GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Explore the new science behind mysterious black smokers–deep-sea hot water vents–and exotic tubeworms as Daniel J.
Dan Boyd, superintendent of Alachua County Public Schools, will speak at the April 12 Community Campus Council 2005–06 Breakfast Series.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Center for the Arts & Healthcare Research & Education (CAHRE) at the University of Florida, in collaboration with UF’s College of Medicine and the Harn Museum of Art, has been invited to participate in Vital Visionaries, a national program designed to improve future doctors’ attitudes toward people over 65 and to awaken in both groups awareness of their creative possibilities.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will offer its monthly preschool program “Wigglers and Walkers” from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. April 12 for children 2 to 5 years. April’s program is themed “Going, Going…Almost Gone.”
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History invites University of Florida students to visit its award-winning Butterfly Rainforest, search for night-flying moths and learn about Florida pollinators, such as bats and butterflies at “Bats & Butterflies: A Celebration of Pollinators” April 6. Admission to the Butterfly Rainforest is free to UF students with their Gator 1 identification card from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The event is co-sponsored by the Lubee Bat Conservancy.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Distinguished scholar H. Alan Shapiro, W.H. Collins Vickers Professor of Archeology at John Hopkins University, will present new insights into the arts of classical Greece with his illustrated lecture, “Painters, Patrons, and Playboys in Ancient Athens” at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Harn Museum of Art.
Buddhists for Peace will hold an introductory seminar from 6 to 7:30 p.m. March 30 in the Reitz Student Union, Room 349.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Goldwater Foundation has announced that three University of Florida students have been selected for Goldwater Scholarships: Donald Burnette, Lauren Culver and Jeffrey Wong. UF junior Taylor Gilliland was recognized by the Goldwater Foundation with an honorable mention. This is the largest number of University of Florida students who have been recognized by the Goldwater Foundation.
Students with medical insurance provided through Student Government and the Scarborough Company now have more coverage options for birth control.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Robert Fichter, a UF alumnus, artist and professor of art at Florida State University, will present a lecture at 3 p.m. March 26 at the Harn Museum of Art. He will talk about his work and images included in the exhibition “Aura of the Photograph: The Image as Object.”