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City Commissioner Todd Chase, center, speaks with John Wayne Mishoe, left, and Stephen Belser, right, of JWM Engineering LLC after a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of the solar panel system installed in the Continuum apartments.
NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Downtown housing is now solar-powered

The UF graduate student, faculty and staff housing complex received a 250-kilowatt solar panel system earlier this fall from Gainesville Regional Utilities worth about $800,000, said John Wayne Mishoe, an emeritus professor of agricultural and biological engineering, and one of the project’s head engineers.


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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

UF Pharmacy dean steps down

William H. Riffee and two other Health and Science Center deans have announced plans to leave their positions in the upcoming year. Kathleen Ann Long, of the College of Nursing, and Glen Hoffsis, of the College of Veterinary Medicine, will step down. Riffee said he will vacate his position June 30, 2013.


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NEWS  |  CAMPUS

Panel discusses gender issues

Sjoberg, an associate professor of political science, was one of two panelists who led “Politics of Privilege,” an intimate discussion with 15 people held in the Atrium at Ustler Hall Tuesday night. The discussion was sponsored by UF LGBT Affairs and co-sponsored by the UF Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research.


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METRO

Downtown Library to host free film series

Mindful Movies, a free film series, kicks off 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. tonight at Alachua County’s Downtown Branch Library. Mindful Movies will play documentaries to create community dialogue about global issues and how they can be addressed locally, press liaison Sarah Thompson said.



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