University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A gift of $1.5 million from Donald and Irene Dizney of Windermere, Fla., for the University of Florida’s College of Medicine’s department of psychiatry to establish the Donald R. Dizney Chair in Addiction Medicine was announced today at UF’s annual Addiction and Psychiatry Advisory Board meeting held in Hobe Sound, Fla.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thousands of disadvantaged children will soon benefit from a $5.5 million gift to the University of Florida College of Dentistry that will fund the construction and operation of a state-of-the-art pediatric dental facility in Collier County.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A gift from the Thomas H. Maren Foundation to the University of Florida’s College of Medicine will enable emerging scientists to conduct world-class research and provide the college with another means to develop cancer treatments.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Dick Tracy,” “Flash Gordon,” “Captain Kidd,” “Li’l Abner,” “Oliver Twist,” – and thousands of other vintage films now have a permanent home in the George A. Smathers Libraries and will be available for research and enjoyment, thanks to vintage film collector Bill Brothers of Stuart, Fla.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Museum of Natural History scientists Doug and Pam Soltis and David Dilcher, and William Stern, University of Florida Botany Professor Emeritus, recently received centennial awards from the Botanical Society of America for their outstanding service to the plant sciences and the society.

The 2006 Southeastern College Art Conference award for outstanding artistic achievement has been given to Richard Heipp, professor in the University of Florida’s School of Art and Art History.

University of Florida Department of Journalism Chair William McKeen joined Bill Clinton, Al Gore and scientists, engineers and Web masters earlier this month in being named a Fellow by the World Technology Network at its San Francisco summit.

University of Florida College of Nursing leader Ann Horgas has received the Rose and George Doval Award for Excellence in Nursing Education.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A team of University of Florida engineering students has won an international design competition for creating an automated process to print high-quality images on cubes of sticky notes for a division of BIC USA Inc.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Seven University of Florida faculty members have been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants to lecture or do research in other countries during the 2006-07 academic year.