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Florida Museum’s first free ‘Science Café’ Oct. 6 explores seafood choices

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will host the first program in its free “Science Café” series, “Seafood Choices: Why am I confused?” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 6.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Friday, September 23, 2011.

UF speech, hearing clinic offers free hearing loss classes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Speech and Hearing Clinic and the Gainesville chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of Florida will offer “Living with Hearing Loss,” a series of free classes for people with hearing impairment.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Friday, September 23, 2011.

Museum begins three-year campaign Oct. 15 to fund permanent ‘Discovery Room’

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Buy your tickets now for the first events in the Florida Museum of Natural History’s three-year fundraising campaign to create a permanent and expanded “Discovery Room” family activity area. The events are scheduled for Oct. 15, Nov. 16 and Feb. 24, 2012.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Friday, September 23, 2011.

UFPA offers free performance of U.S. Marine Band

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Performing Arts will host a free performance by “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Phillips Center for Performing Arts.

Filed under Announcements, Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Wednesday, September 21, 2011.

Notice of off-campus sexual battery

The following information was reported to the Gainesville Police Department (GPD) and is being distributed to the campus community due to the crime’s close proximity to the University of Florida campus:
The GPD are looking for a man who sexually battered a woman as she was walking home from a midtown bar early Tuesday morning. According [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Tuesday, September 20, 2011.

UF, Pinellas schools win professional development award

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning and Pinellas County Schools have won a prestigious, statewide award for their groundbreaking professional development partnership.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Tuesday, September 20, 2011.

Noted journalist Jeff Klinkenberg to discuss ‘The Next Florida’

NESVILLE, Fla. — Jeff Klinkenberg, an author, essayist and one of Florida’s leading newspaper columnists, will discuss the profound cultural shifts occurring in the Sunshine State on Sept. 26 at the University of Florida’s Bob Graham Center for Public Service.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Tuesday, September 20, 2011.

‘Entourage’ actor Rex Lee to speak at UF

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Rex Lee, the openly gay Korean-American actor from the TV show “Entourage,” will speak Oct. 12 at the University of Florida’s Phillips Center for the Performing Arts as part of the ACCENT Speaker’s Bureau series.

Filed under Announcements, Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Monday, September 19, 2011.

UF&Shands recruits health care leader as new chief quality officer

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Randy Harmatz, formerly the vice president of the quality program at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, has been named the chief quality officer for UF&Shands, the University of Florida Academic Health Center.
As part of her role, she will oversee the Sebastian Ferrero Office of Clinical Quality and Patient Safety at [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Note This on Monday, September 19, 2011.

Florida Museum hosts ‘Drums and Dance’ fall music series

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History invites the public to “Drums and Dance,” a series of musical events, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Sept. 18, Oct. 2, Nov. 20 and Dec. 4.

Filed under Announcements, Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Friday, September 16, 2011.