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Personal leave days to expire in July

University of Florida employees who have unused personal leave days or personal holidays should make plans now to take the time off. Any unused USPS personal holidays and TEAMS/faculty personal leave days not used by July 12 will expire.
Direct questions to Central Leave Administration at central-leave@ufl.edu.

Filed under Note This on Thursday, June 14, 2007.

Gator Dining meal plans open to faculty, staff

Gator Dining now offers University of Florida faculty and staff a meal membership plan for 30 meals at the Fresh Food Company (Broward Dining Hall), Gator Corner Dining Center and the café at the Cancer/Genetics Research Building. The plan also includes $25 in Flex Bucks, which are accepted at all Gator Dining locations and their [...]

Filed under Note This on Thursday, June 14, 2007.

Student leadership award nomination deadline extended

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Nominations will be accepted through June 20 for the Summer 2007 Outstanding Leadership Award for Male and Female Graduating Seniors, sponsored by the University of Florida Alumni Association. The students selected for these awards will be acknowledged at graduation ceremonies on Aug. 11.

Filed under Top Stories on Thursday, June 14, 2007.

‘Family Album Radio’ brings research-based information to listeners worldwide

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Gators everywhere are getting used to first-place rankings, so here’s another opportunity — UF boasts the nation’s first research-based radio series on family life.

Filed under Top Stories on Thursday, June 14, 2007.

HHP given $3.2 million to study alcohol, fitness interventions for adolescents

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Addictive & Health Behaviors Research Institute, part of the University of Florida College of Health and Human Performance, has received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to continue research on alcohol and fitness interventions for adolescents. NIAAA, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, will fund the research for the next five years.

Filed under Announcements, Top Stories on Thursday, June 14, 2007.

Florida Museum opens shark exhibit featuring 60-foot-long megalodon

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — At 60 feet long, megalodon was the largest shark that ever lived and a dominant marine predator. Sharks are at risk today, with recent population declines attributed to humans. Though megalodon vanished 2 million years ago, its fascinating story inspires lessons for science and shark conservation.

Filed under Top Stories on Thursday, June 14, 2007.

College of Public Health and Health Professions names interim dean

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Michael G. Perri has been named interim dean of the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, effective June 18.

Filed under Seen & Heard, Top Stories on Thursday, June 14, 2007.

Microbiologist earns top honor

WASHINGTON, D.C. — D. Grant McFadden, program director of the University of Florida College of Medicine’s Emerging Pathogens Initiative, has been elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology.

Filed under Seen & Heard, Top Stories on Thursday, June 14, 2007.

Spanish-speaking support available to caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — AlzOnline.net works to provide caregivers, especially those whose primary language is Spanish, a way to find help and instruction through Internet chat rooms, telephone support and education.

Filed under In Focus on Thursday, June 14, 2007.

‘The Producers’ comes to town

“The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical,” will make its Gainesville, Fla., premiere at the University of Florida Phillips Center for the Performing Arts for a limited five-day engagement beginning June 29 and running through July 1.

Filed under Happenings on Thursday, June 14, 2007.