GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Since 2003, between 200,000 and 400,000 people in Darfur, Sudan, have been killed and another 2.5 million have been displaced from their destroyed villages to face hunger, thirst, illness, rape and death.
The U.S. has recognized the Sudanese government’s attacks on primarily non-Arab African groups as genocide, and humanitarian organizations around [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — WUFT-FM Classic 89 and WJUF-FM Nature Coast 90 will celebrate 20 years of annual fundraising on Sunday March 1. The event will include silent and live auctions, artwork, culinary treats and a wine tasting from 1 to 4 p.m. in the University of Florida’s Reitz Union Grand Ballroom.
Hosted by public radio stations [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — One of the leading legal thinkers of our time, Yale law professor Akhil Reed Amar, will speak on “Bush, Gore, Florida and the Constitution” on March 24 at the Levin College of Law as the Dunwody Distinguished Lecturer in Law.
As President Bush’s term ends, Amar will discuss the case that began [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Spring 2009 Samuel Proctor Florida History Lecture Series continues its environmental theme Wednesday with a presentation by University of Florida associate professor of history Jack E. Davis. The theme for this semester is “Florida, Water, and the Environment,” and includes talks by policy leaders, journalists and academics.
Davis will speak at [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The department of tourism, recreation and sport management at the University of Florida is offering students a rare opportunity to study abroad in Antarctica, the coldest, driest, highest, quietest, most remote and least understood continent on Earth.
“Very few opportunities exist for college students to engage in experiential education in Antarctica,” said [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Eastside High School’s Students Together for Autism Research, also called STAR, will host the 2nd Annual Autism Awareness 5K Walk-Run on Feb. 28.
All proceeds will go to the University of Florida Center for Autism and Related Disabilities, also known as CARD.
The event will begin at 9 a.m. at [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida officials are making every effort to notify more than 97,200 people that an intruder gained access to a computer system containing files with their personal information.
The files included the names and Social Security numbers of students, faculty and staff who used the “Grove” computer system between 1996 and 2009. [...]
In December 2008, the prominent fountain that stood behind Tigert Hall sprung its last drop of water.
The fountain was demolished to make way for the William R. Hough Hall of the Warrington College of Business. Construction is scheduled to be completed during fall 2010.
The building will be equipped with classrooms, meeting space, an open-air [...]
Fifty years after the University of Florida began integration in September 1958, 20 of the first African-American graduates were formally recognized by a university forever imprinted by their legacy.
A special weekend dedicated to “the firsts” commenced on Friday, Feb. 6, with opera singer Denyce Graves’ performance at the Phillips Center.
“I am flattered, and it’s a [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Moffitt Cancer Center researcher, whose research focuses on health promotion and disease prevention in the African-American community, will speak at the University of Florida during Black History Month.
B. Lee Green’s discussion of reducing racial and ethnic health disparities is part of the Florida Center for Health Promotion Speaker Series, sponsored by [...]