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RTS to add new route to Gainesville airport

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The City of Gainesville Regional Transit System will offer service from the University of Florida to Gainesville Regional Airport beginning Aug. 16.
After years of requests, RTS will offer a limited stop airport route running every hour on weekdays. Service on Route 25 will be during the peak travel hours from 7:25 a.m. [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Note This on Wednesday, July 14, 2010.

UF forms task force to coordinate efforts related to oil spill

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has created an oil spill task force with 29 faculty members to coordinate research and response efforts related to the April 20 spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Tom Frazer, chairman of the task force, said many faculty are already doing research and outreach activities, and UF saw a [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Monday, July 12, 2010.

Biomedical Sciences Building receives LEED Gold Certification

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Biomedical Sciences Building has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The building is one of 18 LEED-certified UF facilities, and one of five to receive gold certification. It is the university’s first gold LEED-certified research facility.
“We are working hard [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Wednesday, July 7, 2010.

UF officials notify patients of privacy breach

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida officials have notified 2,047 people that their Social Security or Medicaid identification numbers were included on address labels affixed to letters inviting them to participate in a research study.
The letters were sent through the U.S. Postal Service on May 24, and the information also was shared with a [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Tuesday, July 6, 2010.