UF News and events of possible media interest (April 13)

April 14, 2015

UF News for week of April 13 listed

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Here are the releases the University of Florida’s media relations office expects to send this week, subject to change:

Monday, April 13

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Tuesday, April 14

UFRF2015 –Announcement of this year’s winners of the UF Research Foundation professorships.

DEEPWATER -- Findings from research about the impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Wednesday, April 15

GATORBYTES – UF is launching a series of digital books highlighting the stories behind the bets research at the university.

Thursday, April 16

WOMEN NEGOTIATORS – UF researchers find that women who had previously negotiated aggressively were superior negotiators to men, even when they rated themselves as average negotiators. The researchers concluded that women who avoided negotiation or negotiated poorly were likely influenced by a lack of experience in successful negotiation rather than anything inherent in their gender.

Friday, April 17

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UF events of possible media interest listed

Appreciating those who study and work

Student employees play a key role in UF’s educational, research and operational excellence. As part of National Student Employee Appreciation Week April 12-18, UF will celebrate its own SEAW. The event provides faculty and staff an opportunity to express their appreciation for their student employees’ hard work and contributions. To learn more, please visit http://www.sfa.ufl.edu/pub/other/StudentEmpAppreciationFlier.pdf

Lecture by Professor Geoffrey J. Giles

Professor Geoffrey J. Giles will discuss the Nazi concentration camp at Theresienstadt (also known as the Nazi Ghetto) at noon on April 14 in the Judaica Suite of Smathers Library East. This lecture is part of a weeklong series of events leading up to Protest Requiem, which takes place at 7:30 p.m. on April 18 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

For a full schedule of related events, visit arts.ufl.edu/protestrequiem or contact Leah Craig at lcraig@arts.ufl.edu

Start-up Democracy: Innovating Citizenship with the Ancient Athenians

Cynthia Farrar, a scholar and civic entrepreneur from Yale University, will speak at 5:30 p.m. on April 16, at the University of Florida’s Pugh Hall Ocora. Her lecture will analyze the history and theory of democracy in ancient Athens. For more information, please visit http://www.bobgrahamcenter.ufl.edu/

MASH is coming to the Harn

The Harn Museum of Art will be the site of the first MASH: Mathematics→Art←Science at the Harn Museum night from 6-9 p.m. on April 16.

In addition to exhibits and performances by mathematics and science faculty, staff and students, MASH will include hands-on activities for children and mathematics/art/science trivia competitions. For additional questions about MASH, please contact Christy LaPlante at christyn@ufl.edu