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Southwest Recreation Center receives outstanding sports facilities award

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Southwest Recreation Center is among nine similar facilities in the U.S. to be recognized by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association, a pioneer in organized recreation programs for colleges and universities.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Thursday, February 9, 2012.

UF/IFAS faculty member publishes book on how to get green development done

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida professor who has spent more than a decade studying urban biodiversity conservation has published a new book outlining what it takes to build and maintain ecologically friendly housing developments.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Wednesday, February 8, 2012.

Music event benefits College of Fine Arts

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Friends of Music presents “An Evening of Music with Friends” benefiting the College of Fine Arts from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Friday in the Steinbrenner Band Hall on UF’s campus.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Monday, February 6, 2012.

Israeli journalist to speak on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, living in Gaza

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Amira Hass, an award-winning Israeli journalist, will speak at 6 p.m. Feb. 13. at the University of Florida’s Pugh Hall, home of the Bob Graham Center for Public Service.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Monday, February 6, 2012.

University of Florida marks 40 years of Preservation Institute: Nantucket

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — What do Gainesville, Fla., and Nantucket, Mass., have in common? The University of Florida.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Thursday, February 2, 2012.

Museum continues free student admission for good grades in science

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History is continuing its popular “A for Science” free admission program for students throughout the state.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Tuesday, January 31, 2012.

$10 million Wells Foundation gift will enable UF to speed brain tumor remedies

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A $10 million gift from the Lillian S. Wells Foundation Inc. to the University of Florida department of neurosurgery will help medical scientists better understand the causes of brain tumors and lead to effective treatments and improved quality of life for patients, UF officials announced today.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Monday, January 30, 2012.

Food For Thought campaign gives insight into food consumption that is easy to digest

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — This spring, the University of Florida Office of Sustainability will host Food For Thought — a campaign to educate students, staff, faculty and the Gainesville community about sustainable food systems and how easy it is to make more environmentally and socially conscious decisions in their own backyards.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Monday, January 30, 2012.

‘Fossil Freeway’ exhibit opens Feb. 4

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Visitors can take a prehistoric road trip through the Florida Museum of Natural History’s newest exhibit, “Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway with artist Ray Troll and paleontologist Kirk Johnson,” opening at 10 a.m. Feb. 4.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Monday, January 30, 2012.

UF’s Center for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing awarded prize for technology innovation

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The National Science Foundation’s Center for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing, or CHREC, headquartered at the University of Florida, was recently awarded the 2012 Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technology Innovation for its research and development of Novo-G, the world’s most powerful reconfigurable supercomputer.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus), Top Stories on Monday, January 30, 2012.