GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Professor Nalini Nadkarni, a world-renowned forest ecologist and former Guggenheim fellow, will speak on the University of Florida campus Wednesday.
EVERYONE knows that Ivy League universities banned the Reserve Officer Training Corps from their campuses during the Vietnam War. Forty years later, the bans continue, though the reason has shifted from war protest to the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gay men and women in the military.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jon Sund of Green Cove Springs and Miranda Bennett of Archer received top honors in this year’s ButterflyFest Pollinator Photography Contest. The winners were announced Oct. 23 during an awards presentation at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s fifth annual ButterflyFest.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two University of Florida researchers and their international colleagues have used mathematical models and maps to estimate the feasibility of eliminating malaria from countries that have the deadliest form of the disease.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Theta Delta Chapter of the Chi Phi Fraternity recently held its annual capture-the-flag tournament between the members of the University of Florida Panhellenic Council to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Alachua County. The event raised $1,502.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three award-winning authors will visit Gainesville Nov. 5 and 6 for the 61st Florida Writers’ Festival.
The festival, hosted by the University of Florida’s MFA program in creative writing, known as MFA@FLA, and sponsored by the Alachua County Library District and the Friends of the George A. Smathers Library, brings nationally distinguished [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will open two new exhibits at 10 a.m. Nov. 13.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Eric Segal, former assistant professor of art history at the University of Florida, has been appointed curator of academic programs at the Harn Museum of Art.
Segal’s appointment will further foster collaboration between UF faculty and students, who turn to the Harn as a campus resource. As curator of academic programs, Segal [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The performance of the Russian State Symphony Orchestra, originally scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at the Phillips Center for Performing Arts, has been canceled.
“Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, the Russian State Symphony Orchestra’s Winter, 2011 Tour, has been canceled,” said Michael Blachly, director of University of Florida Performing [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The highly successful Can You Take a Five Minute Shower? water conservation campaign that began in the University of Florida’s Yulee residential area last fall continues to expand.
The most challenging water conservation effort for residents is to take shorter, cooler showers using the Shower Coach timers, which are 5-minute timers [...]