GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers in the College of Health and Human Performance and the College of Public Health and Health Professions at the University of Florida are recruiting participants for a study involving a new wheelchair design they hope will break many boundaries that people encounter when using traditional wheelchairs.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Translation Program will host Everette Jordan, the director of the National Virtual Translation Center, on Thursday.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will hold two workshops and one public hearing on the campus master plan during the next month.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Darren Rovell, sports business reporter for ESPN, will visit the University of Florida as a guest of the newly formed Gator Sport Management Club at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the Florida Gym, Room 230. He will address University of Florida sport management students on the topic of “Sports Business: A Two Hundred Billion Dollar Game.”
The University of Florida ranks fourth in the United States among the Best Places to Work in Academia, according to a new survey by The Scientist magazine.
The University of Florida Percussion Ensemble will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, in University Auditorium.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A $5 million gift from a University of Florida alumnus will allow the university to construct a campus building to house the new Bob Graham Center for Public Service. Jim Pugh, chairman of Epoch Properties in Winter Park, Fla., and his wife, Alexis, have made the donation to UF’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for the building, which will be named Jim and Alexis Pugh Hall.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three students – two from the University of Florida and one from the University of Central Florida — have contracted hepatitis A, and UF and Alachua County health officials are investigating how it may have occurred.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Physics professor Arthur Hebard and chemistry professor Weihong Tan have been awarded the distinction of Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) along with 374 other scientists this week. The association annually elevates its top members to the rank of Fellow in recognition of their distinguished efforts in the advancement of science. To date, 24 UF faculty have received this honor.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will offer a new class for children in grades 1-2, “Maya and the Big Pumpkin Balloon Ride” from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29.