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Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernándezbrings traditional Mexican dance to the Phillips Center

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The lords of heaven and earth come back to life, the Mayas are re-born and the Aztecs reign again. Ballet Folklórico de México is more than a cultural icon. It is a fiesta of dance that explodes in a dazzling display of colorful costumes and effervescent rhythms. [...]

Filed under Happenings on Thursday, October 25, 2007.

UF Concert Choir performs opera favorites on Oct. 28

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The College of Fine Arts School of Music pays tribute to some of the most highly acclaimed and world-renowned “Spectacular Moments in Opera: Most Loved Choruses, Overtures and Arias” at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 28, at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Florida.
The program features a collection of [...]

Filed under Happenings on Thursday, October 25, 2007.

Subaru provides real-life marketing experience to students

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Subaru is sponsoring a unique program geared toward helping marketing students, professors and clients work together in order to apply real-world situations to classroom material. Students from eight U.S. universities, including the University of Florida, will promote the Subaru Impreza product line to a key target market, their fellow college peers.
The [...]

Filed under Seen & Heard, Top Stories on Thursday, October 25, 2007.

The Focus Gallery presents “Ground Truth: Evidence of Paris Through Drawing and Digital Media”

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Ground Truth: Evidence of Paris Through Drawing and Digital Media” is a selection of work by students enrolled in the School of Art and Art History’s Interdisciplinary Studio course at the Paris Research Centre during May 2007. The exhibit will be available Oct. 29 through Dec. 7, with a public reception on [...]

Filed under Happenings on Thursday, October 25, 2007.

Pink Floyd Experience and The Four Tops coming to Gainesville in 2008

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Performing Arts is pleased to announce the addition of two performances to its 2007-08 Season.
The Pink Floyd Experience echoes everything that made Pink Floyd one of rock and roll’s greatest icons. It is the Pink Floyd Experience in a new way.
The Pink Floyd Experience will appear at [...]

Filed under Happenings on Thursday, October 25, 2007.

Men’s basketball team to appear at Gator Growl

GAINESVILLE, Fla. —Gator Growl 2007 remains true to its theme “Nation of Champions” this year with appearances by the University of Florida’s athletic heroes.
Traditionally, Growl has always welcomed the senior football players and head coach to The Swamp. This year, for the first time ever, the University of Florida men’s basketball team and head [...]

Filed under Announcements, Top Stories on Thursday, October 25, 2007.

UF undergraduates take top spot in Singapore competition

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A team comprised of four of Warrington’s top business students took the top prize at the Asian Business Case Challenge, an international, invitation-only business case competition recently held in Singapore. The Oct. 8-13 event, hosted by the Nanyang School of Business (Nanyang Technological University), was the first international case competition in which [...]

Filed under Top Stories on Thursday, October 25, 2007.

President addresses summary of FDLE report

Dear students, faculty and staff,
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement forwarded late last week its review of the University of Florida Police Department’s actions in the arrest of student Andrew Meyer.
The report is more than 300 pages and includes many hours of taped interviews of witnesses. A full review of the document to remove information [...]

Filed under Announcements, Voices Column on Wednesday, October 24, 2007.

UF urges vaccinations, safety steps to prevent spread of infections

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Student Health Care Center is joining with the Healthy Gator 2010 Coalition in a fall campaign to promote good health and prevent the spread of infectious diseases on campus.
UF is urging students, staff and faculty to receive vaccinations for influenza and meningococcal meningitis and to take other daily [...]

Filed under Top Stories on Wednesday, October 24, 2007.

UF Dance students showcase their talents, Oct. 25-28

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The College of Fine Arts School of Theatre and Dance presents the BFA Dance showcase “Fall for Dance,” the premiere outlet for Bachelor of Fine Arts dance majors to showcase their choreographic works at the University of Florida.
Directed by Neta Pulvermacher, the unique and intimate dance showcase [...]

Filed under Happenings on Tuesday, October 23, 2007.