on Wednesday, October 22, 2008.

Airline Tourism

It turns out that concerns about hurricanes don’t keep people from flying to Florida, but lack of money might. University of Florida researchers studied the factors affecting air travel to the sunshine state. Researcher Jose Cazanova says consumers will brave the heat and the storms if they can afford it.

Filed under Video on Wednesday, October 22, 2008.

Serendipitous observations reveal rare event in life of distant quasar

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A bit of serendipity has given astronomers a surprise view of a never-before-observed event in the birth of a galaxy.

Filed under Astronomy, Research, Sciences on Tuesday, October 21, 2008.

Samuel Proctor Lecture Series continues with educational policy leader

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A former state higher education official will deliver the second talk in the Samuel Proctor Florida History Lecture Series.
Robin Gibson, former chairman of the Florida Board of Regents, will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Pugh Hall Ocora with a talk titled “The History of the State University System.” The series [...]

Filed under Announcements, Top Stories on Tuesday, October 21, 2008.

Recent financial crisis fails to hurt confidence in Florida real estate

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The national economic crisis has failed to rattle Florida real estate experts, who, despite serious concerns about the availability of financing, remain surprisingly calm about market conditions within the state, a new University of Florida survey finds.

Filed under Business, Florida, Research on Monday, October 20, 2008.

Campus ‘Influenza Campaign’ begins Oct. 20

Beginning October 20, students, faculty and staff may go to the Student Health Care Center (SHCC) to get a flu shot from 8 to 11:30 a.m. or 1 to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The cost is $5 for students and $25 for faculty and staff.
UF students and staff who fall into the high risk [...]

Filed under Announcements, Note This on Monday, October 20, 2008.

UF Libraries to co-host Frontline: World – Stories from a Small Planet, Oct. 21

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The George A. Smathers Libraries, in collaboration with the Alachua County Library District, presents Frontline’s “World – Stories from a Small Planet” to the Gainesville community. The libraries will jointly host a screening and discussion program at 6 p.m. on Oct. 21 at the headquarters branch of the public library, 401 E. [...]

Filed under Announcements, Happenings on Monday, October 20, 2008.

Update: Weekly

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This is Update Weekly, your online audio source of University of Florida news and events for the week beginning Monday, October 20th.

Filed under Audio on Monday, October 20, 2008.

New York Times: David Leavitt

English professor ‘ reviewed “Sicilian Tragedee,” a new novel by Ottavio Cappellani, in the Oct. 19 New York Times.

Filed under UF In The News on Sunday, October 19, 2008.