GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A test of the UF Alert text message system on Friday was a success, university officials said.
Eight minutes and two seconds elapsed from the time a University Police Department dispatcher sent the text message until the last batch of messages left Blackboard Connect, the text message service provider. A total of 61,475 [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Recently, the University of Florida’s Department of Agricultural Education and Communication has been identified as the leading department of its kind in the nation.
A research team at The Ohio State University conducted a national survey of agricultural education department chairs to rank the top-10 departments. UF’s Department of Agricultural Education and [...]
RELEASE AMENDED: 10/30/09
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Architects and staff members from two architectural firms will visit the University of Florida campus next week to start the master planning process for the future of the Reitz Student Union.
Gould Evans Architects of Tampa will work with WTW Architects of Pittsburgh, Pa., to learn how the 42-year-old building can [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will conduct another test of its emergency notification system on Friday in an effort to improve on the results from Wednesday’s test.
A test message will be sent to students, faculty and staff via only text messaging during normal business hours on Friday. There will be no e-mail or [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Fall 2009 Samuel Proctor Florida History Lecture Series at the University of Florida continues Tuesday with a lecture by Michael Grunwald, a prize-winning national reporter for Time magazine.
Grunwald will present “The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise,” at 7 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora. It is free [...]
Today is a test of UFAlert text and email emergency notification systems. This UF home page notification is posted in conjunction with the test. If this were an actual emergency, updates and additional information on the situation would be posted on the university’s home page.
If you had trouble receiving either the [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will conduct a test of its emergency notification system at noon Wednesday.
Messages will be sent to students, faculty and staff via text messaging, mass e-mail and a posting on the UF homepage. Notes also will be posted to the UF Facebook page and Twitter accounts telling users to [...]
Yesterday, Oct. 26, the College of Design, Construction and Planning (DCP) officially opened its interdisciplinary teaching/research facility, Citylab-Orlando. Located in downtown Orlando, the program will bring sustainable design training to urban challenges in central Florida. In so many ways, DCP’s professional programs and activities model multidisciplinary approaches to sustainability.
Another example is the international competition, [...]
New rental rates for Reitz Student Union will take effect on Jan. 2, 2010. The new meeting venue rates are better aligned with the current costs of providing services and repairing and replacing equipment. For additional rate information, visit http://www.union.ufl.edu/eventservices/rates.
Students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the University of Florida are encouraged to record their personal Gator story. The video stories are a grassroots initiative that allows participants to connect their personal story with the national branding campaign, “When Did You Become a Gator?”
Videos are featured on YouTube and InsideTheGatorNation.com. Participants may upload [...]