GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Professor Nalini Nadkarni, a world-renowned forest ecologist and former Guggenheim fellow, will speak on the University of Florida campus Wednesday.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jon Sund of Green Cove Springs and Miranda Bennett of Archer received top honors in this year’s ButterflyFest Pollinator Photography Contest. The winners were announced Oct. 23 during an awards presentation at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s fifth annual ButterflyFest.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Theta Delta Chapter of the Chi Phi Fraternity recently held its annual capture-the-flag tournament between the members of the University of Florida Panhellenic Council to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Alachua County. The event raised $1,502.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three award-winning authors will visit Gainesville Nov. 5 and 6 for the 61st Florida Writers’ Festival.
The festival, hosted by the University of Florida’s MFA program in creative writing, known as MFA@FLA, and sponsored by the Alachua County Library District and the Friends of the George A. Smathers Library, brings nationally distinguished [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will open two new exhibits at 10 a.m. Nov. 13.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Eric Segal, former assistant professor of art history at the University of Florida, has been appointed curator of academic programs at the Harn Museum of Art.
Segal’s appointment will further foster collaboration between UF faculty and students, who turn to the Harn as a campus resource. As curator of academic programs, Segal [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The performance of the Russian State Symphony Orchestra, originally scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, at the Phillips Center for Performing Arts, has been canceled.
“Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, the Russian State Symphony Orchestra’s Winter, 2011 Tour, has been canceled,” said Michael Blachly, director of University of Florida Performing [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The highly successful Can You Take a Five Minute Shower? water conservation campaign that began in the University of Florida’s Yulee residential area last fall continues to expand.
The most challenging water conservation effort for residents is to take shorter, cooler showers using the Shower Coach timers, which are 5-minute timers [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida researcher will have an experiment aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery for what could be its final mission.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida students heading to Jacksonville this weekend for the UF-Georgia football game will be given a helping hand Friday and Saturday, thanks to the city’s Sideline Student Safety Zones.
For the fifth consecutive year, safety zones throughout downtown Jacksonville will provide both Gator and Bulldog fans with access to taxis, [...]