The sign hanging in their office reads “Garden More, Work Less,” but twin sisters and environmental horticulture graduate students Jennifer and Jessica Boldt have found a way to combine the two at the University of Florida.
As coordinator of the experimental trial gardens, Jennifer is responsible for testing different breeds of seeds from plant suppliers across [...]
Here’s the print version of InsideUF for November 20, 2007.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The associate dean of student affairs in the University of Florida College of Engineering is one of fewer than a dozen people nationwide to receive a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
Jonathan Earle received the award in a White House ceremony Friday. He and the other awardees also [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Entrepreneur Edward T. Quinn of Longwood, Fla., has made a $2 million gift to the University of Florida College of Dentistry in honor of M. Franklin Dolwick, a UF professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery.
The gift will create the M. Franklin Dolwick University Chair and is eligible to receive dollar-for-dollar matching funds [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Annual Faculty/Staff Appreciation Days at the University of Florida Bookstores will be held Nov. 29-30. Faculty and staff will receive special discounts on many items with a valid Gator ID.
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov. 29 at the main store, Norm Carlson will conduct a book signing for his [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF will nominate two faculty members for consideration in the U.S. State Department’s Jefferson Science Fellow Program this year. The two fellows selected from the nationwide pool of nominees will work for one year in Washington, D.C., and may also spend time at U.S. embassies abroad.
Applicants should submit their applications to Dean [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — If you are a full-time UF or Shands employee and are feeling stressed at work, a new research study may be able to help. A workplace stress management program will be offered free of charge as part of the study. Participants may reduce their symptoms of stress, such as frustration, anxiety, depression [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Library West will maintain extended hours during finals to assist students with their studies. The library will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 a.m. from Dec. 1 through Dec. 13. The Library West Starbucks location will remain open during these extended hours as well.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Christopher Silver, dean of the College of Design, Construction and Planning, was recently awarded the Laurence C. Gerckens Prize at the biennial Society for American City and Regional Planning History conference in Portland, Maine. The prize is awarded once every two years to a scholar-teacher who has demonstrated sustained excellence in the [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Animal sciences professor Peter Hansen has been named a 2007 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The award honors efforts to advance scientific applications deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.
Hansen was among 471 AAAS members named fellow this year, and the only one from UF. He was selected for [...]