Hindu Cultural Society is hosting an Indian cultural dance festival to celebrate Diwali on November 13 at the Indian Cultural and Education Center (ICEC). They will be showcasing all types of Indian dances including Raas, Bhangra and Bollywood. The entrance fee is $3 and is open to all UF students and members of the Gainesville [...]
Get two great lectures in one place on Thursday, November 12. Come hear the “Heroic Monumentalism: The State and Its Architecture in the 1930s” then stay to for the “History and Practice of Ottoman Miniature Painting and Illumination” at 6 p.m. Both talks are sponsored by the Center for European Studies and are held in [...]
Indigenous Rights and LGBT Communities of Color: The Battle for Social Justice in the Age of Obama
Today’s college student brings not singular, but multiple identities with them to the arena of higher education. This lecture will discuss the intersections between indigenous rights, queer communities of color and mixed race populations in the 21st century. Refreshments [...]
Join Recurso for the second annual Human Rights Film Festival, November 16 through 19. All films will start at 8 p.m., in the J. Wayne Reitz Union Auditorium. The films include Rethink Afghanistan, The Rescue, Water First (with a speaker from Think Impact that will present on their organization’s work with water and sanitation in [...]
The Bob Graham Center presents Michael Grunwald, Senior Correspondent of Time Magazine, to discuss his book “The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise.” The discussion will take place November 3, 7 p.m. in Pugh Hall Ocora
For more information, please call 352.846.1575 or check out the Graham Center Web site at http://www.graham.centers.ufl.edu/ or [...]
For the fourth year in a row, the University of Florida has been nominated in this year’s Most Vegetarian-Friendly Colleges contest by PETA2.com.
Last year, UF placed # 7. With the demand for sustainable food on the rise, this year’s competition is tougher than ever before, so it will be important for UF to bring in [...]
If you enjoy graffiti, stenciling, spoken word, break dancing, or freestyle hip-hop, IRHA’s Urban Art Gallery is for you. The Gallery opening reception is Wednesday, November 4 at 7 p.m. in the Graham Gallery featuring all of these art forms. Various community and student artists will be displaying their work and groups, such as the [...]
The New Rules for Tomorrow’s Business: A Student’s Guide to Making a Difference in the World presented by Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes, will take place Wednesday, November 4 at 8 p.m. in the Curtis M. Phillips Center.
With its unique One for One promise, the message of TOMS Shoes has swept campuses across the [...]
UF Habitat for Humanity will be building a house of cans and handing our free soda on the Reitz Union Northlawn Oct. 27 and 28 from 9 a.m-3 p.m. Through the Can House, Habitat hopes to raise awareness about their organization, as well as educate students about poverty housing in the US and abroad.
Black Male Development Initiative and The Black Women’s Image Initiative present NO MORE LIES: Black Men and Black Women Keeping It Real. What do black women and men really think about each other? Come out and talk about issues that are tearing black men and women apart. The discussion will be held Tuesday, October 27, [...]