Each year, students, faculty, staff and alumni pack Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and flow through the streets of campus for a weekend of football and festivities, in celebration of the University of Florida’s Homecoming.
Gator Growl, featuring performances by comedian and impressionist Frank Caliendo and legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, will once again headline the list [...]
For the third year in a row, the University of Florida’s Office of Sustainability will celebrate National Campus Sustainability Day. The event starts at 10 a.m. on Oct. 24 and features a number of activities designed to raise awareness of campus sustainability efforts.
The day will begin on the Reitz Student Union North Lawn, with President [...]
Here’s the print version of InsideUF for October 23, 2007.
Ed Gilman, a professor of environmental horticulture, was recently named by the International Society of Arboriculture as the recipient of the 2007 L.C. Chadwick Award for Arboricultural Research. The award recognizes research that has contributed valuable information to arboriculture. Gilman has published more than 60 peer-reviewed research studies and authored six books; his current work [...]
The University of Florida College of Pharmacy has been named one of eight pharmacy schools to receive the Academic-Practice Partnership for Learning Excellence Award. Also called the Crystal Apple Award, the designation from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy was created to improve pharmacy education and practice by encouraging quality professional experience programs. UF [...]
Team Gator Nation recently won a spot in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge semi-finals after University of Florida engineers turned a 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid into a fully autonomous driving machine for this year’s competition.
On Oct. 26-31, Team Gator Nation will compete in the Urban Challenge National Qualification Event. If the team qualifies as a [...]
Energy may be the defining issue of this century. Our quality of life, economy, standard of living and security depend on clean, affordable and reliable energy. The limited supply of fossil energy, its accelerated consumption, and a dependence on unstable countries for fossil fuel supply are major U.S. economic and security issues. Moreover, due [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — College students might remember Stephen Prothero from his appearance on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” while religion scholars know him best for his contributions to academia, including the New York Times bestseller “Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know — and Doesn’t.” The Boston University religion professor and media pundit [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Starting this fall, all University of Florida students will be asked to provide emergency contact information when they register for classes.
UF is the first institution in the state and one of the first in the country to adopt this policy.
Starting today, each student who logs on to ISIS, UF’s Web-based registration system, [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Students once again will have a safe haven available in Jacksonville during this weekend’s Florida/Georgia football game.
Launched last year, the Sideline Student Safety Zone, organized by the University of Florida, the University of Georgia and the city of Jacksonville, will be open Friday and Saturday in and near The Jacksonville Landing.
Students and [...]