News
2008
January
- CLAS Honors Top Teachers and Advisors
The College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences announces 11 teaching and advising award honorees for 2007-2008.
- Gauntlet Thrown:
Medieval Knights Invade Campus January 23
En guard,
gators! Knights from Kissimmee’s
Medieval Times will take over UF’s Plaza of the Americas on
January 23 in a display of medieval arms and armor at 11:30 a.m. and
12:30 p.m. The chivalric spectacle is free and open to the public.
- Africa’s
Biggest Mammals Key to Ant-Plant Teamwork
Throughout the tropics, ants and Acacia
trees live together in intricate interdependent relationships that
have long fascinated scientists.
- UF-Led Search for New Planets Part of Ambitious New Sky Survey
A University
of Florida-led sky survey that may double the number of known
planets outside the solar system is part of a major new survey program
announced today at the American Astronomical
Society’s annual meeting in Austin, Texas.
- New Kid on the Block
Jim and Alexis Pugh Hall opens in the heart of UF’s historic district.
- Seeing Stars at the Gator Jamboree
Thousands
of sports fans received an education on the University of Florida’s world-renowned astronomy program before the Florida
Gators faced off against the Michigan Wolverines at the Capital One
Bowl on New Year’s Day.
- Around the
College
News about awards and events from around the College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences.
- CLAS in the
News
All the headlines garnered in the national media by faculty from the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
February
- First Global Malaria Map in Decades Shows Reduced Risk
About 35 percent
of the world’s
population is at risk of contracting deadly malaria, but many people
are at a lower risk than previously thought, raising hope that the disease
could be seriously reduced or eliminated in parts of the world.
- Grand Opening Set for Bob Graham Center for Public Service
The Bob
Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida will hold
a grand opening celebration on March 4 and 5.
- Humans Inhabited
New World’s Doorstep for 20,000 Years
The human journey from Asia to the New
World was interrupted by a 20,000-year layover in Beringia, a once-habitable
region that today lies submerged under the icy waters of the Bering
Strait.
- CLAS
Professors Named Fulbright Scholars (offsite)
Four of the college's professors will spend part of 2007-2008 representing
the U.S. and the University of Florida abroad.
- Pugh Hall Dedication
In the heart of the University of Florida, nestled between 98-year-old
Newell and 72-year-old Dauer Halls, there’s a new kid on the block
energizing the historic district of campus. Jim and Alexis Pugh Hall
was dedicated on February 9 and has become a focal point of campus activity.
- Around the College
News about awards and events from around the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences.
- CLAS in the
News
All the headlines garnered in the national media by faculty from the
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
March
- UF Math Professor
Wins Norway’s Prestigious Abel Prize
A University
of Florida math professor has won the world’s most prestigious
award in mathematics, it was announced Thursday morning.
- CLAS Announces 2008 University Scholars
More than 50 students
have been selected from across the college to participate in their first
major research venture.
- Pulitzer-Prize Winner David M. Oshinsky to Speak at UF April 2
Historian David
M. Oshinsky, who captured the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in History
for his book Polio:
An American Story, will give the Gus Burns Memorial Lecture
at the University of Florida on April 2, 6:30 p.m., in the Pugh
Hall auditorium.
- Madeleine Albright to Speak at UF March 26
Just in time for Women’s History Month, the Bob
Graham Center for Public Service is bringing to campus the first
woman to become U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, on
March 26 at 11 a.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora.
- Physicists: After 30 Years of Study, Rare Particle Confirms Prediction
High-energy
physicists devoted to recreating the conditions at the beginning of
the universe have for the first time observed a new way to produce
those basic particles of atoms, protons and neutrons.
- Excess Worrying
can Harm Parents’ Relationships with Grown
Children
The amount of worry shared by parents and their grownup children can
feel like a warm comforter or wet blanket, a new University
of Florida study finds.
- Around the College
News about awards and events from around the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences.
- CLAS in the News
All the headlines garnered in the national media by faculty from the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
April
- Princes of the Universe
Brian May, lead guitarist for the rock group Queen, is flying from London
to Gainesville to help UF’s astronomers pay tribute to a renowned
Spanish astronomer who will receive an honorary doctorate during Saturday’s
commencement events.
- Maternal Respect Stronger Among African-American and Latina Girls
Young African-American
and Latina girls treat their mothers with greater deference than do
whites but their mothers take it harder when tempers flare, according
to a new University of Florida study.
- UF Offers Summer
Camps for Kids with Dyslexia
Angela McQueen couldn’t take the frustration much longer. She
had tried everything she knew to help her only child, Genevieve Owens.
- CLAS Graduate Programs
Land in the Top Ten of all Public and Private Universities in the
U.S.
U.S. News and World Report has released its
2009 Best Graduate School rankings and three degree programs in the
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences—audiology, analytical chemistry,
and statistics—have been named to the Top Ten of all public and
private schools in the nation.
- History Preserved: Kathryn
Chicone Ustler Hall Recognized as Florida Treasure Kathryn Chicone
Ustler Hall, home to the Center for Women’s
Studies and Gender Research at the University of Florida, has been recognized
by the Florida Heritage Foundation and the Tallahassee Trust for Historic
Preservation as a “Preservation Project of Regional Impact.”
- D'Anieri Named Dean of CLAS
Paul D'Anieri of the University of Kansas will take the helm of the
university's largest college July 1.
- CLAS Employees Recognized
On April 18, CLAS honored its employees for their commitment and years
of service to the university.
