GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Gallery,” a new monthly program designed to promote and reflect the rich art and cultural resources of the North Florida community, can be seen twice this weekend on WUFT/TV.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The 2006 Florida Butterfly Festival photography contest rules are now available online. The entry fee is $10 per photo, with cash prizes awarded to the top five winners.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Beinecke Foundation has selected Jenna Battillo, a junior majoring in anthropology and classical studies and minoring in geological sciences at the University of Florida, as one of 20 national winners of the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Little Shop of Horrors” has canceled its national tour, including its scheduled date at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, Sept. 13.
Bill Belleville, award-winning nature writer and winner of an Emmy for producing “Wekiva: Legacy or Loss?,” will discuss his new book “Losing It All to Sprawl: How Progress Ate My Cracker Landscape” at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Special Collections Research Room at Smathers Library.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The executive director of the University of Florida’s Brechner Center for Freedom of Information has been named the McClatchy Professor in Freedom of Information.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management at the University of Florida will offer a bioreactor landfill workshop May 25-26 in Orlando.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The UF South Florida BCN Alumni Club presented a $100,000 check to the M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction at the school’s 70th Anniversary Banquet and Fundraiser May 9. The gift will help fund the school’s 70th Anniversary Endowed Faculty Support Fund to provide for new faculty members.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History and the Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild will co-host “Quilting Natural Florida” June 10 to Sept. 4 at the Florida Museum. The exhibition features contemporary quilts with an emphasis on the plants, animals and environments of natural Florida.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The American Distance Education Consortium has named the University of Florida Global Forensic Science program the winner of its 2006 national Award of Excellence in Distance Education.