GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will conduct a test of its emergency notification system at noon Wednesday.
Messages will be sent to students, faculty and staff via text messaging, mass e-mail and a posting on the UF homepage. Notes also will be posted to the UF Facebook page and Twitter accounts telling users to [...]
Yesterday, Oct. 26, the College of Design, Construction and Planning (DCP) officially opened its interdisciplinary teaching/research facility, Citylab-Orlando. Located in downtown Orlando, the program will bring sustainable design training to urban challenges in central Florida. In so many ways, DCP’s professional programs and activities model multidisciplinary approaches to sustainability.
Another example is the international competition, [...]
New rental rates for Reitz Student Union will take effect on Jan. 2, 2010. The new meeting venue rates are better aligned with the current costs of providing services and repairing and replacing equipment. For additional rate information, visit http://www.union.ufl.edu/eventservices/rates.
Students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the University of Florida are encouraged to record their personal Gator story. The video stories are a grassroots initiative that allows participants to connect their personal story with the national branding campaign, “When Did You Become a Gator?”
Videos are featured on YouTube and InsideTheGatorNation.com. Participants may upload [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — President Barack Obama recently honored a former University of Florida professor at the White House with the National Medal of Science.
Rudolf Kalman is a former professor of mathematics and engineering and served as director of UF’s Center for Mathematical System Theory.
Established in 1959, the medal recognizes individuals for outstanding contributions to [...]
Twenty-five eager hands shot up in the air to volunteer for the next demonstration in a room cluttered with science “toys.”
Recently students from Howard W. Bishop Middle School and Lincoln Middle School arrived at the University of Florida’s physics building for “Math and Science Day.”
In the morning, students watched physics demonstrations by Jeff Bindell, [...]
As the presenting sponsor for the Heisman Trophy, Nissan gets one vote for the Heisman winner. Fans may vote online, and the athlete with the most votes will get Nissan’s official vote. Fans are limited to one vote per day and may register for prizes, including a trip to see the Heisman ceremony and a [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Journalism junior Kathryn Stolarz was one of 300 students who recently participated in the University of Florida broadcast stations’ first open house.
Taking a tour of the stations at UF’s College of Journalism and Communications made Stolarz want to pursue her broadcast-news interest, she said. The following week, Stolarz started volunteering at [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Men’s Glee Club and Women’s Chorale, under the conduction of Mihoko Tsutsumi, will have a joint Fall Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28 in the University Auditorium. Tickets are free for UF Students, $8 for faculty, staff, and non-UF students, and $10 for the general public.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Astronomy presents Student Training in Astronomy Research Skills (STARS) from Nov. 13 through Nov. 14.
STARS is a two day astronomy outreach program at UF, which is sponsored by NASA’s Space Telescope Science Institute. STARS allows students the opportunity to visit UF’s astronomy and physics departments, where they [...]