University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The George A. Smathers Libraries, in collaboration with the Alachua County Library District, presents Frontline’s “World – Stories from a Small Planet” to the Gainesville community. The libraries will jointly host a screening and discussion program at 6 p.m. on Oct. 21 at the headquarters branch of the public library, 401 E. [...]

The annual Real Estate Trends and Strategies Conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 in the University of Florida Hilton Hotel and Conference Center. The weekend includes a number of networking opportunities for attendees to meet industry leaders.
To register, please visit www.realestate.ufl.edu by Nov. 2. and receive a complementary [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Francesca Gagnon “The Voice of Alegria,” has been cancelled. The original performance was scheduled for Feb. 15 at the Phillips Center.

The Air Force Career Day will be held from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 6 in the Reitz Student Union Colonnade. There will be officers from different career fields that will be available for questions. Air Force career fields include but are not limited to lawyers, medical professionals, communications specialists, special investigators and police [...]

Library West will be hosting a presentation to share some practical tips for getting enough sleep. The session will be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Oct. 15 in the Library West InfoCommons on the third floor.
It is tempting to sacrifice sleep to squeeze in more time to study but sleep deprivation actually makes [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Freshmen in the Warrington College of Business Administration will compete in the final round of the Warrington Welcome/Students In Free Enterprise Business Ethics (SIFE) Case Competition at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 20 in Bryan Hall Room 232. This will be the culmination of two weeks preparing their solutions to a business case [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Players, sponsored by UF student government, under the direction of Artistic Director Michelle Karst, is pleased to announce the first production of its fall 2008 season – David Hare’s “The Bay at Nice.”
Leading the production team is UF graduate student Kent Barrett, who directed last year’s New Works Festival production of [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences will host the 12th annual TailGATOR three hours prior to the kick-off of the South Carolina football game on Nov. 15 in the O’Connell Center.
Alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students are invited to attend for a few hours [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Performing Arts continues its Beethoven Cycle, a celebration of master composer Ludwig van Beethoven, with a performance by The American String Quartet starting at 2 p.m. on Oct. 12 in the University Auditorium.
Beethoven Cycle, begun during the 2007-08 season, is a special program dedicated to bringing some of the best musicians [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Hearing and Speech Clinic is offering a course in Living with Hearing Loss. These classes are free and open to the public.
Pat Kricos of the department of communication science and disorders will lead the course. Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences and suggestions with each [...]