“Besides select high school and university ensembles, we’ll also work to capture the professional performances such as the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra and performers from UF Performing Arts,” said Richard Drake, HD2 manager. “We want faculty and students, and we are not restricting the concerts to strictly classical genre.”

Drake says performances of smaller ensembles will be recorded or broadcast live from a Weimer Hall studio and larger groups at their performance sites.

The new series aims to showcase local talent, Drake said. Two concerts by the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra and one by the University of Florida Symphony Orchestra are confirmed and will be featured in the series, according to Drake. He’s also talking with directors at P.K. Yonge, the Gainesville Community Band, Musica Vera and Alachua County high schools. The series will be broadcast later this month and December during the holiday season.

“We intend to make this a regular series throughout the school year,” Drake said. “We want to emphasize cultural diversity, so ensembles will not be restricted to the classical repertoire.”

WUFT-FM, which broadcasts news and public affairs programs on its primary channel, classical/art programming on HD2, and old-time radio on HD3 — is part of the UF College of Journalism and Communications’ newly restructured Division of Multimedia Properties. All three channels are simulcast on WJUF-FM 90.1 in the Nature Coast area.

This shipment varies from the previous shipments because there will be both nasal mist and injectable form vaccines available. Health care providers will discuss with each student which method is right for him or her.

Anyone who is pregnant or has a chronic medical condition should register online as soon as possible. These groups should not receive the nasal spray vaccine. Anyone who has received a nasal spray vaccine for seasonal flu should wait one month before getting a nasal spray vaccine for H1N1.

To receive a vaccine, students must register online at http://shcc.ufl.edu/h1n1/ and select a time slot to receive the vaccine. One hundred spots will be available for every half-hour the clinic is open. The vaccines will be administered between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Student Health Care Center’s Infirmary building location.

Registration requires a valid Gatorlink account. Students also must print two medical questionnaires and bring all completed forms to their appointment time. Students should also read both Vaccine Information Statements posted on the registration site. Only students who have registered in advance and who present their Gator 1 cards at the clinic will be vaccinated.

The first-ever match-up gives the two universities a rare opportunity to share information on breast cancer prevention and detection with thousands of fans gathered for the game.

UF’s new Gator Mobile Health Clinic, with a big pink bow on it, will be parked in the FanFest area south of the O’Connell Center between 9 a.m. and noon.

Here are some of the event highlights:

• Meet U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a breast cancer survivor and staunch supporter of breast cancer research, education and awareness. Wasserman Schultz is a UF graduate and represents Florida’s 20th congressional district, which encompasses parts of Florida from Fort Lauderdale to Miami Beach.
• Get answers to questions about breast cancer from UF medical school students.
• Take a tour of the bus, which will be launched in January for health outreach in the community.
• Take home a door hanger for your bedroom, bathroom or closet showing the correct way to conduct a breast self-examination.
• Pick up a free pink rally towel embroidered with “UF and FIU: Teaming Up Against Breast Cancer.”

The event is sponsored by UF Student Government, Gator Well Health Promotion Services, FIU’s Women’s Center, FIU Student Government, the UF College of Medicine and the Shands Cancer Hospital at UF.

For more information, contact Janine Sikes at 352-846-3903 or e-mail her at jysikes@ufl.edu.

The annual Ernest R. Bartley Memorial Lecture starts at 6:30 p.m. in Bless Auditorium at 100 Williamson Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

“As a leading lawyer and planner, Tom Pelham understands the growth management process from the ground up,” says Richard Schneider, a professor in UF’s department of urban and regional planning. “He has been DCA secretary under two administrations and helped draft and implement the 1985 Growth Management Act, which has been the cornerstone of growth policy and law in the state. Recent legislation has significantly changed the law, especially related to ‘transportation concurrency’ issues and it’s vital to understand how those changes will affect Florida’s future.”

The Ernest R. Bartley Memorial Lecture Series was created in 2008 in honor of the late Ernest “Bart” Bartley, planning consultant and professor emeritus of the department of urban and regional planning in the College of Design, Construction and Planning. Bartley played a major role in shaping Florida’s growth management policies.

The event will kick off with a public reception at 5 p.m. Monday in the gallery of the Architecture building.

An initiative of the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education, International Education Week is part of an effort to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment. William Tilson, architecture professor and assistant dean of international studies and service learning, said DCP has been doing this for years.

“The exhibit is really our contribution to supporting and promoting international studies,” Tilson said. “We all feel that an international experience is critical to general education and professional development.”

