GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Moffitt Cancer Center researcher, whose research focuses on health promotion and disease prevention in the African-American community, will speak at the University of Florida during Black History Month.
B. Lee Green’s discussion of reducing racial and ethnic health disparities is part of the Florida Center for Health Promotion Speaker Series, sponsored by [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida faculty and staff may buy two-for-one tickets for the men’s basketball game against Alabama on Wednesday.
Faculty and staff must show their Gator 1 identification at the Gator Ticket Office in the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium before 5 p.m. Wednesday to receive the discount. The game starts at 7 p.m. [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Division of Student Affairs will announce the book choice for the Common Reading Program for the 2009-2010 year on Feb. 18.
The selection will be unveiled at 12:30 p.m. on the Plaza of the Americas. The rain location is Room 212 in Library West.
This will be the third year [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Blue Key hosted its annual Miss University of Florida Pageant with a 500-person crowd at 7 p.m. on Feb. 2 in the Phillips Center. At the event, outstanding young women competed in various categories for a chance to enter the Miss Florida Pageant and subsequently the Miss America Pageant held later [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning will host the National Academy of Environmental Design’s Water and Sustainability Symposium Feb. 16-17. The symposium will bring academics and professionals in the design field together with scientists and engineers to identify needed legislation and other action for reducing water demand and [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s graduate school will be expanding interdisciplinary professional development opportunities for graduate students in subjects such as science, engineering, technology and mathematics with a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
A launch event will be held Feb. 13 to familiarize faculty and students with the grant. Pat Marsteller, [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Three former U.S. ambassadors will visit Gainesville Feb. 12 to share their views on the challenges and opportunities facing America abroad.
Ray Mabus, former ambassador to Saudi Arabia and former governor of Mississippi; Douglas McElhaney, former ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina; and Frank McNeil, former ambassador to Costa Rica, will speak on “Diplomacy [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida Air Force ROTC led the way during the tri-service blood drive held on Thursday, Jan. 22 on the UF campus. The record-breaking blood drive was held as a friendly competition between each of the ROTC services, including Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The Air Force branch, which [...]
Here’s the print edition of InsideUF for February 3, 2009.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction will hold its spring career fair from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at the O’Connell Center. This fair is open to all students in the fields of design, construction, planning, real estate, business and engineering.
The Building Construction Career Fair [...]