The establishment of the President’s Council on Diversity recently has been announced. The council has been charged with identifying ways to increase the diversity of University of Florida faculty, staff and students, including gathering and analyzing diversity data at the college and departmental levels. The committee’s goal is to help accomplish academic excellence within the [...]
This spring, UF Purchasing will introduce myUF Market, a new purchasing/procurement system for the University of Florida. The new system is expected to provide a user-friendly online marketplace that is designed to streamline the way UF departments purchase goods and services. The adoption of myUF Market represents UF’s ongoing commitment to initiatives that strategically reduce [...]
Larry A. DiMatteo, Huber Hurst Professor of Contract Law & Legal Studies, recently was granted the “2008 Best Paper Award” by the Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business (SEALSB). DiMatteo is a professor and former Department of Management chair in the Warrington College of Business Administration.
The winning paper, co-authored with Harvard Law School’s [...]
Three of 12 experts appointed to a national task force on America’s food safety hail from The Gator Nation.
Task force members include the University of Florida’s Douglas Archer, IFAS associate dean for research, Martha Rhodes Roberts, IFAS special assistant to the director of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station and dean for research, and Glenn [...]
Nan-Yao Su, professor of entomology at the University of Florida, has donated $250,000 to the Entomological Society of America (ESA) for the establishment of an endowment to award creative entomologists who have demonstrated the ability to find alternative solutions to problems that significantly impact entomology.
Each year, interest from the $250,000 will be presented to [...]
Janet Nobles, office manager for University of Florida Air Force ROTC Detachment 150, recently was announced as the national 2008 Civilian of the Year. Nobles was chosen from a pool of civilians from more than 144 detachments throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. The award is presented to a non-military employee who goes above [...]
In December 2008, the prominent fountain that stood behind Tigert Hall sprung its last drop of water.
The fountain was demolished to make way for the William R. Hough Hall of the Warrington College of Business. Construction is scheduled to be completed during fall 2010.
The building will be equipped with classrooms, meeting space, an open-air [...]
Here’s the print version of InsideUF: Feb. 17, 2009
Our student athletes here at the University of Florida are not only dedicated to their sport(s), but also participate in many events that benefit children in the community each year. There are a handful of large University Athletic Association (UAA) events throughout the year, as well as regular weekly events.
One of the larger annual [...]
Fifty years after the University of Florida began integration in September 1958, 20 of the first African-American graduates were formally recognized by a university forever imprinted by their legacy.
A special weekend dedicated to “the firsts” commenced on Friday, Feb. 6, with opera singer Denyce Graves’ performance at the Phillips Center.
“I am flattered, and it’s a [...]