The exhibit will display international education initiatives in teaching, research and service from all parts of the college. One of the features will be the work of UF’s Solar Decathlon team.

The Solar Decathlon is a competition that requires teams to design and build a self-sufficient home, using solar energy as the only energy source.

Because the U.S. competition was so well-received, Solar Decathlon Europe was created as an international competition for universities from all over the world. UF is one of only two U.S. teams competing, and the final phase of the competition will be held June 21-28, 2010, in Madrid.

The Vicenza Institute, an education and research center in the Veneto Region of Italy that is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and the Preservation Institute: Caribbean, the longest running international study program in the college, will also be showcased.

According to Tilson, the exhibit will also contain previews of the exciting programs to come.

The department of interior design recently signed a cooperative agreement with Lund University in Sweden for study abroad, exchange and research. The college now has 28 active agreements with universities world-wide, and more than 10 percent of students participating in study abroad.

“We haven’t had to convince people, either,” Tilson said. “They believe in that, both the students and the parents. And we have an increasing number of people participating, too.”

Kevin Thompson, professor of landscape architecture, runs the Landscape Field Schools program, which offers summer study-abroad opportunities to students in the Southeast Asia and Australasia region. Thompson said that study-abroad helps combat homogeneity.

“The greatest benefit of the international educational experience may simply be that it places the student in unfamiliar contexts,” Thompson said. “Outside our geographically and culturally familiar realms … we become more acutely aware of the defining influences in the often subtle and even elusive characteristics of place and landscape. With a deeper understanding of the influence these cues have on our perceptions of place, we can respond more appropriately to them, which in turn makes us much better designers in the end.”

According to Abdol Chini, director of the Rinker School of Building Construction and program coordinator for the international exchange program with Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, international education also helps students become better people.

“They learn about the educational system in another country, and about other cultures,” Chini said. “One disadvantage that our students often have is that most of their life they’ve spent time in just Florida. International exchange program is an effective way to provide them a diverse and multicultural educational experience. It helps them have a better understanding of the world and international relations.”

Tilson is looking forward to all of these experiences coming together in the exhibit.

“It’s the first time we’ve done this,” he said. “It’s as good for us as it is for anybody coming to see it. I think there is an impressive range and variety of programs. And I think, even internally, people will be surprised at that.”

Carol Murphy, director of the France-Florida Research Institute and a professor of French in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, will receive the title Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur, or knight of the legion, for her work in facilitating academic and research collaboration between France and the United States. The decoration ceremony will take place Nov. 17 at the residence of the French ambassador to the U.S. in Washington, D.C.

“I am truly honored and humbled to be recognized by France for my efforts, but no one stands alone in such enterprises,” Murphy said. “I have many colleagues in French studies at UF to thank for their collective energy and expertise in making the FFRI a success.”

Founded in 2002 though a grant procured by Murphy, the France Florida Research Institute is one of only 14 centers of excellence in French Studies in the U.S. recognized by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The institute serves as an umbrella organization to promote partnerships between the University of Florida and French and Francophone research centers and academic institutions, including the Institut d’études politiques and the Ecole pratique des hautes études. The institute has sponsored numerous lectures, two international conferences, 18 visiting professorships, film festivals and concerts related to France and Francophone countries.

“One of the immense pleasures of directing the FFRI is the opportunity to increase international visibility for the excellence of UF’s academic mission” Murphy said.

Established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, the Legion of Honor recognizes civilians and the military for serving the state or upholding the ideals of France. Other Americans who have been named to the Legion include Gen. George MacArthur, chef Julia Child, inventor Thomas Edison and aviator Charles Lindbergh.

Detachment 150 also earned the award in 2007 for the first time in its 63 years.

Col. Hubert D. “Griff” Griffin, who has led the detachment since July 2006, attributes leadership, teamwork and the strong relationship between ROTC and the UF/Gainesville community as the major reasons for the unit’s success.

“This recognition would not have happened without everyone’s dedicated effort. For instance, we organized a Joint Service Color Guard for home football and basketball games, coordinating aircraft flybys at football games and organizing the unfurling of a huge American flag during the National Anthem at one of the football games,” Griffin said.

The criteria for earning the award include officer production, Air Force military education, recruiting and retention.

The detachment recently commissioned 21 officers with more than 38 percent of them in technology-related majors. In the area of education, World War II and Korean War aviators spoke to cadets about their firsthand experiences, and 42 active-duty officers came to Career Day. Recruiting efforts included rock climbing and push-up competitions.

