UF Alumni Association to host UF experts on oil in the Gulf

July 22, 2010

WHO: University of Florida alumni, students, staff, parents, friends and public

WHAT: This lecture is hosted and sponsored by the University of Florida Alumni Association to raise awareness of the research UF is conducting in relation to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The UF Alumni Association frequently sponsors faculty to make presentations in local communities to educate alumni and raise awareness of the current research and findings being made at Florida’s top research University. This event will feature four faculty members from various units on campus.

The faculty and their area of expertise are:

• Peter Sheng, coastal engineering
• Tom Frazer, ecology of marine systems
• Stephen Holland, ecotourism
• Thomas Ruppert, coastal planning specialist, Florida Sea Grant College Program

This event will also be streamed online. To access the link visit, www.ufalumni.ufl.edu.

WHEN: Noon to 1:30 p.m., July 27, 2010

WHERE: Emerson Alumni Hall, Presidents Room
1938 W. University Ave.
Gainesville, Fla.

For more information, contact: RJ Stamper, director, outreach and university support, University of Florida Alumni Association, 352-846-3579 or rstamper@uff.ufl.edu.