University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Discovery Channel will feature University of Florida shark expert George Burgess in two programs during its 20th anniversary Shark Week beginning Sunday through Aug. 4.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The newly renovated Library West now ranks as one of the most environmentally friendly buildings on campus.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The chairman of the University of Florida’s psychiatry department is taking a leave of absence to fill a key leadership position for the National Institute of Mental Health.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida College of Nursing Associate Professor Meredeth Rowe has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three University of Florida College of Dentistry faculty members have been elected to membership to the national dental honor society, Omicron Kappa Upsilon.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Lionel J. Dubay, director of the O’Connell Center for 22 years, has been appointed director of the business services division at the University of Florida.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dr. Roger D. Wray, a clinical associate professor of community dentistry and behavioral science, has been appointed program director of the University of Florida College of Dentistry Faculty Practice. Wray previously served as residency program director for the college’s clinical program in Apopka.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — William P. McArthur, a professor of oral biology and director of the University of Florida’s Periodontal Disease Research Center, was appointed the College of Dentistry’s associate dean for faculty affairs, effective June 29. In this new position he advises faculty and college and campus administrators on matters affecting faculty and provides administrative support for the faculty’s role in shared governance.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dr. Matthew Dennis, a clinical associate professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery and diagnostic sciences, has been awarded the Florida Dental Association’s Dental Educator Award.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Lynne Thomas Gordon, a nationally recognized health-care executive, has been named an executive in residence for the department of health services research, management and policy at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions.