University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The provost of the North Carolina School of the Arts has been named dean of the University of Florida’s College of Fine Arts, Provost Janie Fouke announced today.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named the University of Florida as one of the best workplaces for commuters among colleges and universities.

ATLANTA — The BellSouth Foundation today announced that the University of Florida College of Education will receive a $600,000 grant to develop a comprehensive strategy for measuring and assessing the outcomes of the BellSouth 20/20 Vision for Education initiative.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dr. Mark Gold, a distinguished professor and chief of addiction medicine at the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida, received the Nelson J. Bradley lifetime achievement award from the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers on Monday in Palm Beach.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Gallery,” a new monthly program designed to promote and reflect the rich art and cultural resources of the North Florida community, can be seen twice this weekend on WUFT/TV.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Beinecke Foundation has selected Jenna Battillo, a junior majoring in anthropology and classical studies and minoring in geological sciences at the University of Florida, as one of 20 national winners of the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The executive director of the University of Florida’s Brechner Center for Freedom of Information has been named the McClatchy Professor in Freedom of Information.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The UF South Florida BCN Alumni Club presented a $100,000 check to the M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction at the school’s 70th Anniversary Banquet and Fundraiser May 9. The gift will help fund the school’s 70th Anniversary Endowed Faculty Support Fund to provide for new faculty members.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The American Distance Education Consortium has named the University of Florida Global Forensic Science program the winner of its 2006 national Award of Excellence in Distance Education.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida students involved in Gator Motorsports will pack up their Formula-style racer Thursday and head for the Society of Automotive Engineers international competition at the Ford Proving Grounds in Romeo, Mich.