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UF student wins Hearst competition

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Almost as soon as recent University of Florida journalism graduate John Cox landed in San Francisco earlier this month, he started competing in the national Hearst Championships. After attending a dinner reception, he received his spot-news assignment and quickly hit the pavement.
Forty-eight hours later, Cox, of Niceville, Fla., became the third UF [...]

Filed under Announcements, Top Stories on Tuesday, June 17, 2008.

New executive director named for Alumni Association

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — One of the nation’s best-known and most-respected professionals in the field of alumni relations has been selected to lead the University of Florida Alumni Association, the university announced today.
Leland Patouillet, associate vice chancellor for alumni relations and executive director of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association, will begin his duties as executive [...]

Filed under Announcements, Top Stories on Monday, June 16, 2008.

WUFT-FM converts second station, WJUF-FM, to HD

Gainesville, Fla. — Public radio station WJUF-FM, Nature Coast 90.1 has entered the digital HD era. The 21,000 watt public radio station serves the Citrus, Hernando and Sumter County region with a simulcast of the WUFT-FM, Classic 89.1 signal. The stations are a public service of the University of Florida College [...]

Filed under Announcements, Seen & Heard, Top Stories on Monday, June 16, 2008.

Harn Museum to display all-video exhibition

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Beginning June 17, visitors to the Harn Museum of Art will experience an innovative all-video exhibition entitled “Cross-Currents in Recent Video Installation: Water as Metaphor for Identity.” This traveling exhibition presents recent video installations by five international artists with ties to Africa, including Zwelethu Mthethwa, Ingrid Mwangi (with Robert Hutter), [...]

Filed under Announcements, Happenings on Friday, June 13, 2008.

Marine extension agent and faculty member receive awards

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Doug Gregory, Florida Sea Grant marine extension agent in Key West, Fla., and LeRoy Creswell, a Florida Sea Grant marine extension faculty member with St. Lucie County Cooperative Extension in Fort Pierce, Fla., have recently received awards.
Gregory is one of six individuals nationwide who earlier this month was honored in Washington [...]

Filed under Announcements, Seen & Heard, Top Stories on Thursday, June 12, 2008.

Celebrate on July 3 with UF’s Fanfares & Fireworks

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Public broadcasting stations WUFT-TV, Channel 5, WUFT-DT, Digital 5, WUFT-FM, Classic 89 and WJUF-FM, Nature Coast 90 will present Fanfares & Fireworks, the annual Independence Day eve celebration, at 7 p.m. on Thursday July 3 at the University of Florida Flavet Field. The 18th annual event is financially sponsored by [...]

Filed under Announcements, Happenings on Wednesday, June 11, 2008.

UF notifies students of online records privacy breach

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida officials today mailed letters of notification to more than 11,300 current and former students regarding a privacy breach that resulted in names, addresses and Social Security numbers being posted online that may have been accessible to the public.
The student information was actively used from 2003 through 2005 and remained [...]

Filed under Announcements, Top Stories on Tuesday, June 10, 2008.

‘The Piano Men — Starring Jim Witter’ brings the music of Billy Joel and Elton John to the Phillips Center

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Continuing its Summer in the City series, University of Florida Performing Arts will present “The Piano Men – Starring Jim Witter”…A musical journey through the ’70s featuring the music of Billy Joel and Elton John. The multimedia concert experience will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Friday June 27 at [...]

Filed under Announcements, Happenings on Tuesday, June 10, 2008.

UF receives Department of State grant to explore U.S. foreign policy

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Eighteen academics from around the world are coming to Gainesville to gain a deeper understanding of how U.S. foreign policy is created and enacted.
The University of Florida political science department was awarded approximately $250,000 by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to conduct the Study of the [...]

Filed under Announcements, Top Stories on Monday, June 9, 2008.

RTS riders can now track locations of buses with new Gator Locator GPS

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Beginning today, bus riders in Gainesville will be able to pinpoint the exact location of the bus they’re waiting for with the help of the Gator Locator bus tracking system. The University of Florida and the City of Gainesville Regional Transit System are launching the global positioning system with $204,000 in funds from [...]

Filed under Announcements, Top Stories on Monday, June 9, 2008.