The Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program invites the UF community to attend their Virtual Open House on Monday, November 2 from 6 – 7:15 p.m. The open house will provide interested students with an opportunity to learn more about the program.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the McNair Scholars Program prepares undergraduate students for [...]
Happy birthday to the Center for Undergraduate Research! This November, we are celebrating 10 years of excellence and creativity in undergraduate research at the University of Florida.
Starting November 2, join us online for a week of birthday celebrations! Follow us on Facebook (@UFCUR) to enter our daily trivia game, hear from current student researchers and [...]
Explore the perspectives of employers and students who are passionate about increasing disability inclusion in the workplace during this employer Q&A panel. This event is hosted by the Disability Ambassadors and the Career Connections Center and will take place on Thursday, October 29 from 11 – 12:30 p.m. via Zoom. To register for this event [...]
The Florida Museum of Natural History will host a curbside plant sale with roughly 100 species of difficult-to-find and pollinator-friendly plants as part of October’s Pollinator Palooza. Orders can be made entirely online from Oct. 10, 4 p.m., to Oct. 15, 5 p.m., and customers can choose a time for curbside pickup between Oct. 16 [...]
Eva Schloss is a survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, and stepsister of Anne Frank. At 90 years old, she is traveling to Gainesville from her home in England to share her story of terrible suffering and joyous triumph.
This historic event is taking place on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at the Phillips Center for the [...]
Thursday, March 12, 6-9 pm
Discover the cultural and artistic exchanges that inspire diverse regional aesthetics across China, Japan, Korea, India, Central Asia and South and Southeast Asia. View works in Tempus Fugit exploring the theme of time and its many meaning in Japanese art, create your own art and view original dance performances. Meet our [...]
Thursday, March 12, 6 pm
Professor Julia Bryan-Wilson, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at University of California, Berkeley, lectures on the work of Louise Nevelson, the Ukrainian-American sculptor whose career intersected with the feminist art movement. Her talk focuses particularly on Mrs. N’s Palace (1964-77), Nevelson’s largest sculpture. Comprised of some hundred found objects, painted [...]
Wednesday, March 11, 7:00-8:30 pm Thomas Center (302 NE 6th Ave)
This community panel features local experts who will address immigration reform through religious, policy, and community efforts. After hearing from each speaker, participants will have the opportunity to engage the panelists and each other in a civil discussion about how Gainesville can respond to the [...]
Do you ever wonder what about the research that happens at the Florida Museum of Natural History? Interested in joining natural history research? Here’s your chance to find out! The Florida Natural History Museum and the UF Center for Undergraduate Research are hosting mini-expo for interested students to learn more about natural history research! Meet [...]
(Re)Image Educational Spaces at this year’s Social Justice Summit. Learn about the inequities that exists in schools, analyze our roles in effecting change, and create action plans to reimagine equitable educational spaces. Hear from our speakers Lydia X.Z. Brown, and Gloria Ladson-Billings at this free event happening Saturday, March 21 from 9 a.m. – 6 [...]