University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Entrepreneurs, University of Florida faculty, elected leaders, news media and others have an opportunity next week to learn how local and national developments in biotechnology are improving the world.
BioFlorida’s sixth annual Celebration of Technology, scheduled for May 12, will allow attendees to hear from a venture capitalist with expertise in health [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Gator Nation Campaign and Alpha PRoductions, a University of Florida student-run public relations firm, recently sent American servicemen and servicewomen well-deserved Gator spirit as part of the Gator Troops program.
The Gator Troops program, a partnership between The Gator Nation Campaign and several Alachua County and Jacksonville schools, was launched in [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts awarded a $100,000 grant to the Harn Museum of Art in July 2008. The grant, which is the largest national foundation grant given to support an exhibition at the Harn Museum of Art, will partially fund Project Europa: Imagining the (Im)Possible. Recently, the museum [...]

In light of recent reports about the swine flu, here is an update for the University of Florida community.
A UF student, who is not presently on campus, was diagnosed with influenza but has not been diagnosed with the swine flu.
The student, who is now fully recovered, had not been to Mexico or had any of [...]

University of Florida officials continue to closely follow developments in Florida and elsewhere with the swine flu.
Weekend graduation ceremonies and other campus activities are proceeding as planned at this time. Graduates or guests who are experiencing a fever, sore throat or a cough are encouraged to stay at home. Any schedule changes and swine flu [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Department of Housing & Residence Education’s Green Team/Recycling/Sustainability Committee is sponsoring the 2009 Spring Check-Out Recycling Project. This year’s theme is “Recycle ’09.”
Collections of donated non-perishable food, clothes, small appliances, new and used school supplies and electronics recently began and will continue until Saturday, May 2, in residence [...]