GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Student Health Care Center is joining with the Healthy Gator 2010 Coalition in a fall campaign to promote good health and prevent the spread of infectious diseases on campus.
UF is urging students, staff and faculty to receive vaccinations for influenza and meningococcal meningitis and to take other daily [...]
For the third year in a row, the University of Florida’s Office of Sustainability will celebrate National Campus Sustainability Day. The event starts at 10 a.m. on Oct. 24 and features a number of activities designed to raise awareness of campus sustainability efforts.
The day will begin on the Reitz Student Union North Lawn, with President [...]
Ed Gilman, a professor of environmental horticulture, was recently named by the International Society of Arboriculture as the recipient of the 2007 L.C. Chadwick Award for Arboricultural Research. The award recognizes research that has contributed valuable information to arboriculture. Gilman has published more than 60 peer-reviewed research studies and authored six books; his current work [...]
The University of Florida College of Pharmacy has been named one of eight pharmacy schools to receive the Academic-Practice Partnership for Learning Excellence Award. Also called the Crystal Apple Award, the designation from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy was created to improve pharmacy education and practice by encouraging quality professional experience programs. UF [...]
Team Gator Nation recently won a spot in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge semi-finals after University of Florida engineers turned a 2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid into a fully autonomous driving machine for this year’s competition.
On Oct. 26-31, Team Gator Nation will compete in the Urban Challenge National Qualification Event. If the team qualifies as a [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Starting this fall, all University of Florida students will be asked to provide emergency contact information when they register for classes.
UF is the first institution in the state and one of the first in the country to adopt this policy.
Starting today, each student who logs on to ISIS, UF’s Web-based registration system, [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Students once again will have a safe haven available in Jacksonville during this weekend’s Florida/Georgia football game.
Launched last year, the Sideline Student Safety Zone, organized by the University of Florida, the University of Georgia and the city of Jacksonville, will be open Friday and Saturday in and near The Jacksonville Landing.
Students and [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Ground Truth: Evidence of Paris Through Drawing and Digital Media” will be on display in the Focus Gallery Fine Arts Building C at the University of Florida from Oct. 29 to Dec. 7. A public reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Nov.16.
The exhibit is a selection of [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In honor of National Campus Sustainability Day, the University of Florida Office of Sustainability and Gators for a Sustainable Campus will evaluate UF’s progress toward sustainability and provide an opportunity for students and members of the community to learn about environmental issues on Wednesday.
The event, starting at 10 a.m. on the Reitz [...]
“Voyage to Tomorrow: A Multi-media Suite in Three Movements” is a specially commissioned kickoff event for the University of Florida’s Capital Campaign. The world premiere presentation will feature the College of Fine Arts School of Music Concert Choir with six vocal soloists and an original digital media presentation. The innovative collaboration will provide the [...]