University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The George A. Smathers Libraries, in collaboration with the Alachua County Library District, presents Frontline’s “World – Stories from a Small Planet” to the Gainesville community. The libraries will jointly host a screening and discussion program at 6 p.m. on Oct. 21 at the headquarters branch of the public library, 401 E. [...]

The annual Real Estate Trends and Strategies Conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 in the University of Florida Hilton Hotel and Conference Center. The weekend includes a number of networking opportunities for attendees to meet industry leaders.
To register, please visit www.realestate.ufl.edu by Nov. 2. and receive a complementary [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gator fans who can’t attend basketball games during the week don’t have to miss out. The Gator Basketball Weekender Package allows fans that are unable to purchase season tickets and attend every home game to purchase a ticket for six weekend games.
The six weekend games include the regular season opening tournament, [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Francesca Gagnon “The Voice of Alegria,” has been cancelled. The original performance was scheduled for Feb. 15 at the Phillips Center.

Video clip from news conference
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two of college sports’ most recognized head coaches are taking the lead to help fund a University of Florida program that provides financial support for first-generation, financially disadvantaged students working toward a bachelor’s degree.
UF head men’s basketball coach Billy Donovan and UF head football coach Urban Meyer will [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Sheila Danko, professor of design and entrepreneurship at Cornell University, will present her lecture “Designing Change: A Generation of Entrepreneurship and the Role of Design” at 7 p.m. Thursday at the University of Florida Pugh Hall Room 170. The lecture is sponsored by the department of interior design in the College of [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival will host DI Day, a tribute to the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications’ Documentary Institute, as part of its kickoff Thursday.
“We’ve never had a day where we’ve dedicated an entire event to a university,” said festival Chief Executive Officer and President Gregory von [...]

To The Gator Nation:
With the ongoing uncertainties in the economy, I am writing to you today (Oct. 11, 2008) to give you an update, and possibly some hope, on related matters here at the University of Florida.
Let me start by addressing employees’ concerns, particularly about their retirement savings. As you may know, most state employees [...]

The Air Force Career Day will be held from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 6 in the Reitz Student Union Colonnade. There will be officers from different career fields that will be available for questions. Air Force career fields include but are not limited to lawyers, medical professionals, communications specialists, special investigators and police [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With a week to go before One Less Car Day, University of Florida faculty, staff and students are already reducing pollution by using alternative transportation to and from campus.
Seventy-five departmental teams are already tracking their collective commitment online. So far, more than 14,000 trips have been avoided, keeping 69 tons of CO2 [...]