UF news for week of Sept. 1 listed
Published: August 29 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Here are the releases the University of Florida’s media relations office expects to send next week, subject to change:
Published: August 29 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Here are the releases the University of Florida’s media relations office expects to send next week, subject to change:
Published: August 29 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida Board of Trustees’ Committee on Governance and the University of Florida Presidential Search Committee’s Subcommittee on Compensation will have a joint meeting beginning at noon Sept. 5 followed by a meeting of the University of Florida Presidential Search Committee at UF’s Austin Cary Forest Learning Center, 10625 NE Waldo Road, Gainesville.
Published: August 27 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida Transportation and Parking Services reminds UF employees and students of parking restrictions during the seven home football games during the 2014 Gator season.
Published: August 29 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida on Saturday will launch a re-branding campaign centered on the university’s research, global outreach and commitment to take on the big issues facing the world.
Published: August 28 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida received a record $702 million in research awards last year, surpassing by $24 million the previous record of $678 million set in 2010.
Published: August 28 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Donors responding to the University of Florida’s Preeminence initiative gave a record $215.3 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30, boosting UF’s ability to address society’s most pressing concerns and supporting the university’s highest priorities.
Published: August 26 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Consumer sentiment among Floridians remained flat at a post-recession high of 82 for the third consecutive month in August, according to a University of Florida survey.
Published: August 20 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Alumni Association and the University Athletic Association are teaming up to host the first “Rally in the Swamp,” a student pep rally to be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 24 in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium to welcome students to campus and prepare them for the football team’s season opener against Idaho on Aug. 30.
Published: August 25 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The National Science Foundation has awarded six grants totaling about $7.5 million to digitize biodiversity collections, a nationwide effort coordinated by the iDigBio program based at the University of Florida.
Published: August 22 2014
Media advisory
Published: August 19 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Ask anyone who has a surgical pin in their body, and they likely will tell you they wish it would just go away.
Published: August 18 2014
Events advisory for week of Aug. 18.
Published: August 18 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Floridians would likely support a 1 percent sales tax bump to prevent and eradicate disruptive invasive species, a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences public opinion survey shows.
Published: August 13 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida Foundation today announced a second gift of $1.5 million from the Coca-Cola Co. in support of long-term research aimed at preventing a widespread disease that affects crops in Florida’s $9 billion citrus industry.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- University of Florida students, faculty, staff, alumni and others are eligible to enter the 2014 Global Culture Photography Competition, sponsored by the International Center.
Published: August 7 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida professor received a national Dedication to Entrepreneurship award this week.
Published: August 7 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Intelligent and beautiful, the Asian elephant is running out of time unless humans step aside and give it some room.
Published: August 7 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- After 600 hours of chemotherapy, 63 nights in the hospital and five years in college, one determined student is graduating from the University of Florida.
Published: August 6 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A special weekend of activities to mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal will be held at the University of Florida Aug. 15-17.
Published: August 5 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Taste trumps health benefits for blueberry buyers, sending a strong message that fruit consumers value flavor most, new University of Florida research shows.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Can scientists accurately predict when an individual will develop a disease? What if we could predict how to increase drought resistance in plants? Or offer patients personalized medicine?
Published: August 4 2014
Events Advisory for week of Aug. 4
Published: August 4 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- W. Craig Fugate is coming back to where his high-profile career began.
Published: August 4 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When a magnitude-7.0 earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, the world wanted to help.
Published: August 6 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – When the ants come marching in, having miles of linked habitats may not be such a good idea after all.
Published: August 15 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida divisions of Business Affairs, Student Affairs and Human Resources are sponsoring the 14th annual Ask Me Campaign Aug. 19-26.
Published: August 19 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Will Allen, author of “The Good Food Revolution,” the 2014 Common Reading Program book, will speak at the New Student Convocation at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 22 in the O’Connell Center.
Published: August 26 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Amid state and national trends showing a decline in the demand for pharmacists and an increased emphasis on interprofessional, team-based approaches to care, the University of Florida College of Pharmacy is embarking on a four-year plan to lower its student-to-faculty ratio as part of ongoing curriculum reform.
Published: August 26 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A Florida Museum of Natural History gallery exhibit opening Sept. 1 illustrates how human actions can lead to the extinction of a species — even those considered common just a century ago.
Published: August 29 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida Presidential Search Committee’s Subcommittee on Campus Visit will meet at 11:15 a.m. Sept. 2 in 123 Tigert Hall, University of Florida campus.