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Cultural historian of Renaissance Europe to speak Monday at UF

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Princeton University history professor will speak Monday on the University of Florida campus about “Jewish Books and Christian Readers in Early Modern Europe.”
Anthony Grafton, the Henry Putnam Professor of History and Chair of the Council of the Humanities at Princeton, is a cultural historian of Renaissance Europe. His lecture starts at [...]

Filed under InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Friday, November 6, 2009.

University of Florida officials are monitoring Tropical Depression Ida

University of Florida officials are monitoring Tropical Depression Ida.
Forecasters currently expect the storm to have little effect on the Gainesville area and plans currently call for UF work activities to remain on a normal schedule. Should the storm’s predicted track change or should forecast conditions for the Gainesville area worsen, new information will be posted [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Friday, November 6, 2009.

UF to use text messaging to collect scholarship donations

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mobile phone users can now make a donation to the University of Florida’s Florida Opportunity Scholars program from their seat in The Swamp, from their tailgate party in the parking lot, from their car, home, or anywhere mobile phone service is available. This Saturday’s (Nov. 7) game versus the Vanderbilt University will [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Thursday, November 5, 2009.

H1N1 Swine Flu information

For more information, please visit Environmental Health & Safety’s Web site, www.ehs.ufl.edu/H1N1.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Thursday, November 5, 2009.

H1N1 nasal spray vaccines available for students

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Student Health Care Center expects to begin administering H1N1 vaccines to students on Wednesday, Nov. 4. At this time, there will be 800 vaccines available free of cost for healthy people under age 25.
These vaccines are in nasal mist form. Pregnant women and people with chronic medical conditions [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Wednesday, November 4, 2009.

UF names new College Of Public Health and Health Professions dean

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Michael G. Perri has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, effective Nov. 6.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Tuesday, November 3, 2009.

Friday text message test deemed a success

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A test of the UF Alert text message system on Friday was a success, university officials said.
Eight minutes and two seconds elapsed from the time a University Police Department dispatcher sent the text message until the last batch of messages left Blackboard Connect, the text message service provider. A total of 61,475 [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Friday, October 30, 2009.

UF Agricultural Education and Communications ranked No. 1 in nation

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Recently, the University of Florida’s Department of Agricultural Education and Communication has been identified as the leading department of its kind in the nation.
A research team at The Ohio State University conducted a national survey of agricultural education department chairs to rank the top-10 departments. UF’s Department of Agricultural Education and [...]

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Friday, October 30, 2009.

Architects to visit UF campus to talk about future of student union

RELEASE AMENDED: 10/30/09
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Architects and staff members from two architectural firms will visit the University of Florida campus next week to start the master planning process for the future of the Reitz Student Union.
Gould Evans Architects of Tampa will work with WTW Architects of Pittsburgh, Pa., to learn how the 42-year-old building can [...]

Filed under InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Thursday, October 29, 2009.

UF plans second test of emergency notification system Friday

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will conduct another test of its emergency notification system on Friday in an effort to improve on the results from Wednesday’s test.
A test message will be sent to students, faculty and staff via only text messaging during normal business hours on Friday. There will be no e-mail or [...]

Filed under InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Thursday, October 29, 2009.