University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Michael G. Perri has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, effective Nov. 6.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An award-winning composer and the leader of the largest astrophysics experiment in the world will come together Sunday for the Florida premiere of “Einstein’s Cosmic Messengers,” an inventive multimedia concert.
This concert will feature Andrea Centazzo, composer, percussionist, and multimedia artist, and University of Florida professor of physics David Reitze, head of the [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s College of Engineering announced today (Nov. 3) that it is receiving $3 million in support from Harris Corporation, based in Melbourne, Fla., to promote research collaboration, train scientists, and retain and recruit faculty.
The gift, made through the Harris Foundation, will establish an endowment fund to support early stage, [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A test of the UF Alert text message system on Friday was a success, university officials said.
Eight minutes and two seconds elapsed from the time a University Police Department dispatcher sent the text message until the last batch of messages left Blackboard Connect, the text message service provider. A total of 61,475 [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Recently, the University of Florida’s Department of Agricultural Education and Communication has been identified as the leading department of its kind in the nation.
A research team at The Ohio State University conducted a national survey of agricultural education department chairs to rank the top-10 departments. UF’s Department of Agricultural Education and [...]

RELEASE AMENDED: 10/30/09
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Architects and staff members from two architectural firms will visit the University of Florida campus next week to start the master planning process for the future of the Reitz Student Union.
Gould Evans Architects of Tampa will work with WTW Architects of Pittsburgh, Pa., to learn how the 42-year-old building can [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will conduct another test of its emergency notification system on Friday in an effort to improve on the results from Wednesday’s test.
A test message will be sent to students, faculty and staff via only text messaging during normal business hours on Friday. There will be no e-mail or [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Fall 2009 Samuel Proctor Florida History Lecture Series at the University of Florida continues Tuesday with a lecture by Michael Grunwald, a prize-winning national reporter for Time magazine.
Grunwald will present “The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise,” at 7 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora. It is free [...]

For more information, please visit Environmental Health & Safety’s Web site, www.ehs.ufl.edu/H1N1.

Today is a test of UFAlert text and email emergency notification systems. This UF home page notification is posted in conjunction with the test. If this were an actual emergency, updates and additional information on the situation would be posted on the university’s home page.
If you had trouble receiving either the [...]