GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s new Counseling and Wellness Center is now open to students seeking a campus haven for mental health problems, stress relief, counseling and supportive outreach.
The Counseling Center, formerly in Peabody Hall, and the Student Mental Health Center, formerly in the Student Health Care Center, have consolidated into the CWC [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dana Zimmel, a clinical associate professor at University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named interim chief of staff of UF’s Veterinary Hospitals.
Zimmel has served as associate chief of staff for the UF Large Animal Hospital since Jan. 26. Because of recent administrative restructuring, both the large and the [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida ranks number one with the fans again.
At Sunday’s closing ceremony of the Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 in Madrid, the UF team learned their house received the most online votes to win the Public Choice Award, Web. The UF team also placed second in the Energy Balance category.
Overall, [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla.- Megan Kendzior, who received a master’s of fine arts in dance from the University of Florida this spring, was honored with the American College Dance Festival Association Dance Magazine Award for Outstanding Student Choreographer for her work, “Witness.”
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will begin its tobacco-free campus policy on July 1.
Tobacco use will be prohibited on all university-owned properties, including the main campus, Eastside Campus on Waldo Road, P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School and Shands Healthcare facilities in Gainesville and Jacksonville. Parking lots and vehicles located on all university-owned [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In anticipation of the University of Florida’s new tobacco-free policy, which takes effect July 1, the university is offering a variety of resources and programs to assist employees and their family members in breaking the habit.
The university’s Employee Assistance Program, in partnership with the Area Health Education Centers, is offering UF employees [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Four University of Florida students have received Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarships to travel abroad for the 2010-2011 academic year in their chosen field of study. The scholarship provides funding for graduating seniors and graduate students to spend an academic year in one of more than 155 participating countries.
Here are the students, their [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University Athletic Association (UAA) and the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications announce a new partnership that moves Gatorvision, the multimedia operations unit of UAA, into Weimer Hall, the home of the college. The partnership enables a collaboration of resources, including integration of the technical and personnel expertise of the [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Recent University of Florida telecommunication graduate Miles Doran won the Hearst National Television Broadcast News Championship Monday in New York City.
Doran, a CBS News digital journalist in New York City, beat out other finalists who made the cut at the end of the yearlong William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program. [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — On June 2, 2010 a strong-arm robbery was reported to the University of Florida Police Department. The robbery initially was reported to have occurred at the Shands south parking garage at 6:45 a.m.
After UPD completed a follow-up investigation of this incident, it was determined that the victim’s statements were inconsistent [...]