University of Florida News

The University of Florida was recently named as a 2007 Honor Roll member of the President’s Higher Education Community Service program. This is the first year that UF has applied for the national award.
UF’s award application highlighted that more than 72,000 hours of community service were performed by some 12,435 students. Details of four specific [...]

UF English alumna Barbara J. Stephenson has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.S. to the Republic of Panama, following the nomination of President George W. Bush.
A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Stephenson currently serves as
Deputy Coordinator for Iraq at the Department of State. Prior to [...]

The Center for Latin American Studies was recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fulbright Hays Program to provide a four-week curriculum development project in Ecuador and Peru.
The program, “The Andean “HATSS” Project: Reaching High Achievement for Teachers and Students of Spanish in Florida Schools,” is a collaborative endeavor between the Center [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As he gears up to retire June 30 after 43 years as a journalist, media law scholar and mentor, Bill Chamberlin is collecting top honors in his field.
They include being inducted into the “Heroes of the 50 States: The Open Government Hall of Fame” and receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from Florida’s [...]

In a letter to the University of Florida community, President Bernie Machen urges The Gator Nation to think of the millions who need our help in China, Myanmar and parts of the U.S.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “An Ocean of Devotion: South Asian Regional Worship Traditions” was developed as a direct result of collaboration between the Harn Museum of Art and the Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra) at the University of Florida. This exhibition was made possible through the generous support of the Dr. Madelyn M. [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Reminisce with the music of Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and more in American Big Band. The revue kicks off UFPA’s Summer in the City series at 7:30 p.m. on June 10 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
American Big Band is a musical journey that spans more than [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s College of Fine Arts School of Theatre and Dance will begin its summer season with a presentation of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” at the Constans Theatre during select dates in the months of May and July.
The performance is set during the Italian Carnival period in Shakespearean Italy [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Tourism Crisis Management Institute at the University of Florida will host a symposium on Crisis Management for Destinations on June 25 at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center.
The symposium will be held prior to the opening reception of the annual Florida Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus’ Destination Marketing Industry [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF officials were still working Tuesday morning to determine what caused a power outage that affected the northeastern section of campus.
The outage, which started around 11 a.m. and lasted about 30 minutes, affected everything from Gale Lemerand Drive east and from Museum Drive north, said David O’Brien, assistant vice president for the [...]