GAINESVILLE, Fla. — John W. Wright II has been named dean of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, Provost Janie Fouke announced today.
Wright has been interim dean of the college since July 2006, when he succeeded Terry Hynes. Wright previously was the college’s executive associate dean since 1999 and associate dean for [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida engineering researcher has won one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for outstanding young scientists and engineers.
Clint Slatton, an assistant professor with a joint appointment in electrical and computer engineering and civil and coastal engineering, has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, or PECASE, [...]
A section of Northwest 17th Street between West University Avenue and Eighth Avenue was renamed Lt. Corey Dahlem Drive on Friday, Dec. 7. The renaming was in honor of Dahlem, a 22-year-veteran Gainesville Police officer who was killed by a drunken driver the night of UF’s second men’s basketball national championship in April.
The city street [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Andrew Hines, a former prisoner of war and a successful engineer, businessman, civil servant and philanthropist, will speak at the University of Florida’s graduate degree commencement ceremony Dec. 14. Hines graduated from UF in 1947.
The advanced degree ceremony is one of five commencement ceremonies being held this fall.
Hines began working at Florida [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History has received a $397,298 federal grant to expand its “Marvelous Explorations through Science and Stories” program in Marion County Head Start classrooms.
The Administration for Children, Youth and Families grant will allow the museum to double the number of classrooms it reaches to 32 with the science-centered [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Trustee Manny Fernandez has resigned his position because of a change in his business commitments, board Chairman Dianna Morgan announced Thursday.
Fernandez, a trustee since the board was formed in 2001 and former board chairman, said he expects to spend more time with his work as a board member of [...]
Gainesville, Fla. — A major gift to the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida will give the university greater opportunities to produce future public policymakers in Florida and on the national scene.
Retired U.S. senator and former Florida governor Bob Graham, his brother William A. Graham and the Philip L. Graham [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — On Tuesday Dec. 4, the Jewish community will begin to celebrate Chanukah and light up lives with the kindling of a giant 12-foot canned food Menorah! The festivities will get underway at 3 p.m. at Turlington Plaza at the University of Florida . [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction at the University of Florida inducted William R. “Rick” Derrer, president of James A. Cummings, Inc., into the school’s Construction Hall of Fame as part of the school’s homecoming activities.
Derrer, in the construction industry for 33 years, also serves as a member of the [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — This holiday season, University of Florida faculty, staff and students can help the environment and spread holiday cheer.
As part of UF’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, a selection of UF-themed holiday cards are available on the Web (www.identity.ufl.edu/gatorNation/cards.html), said Dan Williams, director of marketing. Sending e-cards is both economically and environmentally positive.
“The essence [...]