GAINESVILLE, Fla. — H. Russell Bernard, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Florida, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
He was among 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 14 countries chosen in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Bernard was an anthropology professor at UF from [...]
A presentation in celebration of the University of Florida winning the National Guard FLW College Fishing National Championship was held at 11 a.m. on Friday April 30 at the Reitz Union Colonnade/North Lawn Terrace.
Gator Bassmasters team members, UF students Jake Gipson and Matt Wercinski, were presented with a “Gatorized” Suburban, Ranger bass [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — This year, all Gator graduates will be “green” graduates.
Inspired by the carbon neutral 2009-2010 Gator athletic season, the O’Connell Center and the University of Florida continue to make strides toward the university goal of carbon neutrality by offsetting the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the University Auditorium and the O’Connell [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — On May 1, Amy Long will walk across the stage at the Phillip’s Center for the Performing Arts to accept her bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida. Just a year later, she plans to earn her master’s degree with the ultimate goal of becoming an urban planner for a Florida city.
Long [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thanks to the Florida Opportunity Scholars Program, Jessica Amato will become a teacher, and she’s graduating without student loans.
Amato, 21, will receive a degree in elementary education from the University of Florida on May 1. She is among the first class of 189 Florida Opportunity Scholars to graduate. Commencement ceremonies at UF [...]
GAINESVILLE, Florida — The University of Florida Research Foundation has named 33 faculty members as UFRF Professors for 2010-2013.
The recognition goes to faculty members who have a distinguished current record of research and a strong research agenda that is likely to lead to continuing distinction in their fields.
The UFRF professors were recommended by their [...]
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 provided on the university’s home page.
If you had trouble receiving either the text or email message, [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jerald T. Milanich, contributing editor at Archaeology magazine and curator emeritus in archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, has been named a fellow in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Milanich is among 229 new fellows who join one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies and a center for [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Anthropology doctoral student Edward Gonzalez-Tennant has become the first winner of the new Eleanor Roosevelt Global Citizenship Award presented by the Center for a Public Anthropology.
The award recognizes introductory anthropology teachers who go beyond talking about global citizenship to helping students develop the actual skills needed – in respect to critical thinking, [...]
InsideUF: April 20, 2010