GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida College of Education on Thursday (April 20) honored educators and students from UF and Alachua County public schools whose scholarly outreach activities contribute to improved schools and student learning or address important social and community issues.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Author Rick Cech will share facts and photos from his book “Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer’s Guide” from 2 to 3 p.m. April 23 as part of the Florida Museum’s Science Sunday lecture series.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Libraries has launched a new Web site featuring UF’s Digital Collections.
The Survivors’ Art Exhibit opens May 1 in “the gallery” of the Reitz Student Union.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will celebrate Earth Day from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, with several special activities, including donating $1 from every Butterfly Rainforest adult admission to the Lubee Bat Conservancy.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. –– Alachua County students will begin dreaming of careers as world-renowned artists when the Harn Museum of Art hosts the Alachua County Student Art Exhibition from April 20 to May 14.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida architecture professor Kim Tanzer recently was elected president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. In her role as president, Tanzer will represent the academic architecture community and run the day-to-day operations of the ACSA. She will begin her three-year term by serving as president-elect starting July 1 and will become president July 1, 2007.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two University Press of Florida books are winners of the Florida Historical Society’s 2006 Rembert Patrick Best Academic Book Award. Phyllis E. Kolianos and Brent R. Weisman are co-editors of “The Lost Florida Manuscript of Frank Hamilton Cushing,” and “The Florida Journals of Frank Hamilton Cushing.”
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Museum of Natural History paleontologists and volunteers have recovered 60 partial to nearly complete animal skeletons from an ancient clay-filled sinkhole located in western Alachua County since work at the site began in May 2005, but more volunteers are still needed for the project, scheduled to continue through May 13.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Six incoming freshmen at the University of Florida have been offered scholarships through the Lombardi Scholars Program. This program is in its fifth year, and the six additional students will maintain the program at 32 participants.