GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida President Bernie Machen and his wife, Chris, will discuss their recent trip to Iran at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Pugh Hall Ocora on UF’s campus.
In November, Machen was one of six U.S. research university presidents, including presidents from Carnegie Mellon and Cornell, to visit several Iranian [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Twenty-five internationally-known scientists will gather at the 11th Biennial Free Radical Underground Symposium to discuss the latest findings in important health-related topics linked to muscle wasting and weakness. The conference, hosted by the University of Florida College of Health and Human Performance will be held Jan. 22-23, at the Reitz Student Union.
“Researchers [...]
University of Florida police say a former Mobile Campus employee confessed Wednesday night to sending the cryptic “monkey” text message that thousands of UF students and employees received a day earlier.
The man’s name is being withheld because he has not been charged. Police say they are working with the State Attorney’s Office and expect to [...]
Updated 1/21/09 4:30 p.m.
University of Florida police say they have a suspect in the unauthorized text message sent Tuesday night that prompted speculation and some concern among students and staff.
The suspect’s name is being withheld because of an ongoing police investigation into the matter. How that person accessed the system remains unclear.
UF police are working [...]
Duane Chin wouldn’t be a good candidate for space flight — he gets motion sickness. But it doesn’t stop him from working with NASA.
Chin, a University of Florida graduate, works as a biomedical engineer for NASA. His current project concerns NASA’s Constellation Program.
The Constellation Program is developing spacecraft and booster vehicles to replace the space [...]
After researching for six weeks in India, geologists believe they have been wrong from the beginning, literally.
A team of geologists studying the Vindhyan basin of India has dated the area to be about 1,073 million years old. Fossil organisms in these basins are also significantly older than previously thought.
Until this discovery last July, the basins [...]
The Gator Nation wants to know your personal Gator story. Visit the outdoor mobile video booth to record your story at the following upcoming events. Just look for the orange and blue “When did you become a Gator?” signage.
• Jan. 27 to Jan. 29 at Reitz Colonnade, 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
• [...]
Human Resources has announced the holiday schedule for 2009. Please note that areas of campus, including medical clinics, may remain open during holidays.
• Memorial Day, May 25
• Independence Day, July 3
• Labor Day, Sept. 7
• Homecoming, Oct. 16
• Veterans Day, Nov. 11
• Thanksgiving, Nov. [...]
All colleges are invited to submit nominations for the Teacher/Scholar of the Year Award for 2008-2009. The award offers an honorarium of $5,000, in addition to other appropriate recognition. Current faculty members of the University of Florida are eligible.
For more information, call Candace Buford of Faculty Development at 352-392-6004.
Sanford Berg and Subhajyoti Bandyopadhyay, Warrington College of Business Administration professors, recently received the 2008 Judy Fisher Teaching with Technology Award for their innovative use of technologies such as wikis, podcasts, and e-mail newsletters.
Berg is a UF Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and Distinguished Teaching Scholar and director of Water Studies for the Public Utility [...]