University of Florida News

InsideUF: March 24, 2009

As we get ready to celebrate the upcoming graduation of the Class of 2009, it is a good time to think about the important role alumni play in the life of the University of Florida.
Alumni serve as ambassadors for the university by sharing the good news about their alma mater.
Alumni help the university [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Rather than soaking up the sun on a Florida beach, 15 University of Florida students spent their spring break in the Big Apple for the UF David C. Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research’s New York City Retail Tour.
During the five-day tour from March 9 to 13, students visited more than [...]

David Freeman, an equine surgeon and professor in the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named interim chairman of the college’s department of large animal clinical sciences.
Freeman will oversee the teaching, research, extension and service missions of the UF veterinary college in the primary areas of equine, food animal, aquatic animal and [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida senior David Cohen is one of 16 people to create a television commercial chosen by Hardees for prime-time television. The ad, currently airing, promotes the restaurant’s new, smaller Thickburger sandwich.
The advertisement features the words “No room for dessert” above a regular-size black Angus beef Thickburger on the [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The winners of the 2009 ADDY Awards, a program of the Advertising Federation of Gainesville, were recently announced.
The University of Florida’s “When Did You Become a Gator?” television commercial, produced by University Relations, won a gold ADDY in the category of Public Service TV. The commercial also earned the Larry Edwards [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “How I Learned to Drive” will be shown at 7:30 p.m., March 20 to 21 and 24 to 28, as well as at 2 p.m. on March 22 and 29 in the Nadine McGuire Black Box Theatre.
The 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning play “How I Learned to Drive,” directed by David Young, uses [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The College of Fine Arts in cooperation with the University of Florida Performing Arts presents “Tosca” by Giacomo Puccini, spoken in Italian with English supertitles, at 7:30 p.m. on April 16 and 18 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
Political intrigue, war, jealousy and love embroil the heroine Tosca as she [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida College of Fine Arts students graduating with a Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) degree will showcase their fresh, innovative work in two exhibitions at the UF University Galleries from March 20 to April 24.
The first exhibition runs from March 20 to April 3. The second exhibition runs from April [...]

Listen to Men’s Glee Club
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Men’s Glee Club will highlight the beginning of its 85th year with two concerts, one in the University Auditorium with the Women’s Chorale, and one in Lake City with The Collegians, the men’s glee club of Florida State University.
The UF men’s close harmony singing [...]