To The Gator Nation:
With the ongoing uncertainties in the economy, I am writing to you today (Oct. 11, 2008) to give you an update, and possibly some hope, on related matters here at the University of Florida.
Let me start by addressing employees’ concerns, particularly about their retirement savings. As you may know, most state employees [...]
The Air Force Career Day will be held from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 6 in the Reitz Student Union Colonnade. There will be officers from different career fields that will be available for questions. Air Force career fields include but are not limited to lawyers, medical professionals, communications specialists, special investigators and police [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With a week to go before One Less Car Day, University of Florida faculty, staff and students are already reducing pollution by using alternative transportation to and from campus.
Seventy-five departmental teams are already tracking their collective commitment online. So far, more than 14,000 trips have been avoided, keeping 69 tons of CO2 [...]
Here’s the print version of InsideUF for October 7, 2008.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. –– The UF Documentary Institute was named a top-10 program in a September article reviewing the best programs for documentary filmmakers in The Independent magazine. The institute was noted for its outstanding reputation, state-of-the-art equipment and facilities and its award-winning student films.
The four members of the Documentary Institute have been working together for [...]
Library West will be hosting a presentation to share some practical tips for getting enough sleep. The session will be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Oct. 15 in the Library West InfoCommons on the third floor.
It is tempting to sacrifice sleep to squeeze in more time to study but sleep deprivation actually makes [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Freshmen in the Warrington College of Business Administration will compete in the final round of the Warrington Welcome/Students In Free Enterprise Business Ethics (SIFE) Case Competition at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 20 in Bryan Hall Room 232. This will be the culmination of two weeks preparing their solutions to a business case [...]
StoryCorps, a national initiative to document everyday history and the unique stories of Americans, will arrive in Gainesville on Oct . 23 to collect the stories of North Central Florida residents, as part of its cross-country tour. StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project in partnership with National Public Radio and the American Folklife Center [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Players, sponsored by UF student government, under the direction of Artistic Director Michelle Karst, is pleased to announce the first production of its fall 2008 season – David Hare’s “The Bay at Nice.”
Leading the production team is UF graduate student Kent Barrett, who directed last year’s New Works Festival production of [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With a thin margin separating the two presidential candidates in this historically significant election, a key leader of a major polling organization will share his insight into the nominees and their chances.
Richard Johnston, research director of the National Annenberg Election Survey and a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, [...]