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Two UF Professors Win Presidential Award For Young Researchers

GAINESVILLE — Two University of Florida researchers have won one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for outstanding young scientists and engineers.

Filed under Awards & Honors, InsideUF (Campus) on Monday, April 10, 2000.

New UF Alumni And Academic Building To Get Off Ground With $3 Million Gift

GAINESVILLE — Classroom and seminar space at the University of Florida is always in demand for an enrollment of 43,000. Add 260,000 UF alumni who like to make an occasional visit to their alma mater and the demand for space gets tighter yet. Now longtime UF alumni and supporters Bill and Jane Emerson of St. Petersburg have made a $3 million gift to help build a new academic and alumni building to ease the space crunch.

Filed under Awards & Honors, InsideUF (Campus) on Wednesday, March 29, 2000.

UF Leading Lucent Technologies-Funded Program In Latin America

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Lucent Technologies today announced the funding of a collaborative effort between Bell Labs, the University of Florida and universities in Brazil and Mexico to advance distance-learning education around the Latin American region.

Filed under Awards & Honors, Education, Hispanic, Research on Thursday, March 9, 2000.