GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Miriam Buhr, a doctoral candidate from the Educational Psychology program, was selected as one of 15 junior mentors chosen for the Society for Research in Child Development’s (SRCD) 2009 Frances Degen Horowitz Millennium Scholars (FDHMS) Program.
The society received 99 applications from junior mentors to participate in the program, which provides educational and [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Air Force ROTC Detachment 150 held its annual spring awards ceremony on Thursday, April 16. During the awards ceremony, seven cadets, including five sophomores and two juniors, received the Lt. Col. John Lewis Crown Scholarship.
Lt. Col. Crown was a remarkable officer whose 30-year career included hundreds of [...]
To: Students, faculty and staff
From: Brian Beach, interim senior vice president for administration
Re: Swine flu
With recent reports regarding the outbreak of swine flu in parts of this country and Mexico, we want to let you know how we’re addressing the matter at the University of Florida.
UF officials are closely monitoring the situation through contact with [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A week before her high school graduation, Alexandria Stephenson found herself homeless. Because of family problems, the honor student was kicked out of her house in West Palm Beach and was living out of her truck, looking at a future of insurmountable obstacles and disappointment.
Instead, Stephenson, 21, will graduate [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida children with questions about insects, to complete a project or just satisfy their own curiosity, can find help at a newly redesigned University of Florida Web site that’s literally crawling with answers.
The Florida 4-H Bug Club site, at http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/bug_club, has been greatly expanded to provide a wealth of information for youngsters [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. –– Public broadcasting station WUFT-TV/DT will present a special edition of the public affairs program “North Florida Journal” on Thursday, April 23, at 8 p.m. An encore presentation is scheduled for Sunday, April 26, at 12:30 p.m.
The program, hosted by WRUF-AM/FM News Director Tom Krynski, focuses on the proposed higher education budget [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Office of Sustainability today presented nine trophies and several honorable mentions to a wide variety of organizations and departments across campus for their excellent contributions to sustainability at UF.
Dedee DeLongpré Johnston, the office’s director said, “In these depressing budgetary times, we wanted to bring attention [...]
This is a test of UF’s emergency notification system. This UF home page notification is being done in conjunction with a test of UF’s text messaging system and mass e-mail messages. If this were an actual emergency, updates and additional information would be posted here on the UF home page. If you did not receive [...]
On May 16, Gator alumni will show their Gator spirit by volunteering in their hometowns for the 11th annual International Gator Day.
International Gator Day is an event associated with the Gator Club Network, a global system comprising all Gator Clubs. Every third Saturday of May, University of Florida alumni and friends volunteer time and [...]
Florida Master Gardener Coordinator Tom Wichman recently was recognized with two awards for his role as host of “Gardening in a Minute,” a radio program co-0produced by UF/IFAS Extension and WUFT-FM.
Wichman received a silver media award for on-air talent from the national Garden Writers Association. In addition, “Gardening in a Minute” won first place in [...]