University of Florida officials are monitoring Tropical Depression Ida.
Forecasters currently expect the storm to have little effect on the Gainesville area and plans currently call for UF work activities to remain on a normal schedule. Should the storm’s predicted track change or should forecast conditions for the Gainesville area worsen, new information will be posted [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mobile phone users can now make a donation to the University of Florida’s Florida Opportunity Scholars program from their seat in The Swamp, from their tailgate party in the parking lot, from their car, home, or anywhere mobile phone service is available. This Saturday’s (Nov. 7) game versus the Vanderbilt University will [...]
For more information, please visit Environmental Health & Safety’s Web site, www.ehs.ufl.edu/H1N1.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Student Health Care Center expects to begin administering H1N1 vaccines to students on Wednesday, Nov. 4. At this time, there will be 800 vaccines available free of cost for healthy people under age 25.
These vaccines are in nasal mist form. Pregnant women and people with chronic medical conditions [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Michael G. Perri has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, effective Nov. 6.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s College of Engineering announced today (Nov. 3) that it is receiving $3 million in support from Harris Corporation, based in Melbourne, Fla., to promote research collaboration, train scientists, and retain and recruit faculty.
The gift, made through the Harris Foundation, will establish an endowment fund to support early stage, [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A test of the UF Alert text message system on Friday was a success, university officials said.
Eight minutes and two seconds elapsed from the time a University Police Department dispatcher sent the text message until the last batch of messages left Blackboard Connect, the text message service provider. A total of 61,475 [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Recently, the University of Florida’s Department of Agricultural Education and Communication has been identified as the leading department of its kind in the nation.
A research team at The Ohio State University conducted a national survey of agricultural education department chairs to rank the top-10 departments. UF’s Department of Agricultural Education and [...]
Twenty-five eager hands shot up in the air to volunteer for the next demonstration in a room cluttered with science “toys.”
Recently students from Howard W. Bishop Middle School and Lincoln Middle School arrived at the University of Florida’s physics building for “Math and Science Day.”
In the morning, students watched physics demonstrations by Jeff Bindell, [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For the fourth consecutive year, the Sideline Student Safety Zone will provide refuge for both Dawgs and Gators to get help during the Florida-Georgia football game in downtown Jacksonville.
With the goal to minimize accidents and violence that have spoiled past celebrations, there will be more zone locations this year and more [...]