UF in the Community spotlights the positive impact of UF in our region. Here are some examples of how we are enhancing our shared community. Office of Community Relations UF Government and Community Relations Monday, January 9, 2023 Across the University of Florida, our 16 colleges, numerous institutes, and health care facilities embrace our shared mission of outreach and service to improve and enrich our community, nation, and the world. UF in the Community spotlights the impact of UF in our region. Although UF has students and employees throughout the state, North Central Florida is home to much of our faculty and staff and to our 50,000+ students. Like all area residents, we want a vibrant, safe, healthy, and equitable place in which to live and thrive. Here are some of the ways in which we are enhancing our shared community. You’re invited to the January 20th UF Eye Opener Discovery Breakfast with the Alachua County Legislative Delegation Register Now The UF newsroom's favorite stories in 2022 Gophers that farm for a living. A near octogenarian who believes it’s never too late to go back to school. Why so many of us are infatuated with a simple word game. These are a few of the UF newsroom’s favorite and most popular online stories from 2022. Read More UF Provost Joe Glover Podcast on Building a Leading AI University When NVIDIA co-founder Chris Malachowsky approached University of Florida Provost Joe Glover with the offer of an AI supercomputer, he couldn't have predicted the transformative impact it would have on the university. In just a short time, UF has become one of the top public colleges in the US and developed a groundbreaking neural network for healthcare research. Just a year after the partnership was unveiled in July 2020, UF rose to number five on the US News and World Report’s list of the best public colleges in the US. The ranking was, in part a recognition of UF’s vision for infusing AI into its teaching and research. Listen Now UF archaeologists will study hurricane damage to key Florida indigenous sites The National Science Foundation has awarded emergency funding to archaeologists at three institutions to survey cultural heritage sites damaged by Hurricane Ian earlier this year. Researchers from the Florida Museum of Natural History, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Georgia collectively received more than $65,000 to carry out on-site surveys and generate high-resolution damage and risk-assessment maps for a region encompassing 20-square-miles. A Florida Museum curator will serve as the principal investigator on the collaborative grant. Read More Florida’s Role in the Rescue of America’s Bird University of Florida history Professor Jack E. Davis has made a career out of writing about big environmental topics. He won the Pulitzer Prize in history for his 2017 book The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea, and now he’s got a new book out titled The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird. He tells the story of University of Florida scientists who, in collaboration with the George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center in Oklahoma, launched an egg translocation program using Florida eagles to repopulate southern states ravaged by DDT. Read More The UF Veterinary Hospital at World Equestrian Center: Ocala It’s hard to believe it’s been six months since the grand opening of the UF Veterinary Hospital at World Equestrian Center in Ocala! This incredible facility, captured in this new video, provides leading-edge patient care for horses, dogs and cats in a state-of-the-art, 40,000-square-foot hospital. The only veterinary hospital of its kind in the world located within a premier equestrian center, the UF Veterinary Hospital at WEC offers world-class veterinary care, including advanced diagnostics and treatment for animals visiting WEC as well as those from the surrounding area. For more information, visit the UF Veterinary Hospital website. UF/IFAS Food is Our Middle Name podcast: What’s the deal with…global hunger? UF/IFAS does work in research, teaching and Extension that improves the lives of Floridians and beyond…even those all the way across the globe. For our final episode, we sit down with UF/IFAS senior vice-president Dr. Angle and the UF/IFAS Global Food Systems Institute director, Dr. Adesogan to discuss hunger around the world. Read More UF to reinstate vehicle-restricted area on campus Starting in January, the University of Florida will reinstate road restrictions that reduce vehicular traffic in the academic core of campus. The restrictions, designed to improve pedestrian safety, will begin Jan. 9 during peak traffic hours between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays when classes are in session. The four entry points to the vehicle-restricted zone will be visibly marked with a sign and flashing red light. Read More FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES CONTACT Brittany Wise [log in to unmask] (352) 273-3820 Susan Crowley Assistant Vice President, Community Relations UF Office of Community Relations | 111 Tigert Hall, PO Box 113158, Gainesville, FL 32611-3158 Unsubscribe [log in to unmask] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [log in to unmask] powered by Try email marketing for free today!
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