University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida interior design student Anne Baumstarck was chosen as the recipient of the 2007 Gensler Brinkman Scholarship. Her work was selected from more than 100 project submissions from 50 top interior design programs across the country invited to participate in the commercial design competition.
Baumstarck, a master’s student in the College [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Valentine jewelry sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 1 at the Reitz Student Union Colonnade. There will be a large selection of earrings, pendants, bracelets and more — all made of handcrafted silver and semi-precious stones. Loose beads for jewelry making also will be available. [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan will join the Martha Graham Dance Company as a special guest when the world-renowned troupe performs at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 8.
Using text from the exchange between Aaron Copland and Martha Graham as they collaborated on their signature work, “Appalachian Spring,” Mayor Hanrahan will [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The 57th Annual Latin American Conference of the University of Florida’s Center for Latin American Studies will be held Feb. 7-8 at Reitz Student Union. The event promises to provide a unique examination of how corporate social responsibility, philanthropy, strategic planning, community participation and sustainability can be combined to meet the challenges [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Marston Science Library invites individuals and campus organizations to reserve the display case located at the building’s entrance. This space is available for any UF-affiliated person or group, including students, faculty and staff, to highlight a project, program or collection. Reservations are taken up to a year in advance and displays [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Healthy Gators 2010 coalition encourages faculty, staff and students of all fitness levels to de-stress during the workday, meet new people and get fresh air and exercise with the new Walking Gators program beginning at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday.
The lunch-hour walking program will kick off at each of the [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thanks to the University of Florida specialty license plate, more than 100,000 Florida drivers now have The Gator Nation behind them wherever they go.
The UF plate outsold every contender and beat the second-place plate, “Protect the Panther,” by more than 20,000 sales last year. Among universities, the closest competitor was Florida State [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Police Department (UFPD) recently acquired “Triple Crown” status by receiving accreditation by three distinct entities. The three agencies to award accreditation to UFPD are The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA), the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) and the Commission for Florida Law [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The first test of the University of Florida’s new text messaging system was an overall success, although officials are working to determine why some students, faculty and staff did not receive the test message.
Statistics provided by Mobile Campus, the vendor that provides UF’s text messaging service, show that of the 41,383 text [...]

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All spring sessions will be held in Library West, Room 212 on the following dates: Jan. 22, 1:55-2:45 p.m., Jan. 23, 11:45 a.m.-12:35 p.m., Jan. 24, 9:35-10:25 a.m., Jan. 28, 10:40-11:30 [...]