University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Miriam Buhr, a doctoral candidate from the Educational Psychology program, was selected as one of 15 junior mentors chosen for the Society for Research in Child Development’s (SRCD) 2009 Frances Degen Horowitz Millennium Scholars (FDHMS) Program.
The society received 99 applications from junior mentors to participate in the program, which provides educational and [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Air Force ROTC Detachment 150 held its annual spring awards ceremony on Thursday, April 16. During the awards ceremony, seven cadets, including five sophomores and two juniors, received the Lt. Col. John Lewis Crown Scholarship.
Lt. Col. Crown was a remarkable officer whose 30-year career included hundreds of [...]

To: Students, faculty and staff
From: Brian Beach, interim senior vice president for administration
Re: Swine flu
With recent reports regarding the outbreak of swine flu in parts of this country and Mexico, we want to let you know how we’re addressing the matter at the University of Florida.
UF officials are closely monitoring the situation through contact with [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A week before her high school graduation, Alexandria Stephenson found herself homeless. Because of family problems, the honor student was kicked out of her house in West Palm Beach and was living out of her truck, looking at a future of insurmountable obstacles and disappointment.
Instead, Stephenson, 21, will graduate [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla.– The Gator Ticket Office recently announced that a limited number of season tickets are still available for the 2009 season. According to the University Athletic Association, although 99.2 percent of available season tickets have been sold, UF faculty and staff still have the opportunity to purchase 150 season tickets for the upcoming season.
UF [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Musculoskeletal Pain Research Lab will hold the eighth annual Fibromyalgia Meeting at the McKnight Brain Institute at 2 p.m. on May 16.
Dr. Roland Staud will discuss the significance of the institute’s research on chronic pain and its effects on gray brain matter. The brain is comprised of [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida children with questions about insects, to complete a project or just satisfy their own curiosity, can find help at a newly redesigned University of Florida Web site that’s literally crawling with answers.
The Florida 4-H Bug Club site, at http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/bug_club, has been greatly expanded to provide a wealth of information for youngsters [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida and UF Collegiate Veterans Society will host a dedication ceremony at 3 p.m. April 30 at the Reitz Student Union Amphitheatre for the UF Veterans Memorial, which was constructed in December.
The UF Veterans Memorial consists of a fountain in Green Pond, two flag poles, each with two flags, [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. –– Public broadcasting station WUFT-TV/DT will present a special edition of the public affairs program “North Florida Journal” on Thursday, April 23, at 8 p.m. An encore presentation is scheduled for Sunday, April 26, at 12:30 p.m.
The program, hosted by WRUF-AM/FM News Director Tom Krynski, focuses on the proposed higher education budget [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Office of Sustainability today presented nine trophies and several honorable mentions to a wide variety of organizations and departments across campus for their excellent contributions to sustainability at UF.
Dedee DeLongpré Johnston, the office’s director said, “In these depressing budgetary times, we wanted to bring attention [...]