UF Alumni Association to sponsor UF experts lecture about oil in the Gulf

July 22, 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Alumni Association is hosting a lecture featuring four UF experts who offer diverse academic perspectives into the effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The lecture is scheduled to start at noon Tuesday, July 27, in Emerson Alumni Hall’s Presidents room, 1938 W. University Ave. The event will end at 1:30 p.m.

The speakers are: Peter Sheng, professor of civil and coastal engineering; Stephen Holland, professor of tourism, recreation and sports management; Tom Frazer, professor and associate director of the School of Forest Resources and Conservation; and Thomas Ruppert, coastal planning specialist, Florida Sea Grant College Program. They will talk about the research UF is conducting in relation to the oil spill. Frazer is also chairman of the UF Oil Spill Task Force.

The lecture is open to the public. The meeting will also be streamed online at www.ufalumni.ufl.edu.

For more information, contact R.J. Stamper, director of outreach and university support, at 352-846-3579 or by e-mail at rstamper@uff.ufl.edu.