GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Office of Sustainability will host a statewide conference Oct. 25-26 to improve campus sustainability efforts throughout the state.
Gainesville, Fla. – The Florida MBA program was ranked No. 6 for best overall academic experience in the 2007 Princeton Review survey of the nation’s Top Ten business schools. University of Florida is the only public school to appear on the list, and no other school based in Florida appears in any of the Top Ten listings.
GAINESVILLE, Fla.— Three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee and Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen will speak at 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 26, in the Phillips Center at the University of Florida. Hiaasen’s talk, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by ACCENT Speakers Bureau.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dedee DeLongpré, director of the University of Florida Office of Sustainability, will speak at the Nov. 8 Community Campus Council Breakfast Series program.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Harn Museum of Art, in conjunction with the University of Florida School of Art and Art History, welcomes the best and brightest of the art world during the Harn Eminent Scholar Series, beginning at noon Friday, Oct. 20, with a lecture by Mary Jo Arnoldi at the Harn Museum of Art.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will display two ivory-billed woodpecker specimens in its Central Gallery, starting Thursday and continuing through Jan. 14, 2007.
Gainesville, Fla. — Graduate and Professional (GAP) School Day is for students interested in pursuing advanced degrees upon completion of their undergraduate degrees. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 18, in the Reitz Student Union Grand Ballroom. The fair features representatives in a number of areas from law to graphic arts from more than 100 graduate and professional schools across the United States.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — GatorJobs, the University of Florida ’s new online applicant tracking system, is up and running. The system, which replaces e-Recruit, allows both internal and external applicants to UF to view job postings and submit applications online. GatorJobs is designed to increase efficiency and ease of the recruiting process with features that include e-mail notifications to applicants when positions are filled and the ability for search committees, interview committees and individual hiring managers to access applications with a single keystroke. Prospective employees also may check the status of their applications in real time.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Renowned musician Livingston Taylor will take the University of Florida University Auditorium stage Nov. 4 to raise money for the College of Medicine’s glycogen storage research program.
Diane McFarlin, publisher of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, will join six other panelists at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, in the College of Journalism and Communications’ Gannett Auditorium (Weimer Hall 1064) for an open discussion of the role of women in the media.