University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Stars are standard fare in astronomy departments, but this one is sure to win special attention.
Brian May, lead guitarist for the rock group Queen, is flying from London to Gainesville to help UF’s astronomers pay tribute to a renowned Spanish astronomer who will receive an honorary doctorate during Saturday’s commencement events.
May worked [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida Professor emerita and featured artist Evon Streetman will present a gallery talk in the exhibition “Highlights from the Photography Collection: University of Florida’s Photographic Legacy” at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Streetman, who taught at UF from 1977 to 1999, will discuss her multimedia works displayed in the permanent collection exhibition and [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Department of Housing & Residence Education Recycling & Sustainability Committee is sponsoring the 2008 Spring Check-Out Recycling Project. The theme this year is “Be a Recycling Hero!”
Donations of nonperishable food, clothes, small appliances, new and used school supplies, and electronics are being collected through Saturday in residence hall [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The American Institute of Certified Planners inducted Christopher Silver, dean of the University of Florida’s College of Design, Construction and Planning, and Claude E. “Gene” Boles Jr., director of the department of urban and regional planning’s Center for Building Better Communities, into the elite membership of AICP’s College of Fellows at a [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History and the Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild are seeking entries for the exhibit “Quilting Natural Florida II” planned for spring 2010.
All entries will be reviewed by a panel of jurors to ensure the quilts represent or illustrate subjects of nature that are found in Florida. [...]

The leader of the Human Genome Project, Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., has accepted an invitation to speak at the UF Genetics Institute’s annual symposium this fall, announced Indra Vasil, Ph.D., chairman of the organizing committee for Florida Genetics 2008. Collins, a physician-geneticist, is widely known for his landmark discovery of disease genes and his [...]

The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries is pleased to announce the return of the Let’s Talk About It: Jewish Literature – Identity and Imagination series. These series explore Jewish literature and culture through scholar-led discussions of contemporary and classic books on a common theme. The library has received funding to sponsor two sessions [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Randell Research Center in Pineland recently completed a two-year program to plant more than 800 native trees.
Volunteers donated nearly $40,000 in labor costs to plant more than 30 species of trees at the state-owned Pineland archaeological site and at the Lee County-owned Gill House property, both [...]

John Kaplan, College of Journalism and Communications professor, has been named a Fulbright Scholar for 2009 by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB). During his spring semester 2009 sabbatical, he will be based at Hong Kong Baptist University. At HKBU, Kaplan will teach a class on international journalism, do research on diabetes awareness [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Joe Joyce, IFAS’ executive associate vice president for agriculture and natural resources, has been named to the state’s environmental regulation commission.
His three-year term began April 11 and ends in July 2011. The commission meets about once a month and approves air, water and waste management standards.
The commission’s seven members are appointed by [...]