GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Margaret Portillo, University of Florida professor and chairwoman of the department of interior design, was recently named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Interior Design, the only scholarly journal exclusively dedicated to issues related to the design of the interior environment.
Published on behalf of the Interior Design Educators Council, JID includes articles relating [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — By the time the sun rises at 5:30 in Icapuí, Brazil, many of the residents are fishing for lobster in increasingly depleted waters.
Yet life goes on in this northeastern Brazilian community of 16,000: Afro-descendants perform ancestral theater, elderly residents tell traditional ghost stories, Pentecostal women strive to fit their new religious [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Student Health Care Center will hold a H1N1 vaccination clinic for UF faculty, staff and students on Wednesday.
Those who are considered high risk are encouraged to register online as soon as possible. High risk is defined by the Centers for Disease Control as:
pregnant women,
persons who live [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Win Phillips, vice president of research at the University of Florida, has been honored for a lifetime of service in engineering by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Phillips received honorary membership in ASME earlier this month at the organization’s 2009 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Lake Buena Vista.
“I am pleased [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The upcoming 50th anniversary of the sit-ins that energized the civil rights movement in the South will be discussed on Dec. 8 at the University of Florida.
The Bob Graham Center for Public Service will present “The 50th Anniversary of the Sit-Ins: From Greensboro to Tallahassee” at 7 p.m. in the Pugh Hall [...]
Join Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard for ESPN’s “College GameDay — GameDay Live” at 10 a.m. on Saturday Nov. 28 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Live “SportsCenter” broadcasting will begin at 9 a.m.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — David Colburn, provost emeritus at the University of Florida and executive director of the Askew Institute on Politics and Society, was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Federation of State Humanities Councils at the organization’s annual business meeting earlier this month.
Colburn, also a history professor emeritus, was elected to [...]
InsideUF: November 24, 2009
Both traditional and unique varieties of poinsettias will be at the 2009 University of Florida/IFAS Poinsettia Open House and Sale.
The annual event will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 10 at the IFAS greenhouses. The greenhouses are located off Hull Road on the west side of campus.
Event admission is free. The [...]
Florida Alternative Breaks (FAB) is looking for student participants for its spring break trips. FAB offers week-long trips of community service. For more information, visit http://www.leadershipandservice.ufl.edu/studentorgs/fab/.