Students from the University of Florida M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction have been donating their time to repair an antique caboose for the city of Archer, Fla., under the supervision of and with direct funding from Leon Wetherington, building construction lecturer.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The following is a response from professor and chair of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Alireza Haghighat to the Oct. 13 ABC PrimeTime Live story regarding nuclear training reactors
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Albert Einstein once referred to 1905 as the year “a storm broke loose” in his mind. It must have been the perfect storm, because that year he published five papers that forever changed the field of physics — proving the existence of atoms, devising the theory of relativity, laying the foundation for quantum physics and writing the world’s most famous equation, E=mc2 — all in 1905.
The Reitz Student Union at the University of Florida is accepting applications to exhibit in “the gallery” for Spring 2006 semester.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will offer a botanical watercolor illustration adult class from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 22 and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 23.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will offer docent naturalist training for volunteers interested in leading museum school tours in the University of Florida Natural Area Teaching Lab from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m Sunday, Oct. 16, and Sunday, Nov. 6. Volunteers must attend one of these training sessions.
A memorial service for Samuel Proctor, University of Florida historian and professor emeritus of history, will be held this weekend. It is open to the public.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History has received a $5,000 grant from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The grant will assist the Florida Museum with the production of two free public events and an interactive discovery cart for the “In Search of Giant Squid” exhibition, which opened Sept. 24 and continues through Jan. 2, 2006.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System has designated the University of Florida as a “Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary,” the first university to achieve this status, and one of 607 such sanctuaries in the world.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mitchell Estrin, clarinet professor and director of the clarinet ensemble at the University of Florida, has been named to the position of educational and creative development manager for Buffet Crampon USA Inc., the world’s leading clarinet manufacturer.