University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s growing biotechnology industry is demanding an increasingly specialized work force, and the University of Florida is seeking to meet that need with a variety of programs for both entry-level and advanced workers.
Newly attracted heavy-hitting research institutes such as Scripps Florida, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies and the Burnham Institute for [...]

The Living Room is a site- specific installation by Anna Kell that invites viewers to think about their relationship with nature. The installation will be on display May 19 through August 29.
As we fill our homes with images and reminders of nature, the actual wildness outside our door is transforming, often into disappearance. Using a [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Take a musical journey this summer with University of Florida Performing Arts’ “Summer in the City” series. With eight different shows to choose from, you can travel the spectrum of musical fun and family entertainment – all right here in the heart of Florida.
Take the A-Train back to the days of Lindy-hopping [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Kenneth K. Lowman, program evaluator for the University of Florida’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers’ leadership team and adjunct finance professor in the College of Health and Human Performance, recently was selected by the U.S. Department of Education to serve on the department’s summer Institute Planning Committee.
The U.S. Department of [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two new scholarships were recently awarded to College of Fine Arts School of Theatre and Dance students at the University of Florida.
A newly formed support group, The Friends of Theatre and Dance, created and funded the two $750 annual scholarships that were awarded in the Constans Theatre.
Each year, the Friends of Theatre [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Shibu Jose, an IFAS forestry researcher, has been named a Fulbright Scholar for 2009 by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. During the 2009 spring semester, he will be based in Dhaka, the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, where he will teach and do research at the Independent University of [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Peter Stoffella has been named director of the Indian River Research and Education Center, an appointment that became effective May 5.
Stoffella, a horticulture professor with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, had served as the center’s interim director for 11 months. He served as an associate director for [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — ABC News will open a mini-bureau in the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications in September.
UF is among five U.S. universities chosen for the ABC News On Campus program. Students will work as staffers in each of the bureaus, contributing story ideas and using equipment provided by ABC. The program [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Children in grades K-5 are invited to join the Florida Museum of Natural History 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. May 10 for its Let’s Explore Science Series program “Why Monkeys Choose to Live in Trees.”
Participants will discover African oral traditions about monkeys and how the animals inspired these stories.
The class is $18 [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla.— The annual Independence Day Eve celebration, Fanfares & Fireworks, which was previously cancelled has been rescheduled. The event now will take place on Thursday, July 3 at 7 p.m. at the University of Florida Bandshell at Flavet Field. The event will be a gift to the community, thanks to the generosity of an [...]