GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Sheila Danko, professor of design and entrepreneurship at Cornell University, will present her lecture “Designing Change: A Generation of Entrepreneurship and the Role of Design” at 7 p.m. Thursday at the University of Florida Pugh Hall Room 170. The lecture is sponsored by the department of interior design in the College of [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival will host DI Day, a tribute to the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications’ Documentary Institute, as part of its kickoff Thursday.
“We’ve never had a day where we’ve dedicated an entire event to a university,” said festival Chief Executive Officer and President Gregory von [...]
To The Gator Nation:
With the ongoing uncertainties in the economy, I am writing to you today (Oct. 11, 2008) to give you an update, and possibly some hope, on related matters here at the University of Florida.
Let me start by addressing employees’ concerns, particularly about their retirement savings. As you may know, most state employees [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With a week to go before One Less Car Day, University of Florida faculty, staff and students are already reducing pollution by using alternative transportation to and from campus.
Seventy-five departmental teams are already tracking their collective commitment online. So far, more than 14,000 trips have been avoided, keeping 69 tons of CO2 [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. –– The UF Documentary Institute was named a top-10 program in a September article reviewing the best programs for documentary filmmakers in The Independent magazine. The institute was noted for its outstanding reputation, state-of-the-art equipment and facilities and its award-winning student films.
The four members of the Documentary Institute have been working together for [...]
StoryCorps, a national initiative to document everyday history and the unique stories of Americans, will arrive in Gainesville on Oct . 23 to collect the stories of North Central Florida residents, as part of its cross-country tour. StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project in partnership with National Public Radio and the American Folklife Center [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With a thin margin separating the two presidential candidates in this historically significant election, a key leader of a major polling organization will share his insight into the nominees and their chances.
Richard Johnston, research director of the National Annenberg Election Survey and a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, [...]
Kathleen Long, dean of the University of Florida College of Nursing, has been appointed to serve as associate provost. She will continue to serve as dean of the College of Nursing while serving in the role of associate provost on a half-time basis.
Long’s work will include addressing policy and practice in areas such as sabbaticals, [...]
Laura Lentz, assistant director of membership and marketing for the UF Alumni Association, was selected National Adviser of the Year for her work with the Florida Cicerones and UF’s Student Alumni Association. Lentz was chosen by her peers from other universities and colleges across the country, as announced at the Council for Advancement and Support [...]
Michael G. Perri, Ph.D., interim dean and professor at the College of Public Health and Health Professions, received the Samuel M. Turner Clinical Research Award from the American Psychological Association’s Society of Clinical Psychology, in recognition of his distinguished contributions in applied clinical research. Perri was honored in August at the American Psychological Association’s annual [...]