News and Press Releases
1997
January
- UF Professor: Financial Ethics Can Be Just as Important to Our Health as Medical Ethics
- First-Hand Experience with Poverty Gives UF Researcher Unique Insight into Welfare
- American Indian Philosophy Offers Unique Perspective and is Worth Studying
- Professor Works to Develop Theory Which Will Explain How We're Able to Use Language
- Pros and Cons of Multimedia Software
- From the Chair: John Biro, chairman of the Department of Philosophy
- The Dean's Musings: On Writing Better
- Around the College
- Grants
February
- Experts Agree: Death Penalty is No Deterrent to Violent Crime
- According to Recent Study, Current Evolution Theories May be Incorrect
- Researcher Studies Reindeer Herders in Central Siberia
- Researcher Combines Her Love for Travel and Her Fascination with Different Cultures
- CLAS Says Good-Bye to Respected Faculty Member
- CLAS Faculty Receive PEP Awards
- The N2 Problem
- From the Chair: John Moore, chairman of the Department of Anthropology
- The Dean's Musings: Working@Home
- Around the College
- Grants
March
- The Poverty of Science Wars
- Categorical Data Analysis Key to Social Science Research
- Statistics Help Fight Children's Cancer
- Popcorn Helps Kids Learn About Statistics
- CLAS Faculty Receive 1996-1997 TIP Awards
- USPS Employees Honored for their Service to the University
- From the Chair: Ronald Randles, chairman of the Department of Statistics
- High Speed Networks
- Around the College
- The Dean's Musings: Private Giving
- Grants
April
- Japanese Linguist Finds Language Fascinating
- Symposium Honors International Physicist's Research on NMR
- Feminist Writers in the Mideast are Contributing to Women's Rights
- On Current Events...Divorce, Abortion Are Positive Signs for Society
- Professor Finds Better Way to Teach Chinese
- Tool Time
- CLAS Welcomes Its New Faculty
- From the Chair: Avraham Balaban, chairman of the Department of African and Asian Languages and Literatures
- Around the College
- The Dean's Musings: The UF Bank
- Grants
May
- Seventh Annual CLAS Undergraduate Research Symposium
- Professor Hopes to Put an End to Negative Stereotypes About Women on Welfare
- Contraception, Reproduction Are As Much Men's Responsibilities As Women's
- Reflections on Heaven's Gate
- Discipline-Diverse Computing
- Conflict Resolution Depends on Relationships and Equality
- From the Chair: Michael L. Radelet, chairman of the Department of Sociology
- Around the College
- The Dean's Musings: The CLAS Journal
- Grants
June
- Chemistry Research Could Lead to Better Computer Chips and a Natural Gas Fuel
- Understanding Single Molecules May Lead to Improved Diagnoses for Many Patients
- Chemistry Prof Uses His Research to Educate and Prepare His Students
- Researchers Compile First National Survey of Gay and Lesbian Issues
- Computer Archaeology
- From the Chair: John Eyler, chairman of the Department of Chemistry
- Around the College
- The Dean's Musings: Summer Reading
- Grants
July
- Computer Viruses
- From the Chair: Lewis Sussman, chairman of the Department of Classics
- Classics: Where Ancient is Better Than Old
- The Classics are Back: Actually, they never go away, according to Mary Ann Eaverly
- Africa Misunderstood
- UF's Classics Department Stresses Relations with Programs at Other Levels
- Around the College
- Deans's Musings: Ever Correct
- Grants
August
- Mathematics Solving Real World Problems
- Mathematics in Tomography
- 30 Years on Rosemary Hill
- From the Chair: Joe Glover, Chairman of the Department of Mathematics
- Mike Conlon on Student Computers
- It's Only Logical: Guest Column by Doug Cenzer
- Around the College
- Dean's Musings: A Faculty Success Story
- Grants
September
- Academic Advising for Students in CLAS
- Advising and Technology: A CLASsy Combination
- The Role of Faculty Advising
- A Day in the Life of an Academic Advisor
- A Bridge on the Road to Choosing a Major
- Nerw Faculty
- Conlon on Computing: Gatorlink
- Dean's Musings: Fall Preview
- Around the College
- Seven CLAS Faculty Named UFRF Professors
- Grants
October
- The Effect of Private Money on Academic Programs: Gifts Benefit the Department of English
- New Faculty
- New Chairs
- $30 Million Earmarked for CLAS
- Conlon on Computing: CLAS Bids Farewell to Conlon
- Transitions
- Dean's Musings: The Kickoff
- Around the College
- Grants
November
- The South and Florida Have Rich Labor History
- Counting the Uncountable: Anthropology Professor Uses the Grapevine to Gauge Human Suffering
- In Their Own Words: CLAS Professors Interpret the Promise Keepers
- Transitions
- New Faculty
- Dean's Musings: Tenure and Promotion
- Around the College
- Grants
December
- The Creation of High Culture in Dying Languages
- Spanish Professor Wears Many Hats: Diverse Responsibilities Earn Reynaldo Jimenez Local and National Visibility
- Uhlfelder Addresses Large Crowd at CLAS Assembly
- Bilingualism Still Considered a Sickness
- The Artist Behind the Card: Bob Bird Commemorates CLAS Buildings
- Transitions
- Note from the Chair: Geraldine Nichols, Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
- Keene Gift Will Also Fund Anderson Restorations
- Profile of the Donors: Ken and Janet Keene
- If These Walls Could Talk
- Dr. Edward Flint
- Dean's Musings: 1997
- Around the College
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