University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Paul Ortiz has become the director for the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida.
Ortiz’s interest in oral history began as a reporter for Evergreen State College’s radio station in Washington, documenting the experiences of labor activists at events and rallies. This experience led him to graduate school at [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Cherryholmes performance, originally scheduled August 21 and postponed because of inclement weather, has been rescheduled on January 16, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets for the August 21 date will be honored for the new date. Patrons who are unable to attend the performance on the new date may receive a full [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two men who led national campaigns for the Republican and Democratic parties will meet Sept. 5 at the University of Florida to share insights into running a presidential campaign.
Terry McAuliffe, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Frank Fahrenkopf Jr., former chairman of the Republican National Committee, [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gators Head Football Coach Urban Meyer is encouraging Gator fans to trade their orange and blue for white as “Gators White Out Cancer” at the Aug. 30 home football game against University of Hawaii.
In recognition of the University of Florida and Shands HealthCare commitment to cancer research focused on treatment, prevention, [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is challenging students, faculty and staff to give up their cars and use alternative transportation on Oct. 17 with the hope it becomes a habit.
“The One Less Car Challenge is part of a larger campaign to help support the UF community in tough economic times, and to emphasize [...]

People living in rural America have higher rates of heart disease and obesity than those in urban areas, yet few weight-loss research trials have been conducted in rural settings.
A University of Florida research team plans to tackle the unique weight-loss challenges faced by rural residents in a new study called Rural Lifestyle Intervention Treatment Effectiveness [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When Tropical Storm Fay came ashore in southwest Florida early Tuesday, University of Florida hurricane wind researchers were ready.
A team of UF civil engineering faculty members traveled to Marco Island — just north of Cape Romano, where Fay made landfall — and deployed four mobile wind-monitoring towers late Monday night. They gathered [...]

Brian Myers, an assistant professor of agricultural education and communication, is among 20 people recently recognized as “emerging leaders” by Phi Delta Kappa International, a professional association for educators.
The honorees are educators age 40 and younger and are chosen for their professional accomplishments. Podcasts featuring interviews with each of the 20 emerging leaders are available [...]

Wagner Vendrame, an associate professor of environmental horticulture at the University of Florida’s Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, recently received the 2008 Florida State Horticultural Society Presidential Gold Medal Award.
Presented to Vendrame at the society’s annual meeting this summer, the award is the most prestigious honor from the FSHS, given to the individual whose [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A veteran online journalist and educator has been selected as executive director of the new Center for Media Innovation and Research at the University of Florida.
Professor David Carlson has been a pioneer in the development of interactive newspapers since the 1980s. He spent 20 years at newspapers large and small and founded [...]