University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An exhibition born from the collaborative effort of two Cultural Plaza institutions and University of Florida graduate students is now open at the Harn Museum of Art. “Voicing Indigenous ARTifacts: Amazonian Featherwork” features headdresses, masks, necklaces and other body ornaments made of materials from the Brazilian rainforest. The nine works that will [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Human Resources Training and Organizational Development will be offering workshops in July and August that provide an opportunity to focus on personal development as a step toward being more effective. Sign up for one or several of these workshops designed to help you “be your best:”
GET111 Psychoneuroimmunology I
Wednesday, [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Human Resources Training and Organizational Development is pleased to announce a call for applications to join the UF Academy for 2009-2010. Applications are being accepted from July 20 through Aug. 28. This year’s program kicks off at 9 a.m. on Sept. 23 at the Human Resource Services [...]

Russell M. Bauer, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of clinical and health psychology in the College of Public Health and Health Professions, has been elected president of the International Neuropsychological Society (INS), the largest scientific organization in the field. Bauer is the fourth University of Florida faculty member to be elected to the [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An associate dean and longtime professor of materials science and engineering who earned her doctorate from Stanford University will become the University of Florida College of Engineering’s first female dean.
Cammy Abernathy, the engineering college’s associate dean for academic affairs, will start as UF’s ninth dean of engineering July 17, Provost Joe Glover [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, through its new Division of Multimedia Properties, will expand National Public Radio programming on WUFT-FM and its affiliate station, WJUF-FM, beginning Aug. 3.
The change is part of an overall commitment to expanded national and local news and public affairs coverage to better serve the [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida football team is preparing to hold its second annual Gator Charity Challenge event at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, July 31 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The fundraiser, which was initiated prior to the 2008 season, will feature the 2009 Gator football players challenging each other in a series [...]