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Students can learn more about Fulbright programs

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida International Center will host Fulbright Day on Wednesday in collaboration with UF Honors Program and George A. Smathers Libraries.

Filed under Announcements, Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Friday, April 12, 2013.

Road safety tour brings message to UF Wednesday

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The “Survive the Drive” GEICO Road Safety Bicycle Tour stops at the University of Florida on Wednesday, April 10.

Filed under Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Tuesday, April 9, 2013.

UF celebrates five years of tobacco-free campus

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The UF Tobacco-Free Task force says that Gators don’t chew, they chomp – and they have done so for the past five years.

Filed under Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Monday, April 8, 2013.

UF Men’s Glee Club, Women’s Chorale Spring Concert to feature more than 100 performers

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Men’s Glee Club and Women’s Chorale will come together for their Spring Concert at the University Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday presented by the UF School of Music.

Filed under Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Tuesday, April 2, 2013.

Education scholar to highlight future of humanities in public higher education

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Professor Sheila Slaughter of the University of Georgia will visit the University of Florida at 6 p.m. today to give a public lecture on the renewed importance of the humanities in higher education.

Filed under Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Tuesday, April 2, 2013.

UFPA presents 10 April performances

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida Performing Arts will present 10 performances in April, highlighted by the Tony-winning production of the musical “HAIR” on April 8 and VOCA PEOPLE, a thrilling a cappella musical adventure on April 11.

Filed under Announcements, Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Tuesday, April 2, 2013.

College of Veterinary Medicine offers open house April 13

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A longtime community tradition, the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine Open House will intrigue and entertain audiences of all ages during a full day of educational demonstrations, tours and much more from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 13.

Filed under Announcements, Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Tuesday, March 26, 2013.

Ron Paul, former GOP presidential candidate, to visit UF

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — ACCENT Speaker’s Bureau at the University of Florida will bring politician, physician and author Ron Paul to campus on April 15.
Paul represented Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1976 to 1977, from 1979 to 1985 and from 1997 to 2013.
Known for his advocacy for a smaller federal government, individual liberty [...]

Filed under Announcements, Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Monday, March 25, 2013.

UF group helps ‘doctoral moms’ to stay in school

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — PhDMoms, a graduate student organization at the University of Florida, presents a program titled “Getting Started Before You Finish” at 3:30 p.m. today in Corry Commons in Corry Village.

Filed under Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Monday, March 25, 2013.

Freedom fighter to address gay marriage at UF Law

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Albie Sachs, retired justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and lifelong freedom fighter in the struggle against apartheid, will be speaking about gay marriage at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, on Tuesday – the same day the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case challenging California’s constitutional ban on gay marriage.

Filed under Announcements, Happenings, InsideUF (Campus) on Monday, March 25, 2013.