The detachment also won first-place in the individual category and second-place in the team category at this year’s National Drill Competition.

“Our drill team is just one example; in every area, we strive to be out front,” Griffin said.

“We believe this reflects the University of Florida’s commitment to taking leadership on the worldwide diabetes stage,” said Dr. Desmond Schatz, medical director of the Shands Diabetes Center of Excellence at the University of Florida. “We encourage other universities to follow suit in future years and participate in the worldwide campaign of lighting monuments blue and raising awareness for diabetes.”

A lighting ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m. at Century Tower with guest speakers including UF first lady Chris Machen, Gainesville Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan, state Rep. Chuck Chestnut and Schatz. The first 100 guests will receive a blue event T-shirt and everyone will be asked to form a circle around the tower, representing the global symbol of diabetes. After the tower is lit, the crowd will blow bubbles to symbolize hope for the millions of people worldwide living with diabetes.

Along with the ceremony at the tower, other events to honor Diabetes Awareness Month include free diabetes screenings for all faculty, staff and students at various locations across campus.

Free diabetes screenings will be available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Reitz Student Union Colonnade and on Thursday at the Shands Atrium.

“Millions of Americans of all ages have diabetes and do not know it,” said Schatz. “We encourage everyone to visit one of the free screenings at a convenient campus location and take home the message to your family to make sure you’re as healthy as you can be.”

UF World Diabetes Day is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Gainesville, UF Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, UF Diabetes Center of Excellence, Healthy Gators 2010, UF College of Medicine, UF Department of Pediatrics, and, GatorWell Health Promotion Services.

World Diabetes Day was introduced by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization in 1991, in response to concern over the escalating cases of diabetes around the world. It is celebrated each year on Nov. 14 in honor of Frederick Banting’s birthday, who, along with Charles Best, is credited with the discovery of insulin in 1921.

For more information about World Diabetes Day and event details, please visit
www.diabetes.ufl.edu or HealthyGators.hhp.ufl.edu or call 352-846-3965.

Ghouls, Goblins and Greeks, which UF’s Panhellenic Council’s Junior Panhellenic division has organized for the Gainesville community for at least the past 10 years, is known as a safe place where children and adults can enjoy trick-or-treating together.

One group that attended this year was Best Buddies. The Best Buddies group matches university students with individuals from the Gainesville community who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as Down Syndrome.

The buddies are selected from different group homes in Gainesville and some are also individually entered by their parents who hear about Best Buddies.

Best Buddies is an organization that was founded in 1989 by Anthony K. Shriver. It is now part of more than 1,400 college, high school and middle school campuses across 42 countries and six continents.

Typical UF activities include students calling their buddies for weekly chats on the phone, and taking their buddies to the movies, the mall, Lake Wauburg and various community events through-out the year. The buddies’ ages range from 14 to 70.

About 20 students in the group brought their buddies—dressed in Halloween costumes and had trick-or-treat bags in hand—to participate in all the different activities.

Amanda Chin, president of UF’s Best Buddies and a junior hospitality management major, loves taking the buddies to Ghouls, Goblins and Greeks.

“Our buddies know they are getting spoiled,” said Chin. “They all seem to love it, and being with everyone and the community.”

A couple of the buddies especially love the attention from the sorority girls and can be quite the flirts, Chin said.

The perfectly manicured lawns of the sorority houses were transformed for the night into themes such as Toy Story, Monsters Inc. and the Flintstones.

All 16 sororities spent hours leading right up to the start of the event decorating props, perfecting costumes and building fun-filled activities for the trick-or-treaters.

Children of all ages could be seen pulling their parents or guardians to the next house, so they could put one “last” piece of candy into their bags. Colorful streamers and paper monkeys hanging in trees, danced in the wind of a truly magical October night.

Streets were barricaded to keep vehicle traffic away to ensure safety for all who participated.

Carlene Chase of Micanopy brought her daughter to the event for the second year.

“I bring my daughter here because it is a nice and safe neighborhood to trick-or-treat,” Chase said.

Over the next three years, the researchers will use the award to develop new concepts and efficient computational methods to address the exceptional complexities of warm dense matter, a state of matter between solid and plasma that typically occurs at temperatures between roughly 20,000 to 275,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

Warm dense matter can exist in the cores of gas giant planets such as Jupiter, Saturn and the newly discovered extra-solar planets. It also appears in the initial stages of controlled nuclear fusion. Better understanding of its processes could lead to fusion as a clean energy source.