- The Search for
Gravity Waves
Scientists from the University of Florida are once again playing a
leading role in the search for gravitational waves in the universe.
- A Great Day
for McKnights
Five CLAS Students Receive McKnight Doctoral Fellowships to Pursue Careers in
Academia.
- Three UF Students
win Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
For the third year in a row, three University of Florida students have won scholarships
from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education.
- In The News:
March 2008
The latest headlines garnered by CLAS faculty and students in the national media.
- Around the College
The latest awards and accomplishments of faculty, staff and students
around the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
- Graham Center
Presents "Media and the Presidency"
The Graham Center for Public Service
will present “Media and the Presidency,” as part of the
Graham Presidential Lecture Series: The Path to the White House on April
17 at 7 p.m. in Pugh Hall’s Ocora.
- UF Professor Uses Art to Highlight Tie Between Cultural and Biological
Diversity
Conservationists
often promote pristine wilderness as a warehouse of biological diversity,
but new research findings by a University of Florida anthropologist
show higher biological diversity actually exists in areas where there
is more human cultural diversity.
- Scientists: New Technique
Identifies Molecular ‘Biomarkers’ for
DiseaseUniversity of Florida
chemists are the first to use a new tool to identify the molecular signatures
of serious diseases — without any previous knowledge of what these
microscopic signatures or “biomarkers” should look like.
May
June
- Major Evolutionary Study
Rewrites Bird ‘Tree of Life’
The flamingo looks like it
should be closely related to the stork or crane, but its closest relative
may actually be the diminutive, modest grebe.
- UF History Professor wins International Book Prize
Juliana Barr,
University of Florida assistant professor of history,
was recently awarded one of the top international book awards for female
historians.
- UF
Professor Wins Prestigious Award
For the second time in two years, a professor with ties to Cedar Key
and the University of Florida has won the Volvo Environment Prize (Gainesville
Sun).
- Governor
Crist Announces New Gubernatorial Fellows: Two are UF Students, Three
are UF Alumnae
Governor Charlie Crist last week announced the members
of the fourth class of the Gubernatorial Fellowship Program.
- Around the College
The latest awards and accomplishments of faculty, staff and students
around the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
- In The News: May 2008
The latest headlines garnered by CLAS faculty and students in the
national media.
- UF Receives Department
of State Grant to Explore U.S. Foreign Policy
Eighteen
academics from around the world are coming to Gainesville to gain a
deeper understanding of how U.S. foreign policy is created and enacted.
- Visiting the
South’s ‘Stroke Buckle’ Increases
Risk of Stroke Death
It might not only be
the state of your health but also the state you visit that increases
the chances of dying from a stroke, a new University
of Florida study finds.
- Greening Gators:
UF Offers New Minor in Sustainability Studies
To strengthen its commitment to the environment,
the University of Florida has
established a new
undergraduate minor in sustainability studies.
- Scientists Edge Closer
to Unlocking Secrets of Mysterious Crab Pulsar
Like
a celestial top, the spinning neutron star known as the Crab Pulsar
is slowing, a phenomenon that astronomers have yet to fully understand.
- Men on a Mission
Help Youth Thrive Despite Negative Stereotypes
Desperately needed as youth mentors, some
men are answering the call despite negative publicity about male transgressions
that can keep them at arm’s length from children and teenagers,
says a University of Florida researcher
and author of a new book.
- Undergrad Named Finalist
in National History Scholars Program
Paige
Scofield, a history undergraduate and native of Boca Raton, was recently
named a 2008 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar Finalist.
July
August
September
- Legislators’ Nod
to Citizen Initiatives may be Tied to Re-Election Hopes
Citizen-initiated measures, such as gay rights and physician-assisted suicide,
are not a uniquely Western U.S. phenomenon as traditionally thought.
- William
Woodruff, UF Professor, Author Dies at 92
William Woodruff, author, historian and emeritus Graduate Research Professor
at the University of Florida, died Tuesday in Gainesville.
- Wolves Show Scientists are Barking Up the Wrong Tree
The
common notion is that dogs evolved a special sensitivity to their human
masters during domestication.
- In
Memoriam: Dr. Felix M. Berardo
Dr. Felix M. Berardo, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of
Sociology at the University of Florida succumbed to a long battle with a glioblastoma
brain tumor on September 18 at his home in Gainesville, Florida.
- Study Uncovers Facts about
Artists’ Modeling in Revealing Interviews
Women who appear nude as artists’ models are more concerned about
losing their pose than removing their clothes, a new University
of Florida study finds.
- In The News: August
2008
The latest headlines garnered by CLAS faculty and students in the
national media
- Shoring the Foundations of the Roof of the World
Ed Kellerman’s commitment
to public service is infectious. How else can you explain his ability
to bring a punk band and a retired U.S. Senator together for a common
cause?
- Mel Tillis Visits Graduate
Students
Country music singer and songwriter Mel Tillis visited the University
of Florida Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders on September
8.
- UF Physicists
to Take Part in World’s Most Ambitious
Science Experiment
When the world’s largest
particle accelerator goes live later this week, University
of Florida physicists will join thousands of scientists working
to crack the last major mysteries of the physical universe.
- 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, making
it a potentially mammoth contributor to global climate change depending
on how quickly it thaws.
- New Research Challenges Long-Held Assumptions of Flightless Bird
Evolution
Large flightless birds of the southern
continents – African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries,
South American rheas and the New Zealand kiwi – do not share
a common flightless ancestor as once believed.
- 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?
- Around the College
Awards and accomplishments of faculty, staff and students
around the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for August 2008.
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