March 2011 Archive

Students’ ceramics to be exhibited in Focus Gallery

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Intersection: University of Florida Ceramics,” a collective exhibition showcasing current student work in ceramics at the University of Florida, opens March 21 in the Focus Gallery.

Filed under Announcements, Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Friday, March 18, 2011.

Students to find viable solutions to world’s problems

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — More than 60 University of Florida students will learn how to turn their visions of tackling some of the world’s toughest social, environmental and economic problems into viable, sustainable solutions.

Filed under Announcements, Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Friday, March 18, 2011.

University of Florida celebrates 80 years of Latin American studies

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida celebrates 80 years of teaching, research and service in Latin American studies with a series of public events March 24-26.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Thursday, March 17, 2011.

Repurposed transplant drug gives hope to women with fatal lung disease

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A drug typically used to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients has been shown to reverse the progress of an often fatal lung disease in women, according to findings published March 16 in the online edition of The New England Journal of Medicine.

Filed under Gender, Health, Research on Thursday, March 17, 2011.

UF researcher: Flowering plant study ‘catches evolution in the act’

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study shows when two flowering plants are crossed to produce a new hybrid, the new species’ genes are reset, allowing for greater genetic variation.

Filed under Research, Sciences on Thursday, March 17, 2011.

‘Ecopreneur’ to speak at UF about rethinking waste, seizing opportunities

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tom Szaky, co-founder and chief executive officer of TerraCycle, will talk about sustainable innovation and entrepreneurism at 7 p.m. March 22 in the University of Florida’s Reitz Student Union Grand Ballroom.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Thursday, March 17, 2011.

Bob Graham Center hosts renowned political philosopher

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Author and Harvard University professor Michael Sandel brings his unique approach to examining the most hotly contested moral and political issues of our times to the University of Florida’s Bob Graham Center for Public Service March 22.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Wednesday, March 16, 2011.

New Asian art wing to open next spring at Harn Museum

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida announced that it will open its 26,000-square-foot Asian art wing to the public in spring 2012.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Wednesday, March 16, 2011.

Club’s strawberry sale starts today

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Horticultural Sciences Graduate Student Club’s annual strawberry sale starts today and continues through Friday at Fifield Hall on Hull Road.

Filed under Announcements, Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Wednesday, March 16, 2011.

UF researchers suspect bacterial changes in mouth promote oral disease in people with HIV

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Oral disease occurs commonly and progresses rapidly among people who have HIV, but the process is poorly understood. Researchers suspect that the culprit is a change in the makeup of bacterial communities that live in the mouth.

Filed under Health, Research on Wednesday, March 16, 2011.