The study of warm dense matter poses a challenge because of its inherent complexity. Physicists define it as a ”messy” system because such systems are a mixture of atoms, ions, free electrons as well, in addition to liquid-like and crystal-like regions. This ever-changing landscape makes current methods of observation and prediction used for solids and plasmas difficult to adapt.

The project is one of only four grants given to more than 300 applicants for the Theory, Modeling, and Simulation Initiative, offered by the Department of Energy’s Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering.

The University of Florida research team is made up of Sam Trickey, Jim Dufty, Frank Harris, and Keith Runge. Most of the funding will go to hiring postdoctoral associates who will join the team. They will be working on orbital-free Density Functional Theory, a scheme that makes the complicated quantum mechanics of warm dense matter resemble the equations of ordinary liquids. The group will develop new approximations, program them, and test them on simple examples of warm dense matter. Their computer codes will be made available as open-source software to the scientific community.

Anthony Grafton, the Henry Putnam Professor of History and Chair of the Council of the Humanities at Princeton, is a cultural historian of Renaissance Europe. His lecture starts at 7:30 p.m. in Ustler Hall Atrium.

Grafton’s interests lie in the history of books and readers, scholarship and education in the west from antiquity to the 19th century, and the history of science from antiquity to the Renaissance. He is the author of more than 10 books and the co-author, editor or translator of many others. Most recently he has published “Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West.”

Grafton has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Balzan Prize for History of the Humanities and the Mellon Foundation’s Distinguished Achievement Award.

His lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by UF’s department of history and the Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish Studies. It’s part of the ongoing series “Faithful Narratives: The Challenge of Religion in History,” supported by the Center for the Humanities in the Public Sphere, the Center for Jewish Studies, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Christian Study Center of Gainesville, and several other outside institutions.

For more information on this or other lectures, please contact Andrea Sterk at sterk@ufl.edu or Nina Caputo at ncaputo@ufl.edu.

Forecasters currently expect the storm to have little effect on the Gainesville area and plans currently call for UF work activities to remain on a normal schedule. Should the storm’s predicted track change or should forecast conditions for the Gainesville area worsen, new information will be posted on UF’s home page.

UF’s tropical weather update page: http://www.ufl.edu/weather/hurricane/.

It works by texting the letters “UF” to the number “90999,” and then confirming a $5 donation to the Florida Opportunity Scholars program. The donation is added to the person’s mobile phone bill or deducted from their prepaid balance.

The Florida Opportunity Scholars program provides funds to UF students who are Florida residents and come from families whose annual family income falls below $40,000. The funds are used to help pay for living expenses, books and supplies while in school. Currently 1,375 UF students benefit from the program.

In October 2008, UF President Bernie Machen announced that UF head football coach Urban Meyer and head men’s basketball coach Billy Donovan would lead a drive to raise $50 million for the program. Since the announcement, $8 million has been raised in gifts and pledges.

These vaccines are in nasal mist form. Pregnant women and people with chronic medical conditions should not receive the nasal spray vaccine. If you have received a nasal spray vaccine for seasonal flu, you should wait one month before getting a nasal spray vaccine for H1N1. Please see the list of medical conditions below for more details.

To receive a vaccine, students must register online at http://shcc.ufl.edu/h1n1/ and select a time slot to receive the vaccine. Fifty spots will be available for every half hour the clinic is open. The vaccines will be administered between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Student Health Care Center’s Infirmary building.

Registration requires a valid Gatorlink account. Students also must print and fill out a medical questionnaire and bring the form to the clinic. Students should also read the Vaccine Information Statement posted on the registration site. Only students who have registered in advance and who present their Gator1 cards at the clinic will be vaccinated.

The ultimate goal is to vaccinate all members of the UF community who wish to be vaccinated.

You should not receive a nasal spray vaccine if you meet any of these criteria:
• Pregnant
• 50 or older
• Have asthma, diabetes, muscle or nerve disorders, heart disease, lung disease, liver or kidney disease, anemia or other blood disorders
• Have contact with a person with a severely compromised immune system
• Use long-term aspirin therapy
• Have Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Have an allergy to eggs, gentamycin, gelatin or arginine or flu vaccine.

For more information contact Kat Lindsey at 352-392-1161, ext. 4300, or e-mail katlin@ufl.edu.