GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Katherine (Kat) Warwick, a senior civil engineering major from Melbourne, Fla., and Harshva Deoghare, a doctoral candidate in public health and rehabilitation science from India, were selected as the department of Housing and Residence Education Multicultural Student Award recipients for 2009.
Warwick and Deohgare were selected based on their contributions to promoting [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is being recognized by a statewide organization for helping young people with disabilities gain exposure to the world of work.
The Florida Governor’s Alliance for the Employment of Citizens with Disabilities (The Able Trust) will award UF the Business Mentor of the Year Award for its outstanding commitment [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mark Swinson, chief scientist for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, received the 2009 Outstanding Alumnus Award for the University of Florida department of mechanical and aerospace engineering.
The award recognized Swinson for outstanding leadership and management excellence in the fields of engineering and information technology for national [...]
Sun Sports’ new campaign for “Breakfast with the Gators,” set to launch in August, is not only made for Gators. It’s also made by Gators.
After months of brainstorming, eight University of Florida advertising students recently saw their ideas come to life on the set of a television commercial they created for Sun Sports’ “Breakfast [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Manned mostly by students, the University of Florida’s Public Broadcasting Service station recently won two national Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards.
“It’s a confirmation of our hands-on, high-expectations method of teaching and learning,” WUFT-TV News Director Mark Leeps said. “We push our students to deal with daily deadline [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – With the start of the hurricane season, the University of Florida is ready to help tourism industry professionals prepare for any crisis, whether caused by nature or man.
The Tourism Crisis Management Institute at UF offers an online tourism crisis management certificate program for destination management organizations, attractions industry professionals and lodging industry [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The president of a Florida foundation and former foreign service officer has been named the first director of the Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida. Ann Henderson will take the reins from interim Director Tony Rosenbaum on July 1.
Henderson has worked in nonprofit management in Florida for 20 [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Eighteen academics from around the world are coming to the University of Florida to better understand and appreciate the intricacies of U.S. foreign policy.
The U.S. Department of State has renewed the UF political science department’s grant of nearly $290,000 to conduct the 2009 Study of the United States Institute on U.S. [...]