Head of the CLAS
Head of the CLAS
Kristen Downs has been awarded
one of the most prestigious
scholarships in the nation.
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Bookbeat
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Fish in the Moonlight
English professor Sidney Homan tells tales of growing
up in 1940's and 50's Philadelphia.
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Calendar
Thursday | September 4
Coupling Nanomechanical Motion to Electromagnetic Fields
Friday | September 5
Monday | September 8
Quantum Many-Body Effects in Artificial Atoms and Electron-Hole Bilayers
A Declaration of Energy Independence
Tuesday | September 9
Associated Higgs Production in CP Violating Supersymmetry
Going Global with Your Major/Minor
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News
Russia, Georgia, and the
West: A New Cold War?
Following the brief Russian-Georgian war over South Ossetia, tensions
between Russia and the West are at their highest since the collapse
of the Soviet Union. What are the roots of the Russian-Georgian conflict
and what are the implications?
New Research Challenges
Long-Held Assumptions of Flightless Bird Evolution
Large flightless birds of the southern continents do not share
a common flightless ancestor as once believed.
Bad Sign for Global
Warming: Thawing Permafrost holds Vast Carbon Pool
Permafrost blanketing the northern hemisphere contains more than
twice the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.
Around the College
Awards and accomplishments of faculty, staff and students around
the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for August 2008.
‘Pristine’ Amazonian
Region Hosted Large, Urban Civilization, Study Finds
They aren’t the lost cities early explorers sought fruitlessly
to discover. But ancient settlements in the Amazon, now almost
entirely obscured by tropical forest, were once large and complex
enough to be considered “urban” as the term is commonly
applied to both medieval European and ancient Greek communities.
Building a Bridge of Communication
Modern communication is so complex
that it has been described as a wall of noise. Paul Ortiz aims to
cut through that noise.
UF’s Graham Center Brings
National Political Leaders to Speak Sept. 5
Two men who led national campaigns for the Republican and Democratic parties
will meet Sept. 5 at the University of Florida to share insights into running
a presidential campaign.
Announcements
- UF's Clinical and Translational Science Institute announces the first Pilot and Collaborative Projects competition. Information regarding this program may be found at www.gcrc.ufl.edu/news/august2008.pdf
Mission
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences constitutes the intellectual core of the university. Its principal mission is to lead the academic quest to understand our place in the universe, and to help shape our society and environment.