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University of Florida professor elected to Royal Norwegian Society of Science and Letters

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — John Klauder, a professor of physics and mathematics at the University of Florida, has been elected to the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, within the class of natural sciences. The society’s purpose is to promote and recognize excellence in scholarship.

Filed under InsideUF (Campus) on Tuesday, November 22, 2005.

Gator Nation Network launched to connect alumni, friends

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Gators across the globe are now a mouse click away from each other.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus) on Tuesday, November 22, 2005.

UF officials monitoring Tropical Storm Gamma

University officials are monitoring the track of Tropical Storm Gamma. Currently, plans call for classes and work activities to remain on a normal schedule for Monday. Should the storm’s predicted track change or should forecast conditions for the Gainesville area worsen, new information will be posted on UF’s home page.

Filed under InsideUF (Campus) on Friday, November 18, 2005.

Slain UF student memorialized with scholarship

MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. — On Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005, University of Florida student and Merritt Island native Thomas Brown was found slain in Jacksonville following the Florida-Georgia football game.

Filed under InsideUF (Campus) on Thursday, November 17, 2005.

Acclaimed opera company brings “Madama Butterfly”

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Bulgarian State Academic Opera brings Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece “Madama Butterfly” to the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21. UF associate professor of music and opera workshop director Anthony Offerle will lead a pre-performance discussion, which is free and open to the public, at 6:45 p.m.

Filed under InsideUF (Campus) on Thursday, November 17, 2005.

Eclectic program set for trio’s performance Sunday

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – As hip and energetic as ever, the Ahn Trio brings an eclectic program to University Auditorium at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20. The artists will lead a pre-performance discussion in the Auditorium’s Friends of Music Room at 3 p.m.

Filed under InsideUF (Campus) on Thursday, November 17, 2005.

MOTOWN comes to UF Cultural Plaza Jan. 21

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History, Harn Museum of Art and University of Florida Performing Arts host MOTOWN at the Cultural Plaza, a fund-raiser benefiting the University of Florida Cultural Plaza, on Jan. 21.

Filed under InsideUF (Campus) on Thursday, November 17, 2005.

University of Florida ranks 11th in number of study-abroad students

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida ranks 11th nationally in the number of students studying abroad, according to the Open Doors report by the Institute of International Education.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus) on Wednesday, November 16, 2005.

New wheelchair may improve quality of life

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers in the College of Health and Human Performance and the College of Public Health and Health Professions at the University of Florida are recruiting participants for a study involving a new wheelchair design they hope will break many boundaries that people encounter when using traditional wheelchairs.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus) on Wednesday, November 16, 2005.

“Helping Our Neighbors” for Thanksgiving

The goal of the community partners is to help our neighbors who live in the outlying and rural areas of Alachua County. On Nov. 18, more than 200 Thanksgiving baskets will be delivered to families in Alachua, Archer, Hawthorne, High Springs, LaCrosse, Micanopy, Newberry and Waldo. The estimated number of people who will be served is more than 1,000.

Filed under InsideUF (Campus) on Wednesday, November 16, 2005.