Pesek might not have noticed he was wearing a “Gators for McCain/Palin” shirt, but the Obama for America staff at first lady Michelle Obama’s speech at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center did. He said he was denied entrance to the event.
Josh Romney will be speaking at 6 p.m. Friday in Room 270 of Weil Hall. He’s planning to rally grassroots Mitt Romney supporters, said Katy Melchiorre, chairwoman of the UF College Republicans.
In an international collaboration, scientists used a superconductor, magnets and a series of refrigerators to measure the atomic spin of subatomic particles called bosons as they transitioned into the Bose-glass phase, said Neil Sullivan, a UF physics professor and director of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory High B/T Facility.
The “mass vaccination event” will occur from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the front lawn of the center, Catherine Seemann, the center’s marketing coordinator, said. The first 500 students vaccinated will receive a free T-shirt.
Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain will speak at 6 p.m. in Emerson Alumni Hall as part of the national Truth Tour sponsored by Job Creators Solutions.
The Gators will face the top-ranked passing offense in the Southeastern Conference for a second consecutive week on Saturday. However, UF’s pass rush may be without defensive end Dominique Easley.
The Gators have 10 freshmen, but you wouldn’t know it from asking the players.
At UF, a panel plans to discuss the subject — as well as family issues — with students and members of the community at 6:30 p.m. today in Room 180 of the UF Levin College of Law. The panel will consist of UF faculty members and Florida politicians.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will speak at UF’s Levin College of Law Friday.
Growing up in Florida made an impression on writer and former UF journalism professor William McKeen. It compelled him to collect stories from people who grew up in the same area.
As of Sept. 12, the Men’s Basketball Rowdies is an official UF student organization.
Frankie Hammond Jr. didn’t want to take credit for one of Florida’s most exciting plays this season.
The UF Center for Leadership and Service’s Fall Volunteer Organization Fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. The event is designed to provide groups with a venue where they can distribute information about their projects and offer students ways to volunteer, according to the center’s website.
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.
The Swamp received a Facility of Merit Award from the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security.
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.
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.
The Student Senate unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that opposes raising roam towing charges in Gainesville.
The entertainment organization announced Tuesday afternoon that students interested in seeing Of Montreal perform will have to get a ticket to attend the concert.
Florida has averaged 49 points per game in its last five games against Kentucky. Earlier this summer, offensive coordinator Brent Pease wanted to hit the half-century mark against the Wildcats in 2012.
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