GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Matt Wardell has always been intrigued by music, but he never thought his decision to join the band as a percussionist in sixth-grade would prove to be an important part in his adult career path.
On Friday, the 26-year-old self-described music lover will graduate from the University of Florida’s College of Fine [...]
Students love attending the University of Florida, think they’re getting a good education at a good price and give high marks to their classes, faculty and advisers.
They also study less, party more and are not as challenged academically as their peers at other research universities.
Those are the main conclusions of a large-scale survey conducted last [...]
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The History of Science Society has awarded the 2009 Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize for excellence in education to Frederick Gregory, professor of history of science at the University of Florida.
Gregory’s distinguished accomplishments as an educator in history of science range across a broad range of media, including not just [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida public radio station WUFT-FM has announced the lineup for “Home for the Holidays,” a special series of local music performances.
WUFT-FM will broadcast all the performances on its HD2 channel. It has recorded or will record the first three at the University Auditorium on campus. It plans to record the [...]
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Visit tomorrow (Saturday) morning at www.insidethegatornation.com for professional photos of SEC pre-game festivities. Throughout the day on Saturday, periodically updated photos will provide images from both pre-game activities and the game.
The 2009 SEC Championship Game at the Georgia Dome tomorrow between the Florida Gators and Alabama Crimson Tide will determine the 2009 football champion [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A $1 million gift will complete the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law’s Trial Advocacy Center and bring the total of Levin family gifts to the law school to nearly $30 million, including state matching funds. The gift from Teri Levin, Fredric G. Levin’s sister-in-law, honors her late husband, [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Margaret Portillo, University of Florida professor and chairwoman of the department of interior design, was recently named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Interior Design, the only scholarly journal exclusively dedicated to issues related to the design of the interior environment.
Published on behalf of the Interior Design Educators Council, JID includes articles relating [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — By the time the sun rises at 5:30 in Icapuí, Brazil, many of the residents are fishing for lobster in increasingly depleted waters.
Yet life goes on in this northeastern Brazilian community of 16,000: Afro-descendants perform ancestral theater, elderly residents tell traditional ghost stories, Pentecostal women strive to fit their new religious [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Student Health Care Center will hold a H1N1 vaccination clinic for UF faculty, staff and students on Wednesday.
Those who are considered high risk are encouraged to register online as soon as possible. High risk is defined by the Centers for Disease Control as:
pregnant women,
persons who live [...]