GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new special edition “Champs” plate is now available for fans of The Gator Nation to celebrate all the UF championships — past, present and future. Designed for the front of vehicles, the plate looks very much like an official DMV plate. The high-quality stamped metal plate is a perfect compliment to [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Matthew Fajack, executive director of financial affairs at Kent State University in Ohio, has been named vice president and chief financial officer at the University of Florida, effective Jan. 1.
Matthew Fajack, 47, will be the first person to fill the newly established position, which will provide strategic leadership, analysis, planning and recommendations [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thanks to University of Florida students, a community in rural Uganda has a way to purify its drinking water, while a town in Macedonia has a new environmental awareness and recycling program.
The students traveled abroad last summer to work on these initiatives as part of 100 Projects for Peace, a program that [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A classic tale of love and conflicting loyalties, the musical “West Side Story” debuted on Broadway in 1957. It ran for 732 performances before closing in 1959. Now, in its 50th anniversary year, performers from the College of Fine Arts recreate this passionate tale at the University of Florida.
Tony Mata will direct [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Television personality Bill Nye “The Science Guy” will speak on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Florida. The show begins at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7:15 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
Nye is currently the host of [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction at the University of Florida will induct William R. “Rick” Derrer, president of James A. Cummings Inc., into the school’s Construction Hall of Fame at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 3 as part of the school’s homecoming activities.
The Construction Hall of Fame was established in the [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Franz Liszt was the rock star of his times. Born in Hungary in 1811, Liszt toured from a young age, performing piano recitals throughout Europe and creating a sensation everywhere he went. Today, he is considered one of the most famous pianists in history for his role in elevating piano composition and [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Subaru is sponsoring a unique program geared toward helping marketing students, professors and clients work together in order to apply real-world situations to classroom material. Students from eight U.S. universities, including the University of Florida, will promote the Subaru Impreza product line to a key target market, their fellow college peers.
The [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. —Gator Growl 2007 remains true to its theme “Nation of Champions” this year with appearances by the University of Florida’s athletic heroes.
Traditionally, Growl has always welcomed the senior football players and head coach to The Swamp. This year, for the first time ever, the University of Florida men’s basketball team and head [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A team comprised of four of Warrington’s top business students took the top prize at the Asian Business Case Challenge, an international, invitation-only business case competition recently held in Singapore. The Oct. 8-13 event, hosted by the Nanyang School of Business (Nanyang Technological University), was the first international case competition in which [...]