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Gainesville area parents and providers get extra coaching at G.A.T.O.R. conference

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Parents and providers from Gainesville and the surrounding areas are invited to learn a lesson or two about taking care of their teeny toddlers at this weekend’s Guiding and Teaching Our Remarkable Children (G.A.T.O.R.) conference.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

Florida Climate Institute seminar features NOAA Director

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Climate Institute Distinguished Scholar Seminar will feature Chet Koblinsky, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Program Office, presenting a seminar “Climate Information in Public Interest: Building the Network,” Thursday, at 3 p.m., UF’s Smathers
Library Room A1.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Monday, March 28, 2011.

Panel looks at Haitian labor conditions, human trafficking in Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As part of 2011 National Farm Worker Awareness week, the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida is sponsoring a panel discussion March 30 titled “Haitian Labor Enslaved: From Haiti to Florida!”

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Monday, March 28, 2011.

It’s time again to read and bake

GAINESVILLE, Fla. —Book readers and book eaters can get ready for the ninth annual Read-A-Thon and the fifth annual Edible Book Contest.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Monday, March 28, 2011.

Buckman Hall wins energy competition

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Buckman Hall has won the 2011 Eco-Challenge: Battle of the Halls energy competition in University of Florida residence halls.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Voices Column on Friday, March 25, 2011.

Campus Earth Day event and Earth Hour activities mark times for reflection, action

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Office of Sustainability will host its annual Campus Earth Day event on April 1, with various activities throughout the day. This weekend, lights will go out on some buildings on campus to recognize Earth Hour.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Friday, March 25, 2011.

Asbury Park Press Named 25th Annual Brechner Award Winner

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Asbury Park Press has been named the winner of the 2010 Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award for exposing questionable use of taxpayer dollars in New Jersey and how that state’s property tax system harms the economy. In addition, the Asbury Park Press raised awareness of a gap in the public records law that allows cities to delegate duties to private vendors, who in turn charge high fees for public information.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Thursday, March 24, 2011.

UF professor named Leopold Leadership Fellow

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida professor has been named a 2011 Leopold Leadership Fellow — becoming only the third professor in Florida to achieve the honor.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Thursday, March 24, 2011.

Trio of acclaimed musicians perform together April 3

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Each masters of their particular genre of music, Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer join musical forces for Melody of Rhythm on April 3 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

Filed under Announcements, Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Wednesday, March 23, 2011.

Conference offers guidance on morphing music industry

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Today’s music industry looks a lot different than the music industry of only a decade ago. It is continuously changing and so far there is no clear consensus on what the future will look like.
The ninth annual Music Law Conference at the University of Florida Levin College of Law will offer [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Wednesday, March 23, 2011.