UF News and events of possible media interest (April 6)

April 7, 2015

UF News for week of April 6 listed

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

Monday, April 6

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ADDED: Florida Hall of Fame

Tuesday, April 7

TEACHER/SCHOLAR – Announcement of this year’s teacher/scholar of the year.

BRAIN DRONES – Broadcast news release about engineering students who’ve developed a drone that’s controlled by brain waves.

Wednesday, April 8

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

Thursday, April 9

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Friday, April 10

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UF events of possible media interest listed

Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors” at the Black Box Theatre

The University of Florida School of Theatre + Dance will present the early William Shakespeare work “The Comedy of Errors” April 3-12 at the Black Box Theatre located in the Nadine M. McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion.

For more information, please contact Leah Craig at lcraig@arts.ufl.edu or 352-273-1489.

All humans welcome
The UF College of Veterinary Medicine will hold its annual open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 11. The free event is an opportunity to learn more about the veterinary profession and what UF’s Small and Large Animal Hospitals have to offer.

To learn more, please contactSarah Carey at careysk@ufl.edu or 352-294-4242.

Wednesday is Earth Day

The UF Office of Sustainability kicks off its inaugural Earth Month with the annual Campus Earth Day celebration on April 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Plaza of the Americas. The event is free and open to all UF students, faculty and staff.

Please send any questions to info@sustainability.ufl.edu.

12th UF Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels

"Comics Read but Seldom Seen: Diversity and Representation in Comics and Related Media" is the theme of this year’s UF Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels. The event will be held April 10-12 at Pugh Hall, room 210. Panels and presentations commence on Friday, April 10, at 11 a.m. and continue until 2 p.m. Sunday, April 12. This event is free and open to the public.