University of Florida News

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Graduate students from the University of Florida’s College of Design, Construction and Planning Historic Preservation Program will give a public presentation at 2 p.m. Sunday at Sala de Montiano Auditorium in the Government House at 48 King St. The students will share their preservation and design solutions in neighborhood conservation [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Christopher Silver, dean of the College of Design, Construction and Planning, was recently awarded the Laurence C. Gerckens Prize at the biennial Society for American City and Regional Planning History conference in Portland, Maine. The prize is awarded once every two years to a scholar-teacher who has demonstrated sustained excellence in the [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Animal sciences professor Peter Hansen has been named a 2007 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The award honors efforts to advance scientific applications deemed scientifically or socially distinguished.
Hansen was among 471 AAAS members named fellow this year, and the only one from UF. He was selected for [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Catherine Emihovich, dean of UF’s College of Education, has been reappointed as chairwoman of the board of directors for the Florida Fund for Minority Teachers, Inc. Also known as FFMT, the Fund was created by the Legislature in 1999 to attract minority students to teacher-education programs at universities within the state, and [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Harn Museum of Art is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Steuber as Cofrin Curator of Asian Art.
Steuber has more than 10 years of experience as a museum professional with The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo., including four years as Assistant Curator of Chinese Art. He was [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla.— The University of Florida Trial Team brought home a national title at the St. John’s University National Civil Rights Trial Competition in Jamaica, N.Y.
After an intense three-day competition on Oct. 18-20, team members and third-year law students Jessica Anderson, Frank Gaulden, Alicia Philip and Justin Stevens defeated 15 teams from across the country [...]