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University of Florida’s AFROTC wins top award second time in three years

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Air Force ROTC Detachment 150 recently was awarded the Right of Line Trophy for having the best program out of 144 detachments in the nation.
Detachment 150 also earned the award in 2007 for the first time in its 63 years.
Col. Hubert D. “Griff” Griffin, who has [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Tuesday, November 10, 2009.

Department of Energy awards $1.275 million grant to UF physicists

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers in the Physics and the Quantum Theory Project have received a new $1.275 million research grant from the Department of Energy to predict the properties of “warm dense matter” by theory, modeling, and computer simulation.
Over the next three years, the researchers will use the award [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Monday, November 9, 2009.

H1N1 nasal spray vaccines available for students

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 [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Wednesday, November 4, 2009.

UF names new College Of Public Health and Health Professions dean

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Michael G. Perri has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, effective Nov. 6.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Tuesday, November 3, 2009.

College of Engineering receives $3 million from Harris Corp.

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, [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Seen & Heard, Top Stories on Tuesday, November 3, 2009.