GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Helping Haitians now is greatly important. Everyone is encouraged to lend a hand or to aid organizations here at the University of Florida or elsewhere.
A team of faculty and staff from three UF colleges recently have provided medical assistance in Haiti. In addition, a UF forensic expert assisted with identifying earthquake [...]
Gainesville, Fla. — The University of Florida will host an international conference, “Bridging Conservation and Development in Latin America and Africa: Changing Contexts, Changing Strategies,” from Jan. 28 to 30. The conference is jointly sponsored by the UF Center for Latin American Studies and the UF Center for African Studies, with partial support from a [...]
The 4th annual dining and dancing event ‘Moonlight and Martinis’ will benefit Al’z Place, a day-care center for people with Alzheimer’s disease and memory disorders. Formerly called Shake, Rattle and Dance, Moonlight and Martinis will be held at 7 -10 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6 at Touchdown Terrace. Touchdown Terrace is located on the second [...]
Public Television station WUFT-TV will air the ‘Hope for Haiti Now’ national telethon tonight, Jan. 22. It will air from 8 to 10 p.m. on WUFT-TV, Channel 5; Cox Cable Channel 3.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Gators United for Haiti, the University Athletic Association and the University of Florida men’s basketball team have joined forces to raise money for relief in Haiti.
Information tables and pledge sheets will be available at the O’Connell Center when the men’s basketball team takes on the University of South Carolina at 6 p.m. [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Gainesville/Alachua County Cultural Affairs Board (CAB) has announced its 2009 Lifetime Award winners.
Michael Blachly, director of the University of Florida Performing Arts, and the University of Florida Performing Arts will be awarded the Business Arts Award. This is the first year for the CAB to present the Business Arts Award.
At [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Institute on Aging has received close to $15 million from the National Institutes of Health to construct an almost 40,000-square-foot complex for clinical and translational research. The building will bring together scientists from a range of scientific disciplines and enhance how aging research is carried out on the [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has regretfully informed the University of Florida that he will not be able to attend today’s event at the Bob Graham Center for Public Service on “Bipartisanship in the Health Care Debate.”
Frist, a physician and former senator from Tennessee, was making his way to Haiti [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Office of the Provost has awarded a $150,000 grant to a project to preserve African-American history in Alachua County.
The Alachua County African-American History Project will enable the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program to conduct and transcribe oral histories with African-Americans in Alachua County, the University of Florida, and [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Friends of Music will host their annual benefit in support of the College of Fine Arts School of Music. This year’s benefit “Swing Into Spring” promises an entertaining evening with music, dance, drinks and hors d’oeuvres.
The gala will be held from 7:30 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, [...]