News and Press Releases
1998
January
- New Physics Building Opens
- A New Approach to Fusion: Monkhorst Working on Potential Fusion Breakthrough
- Earthquakes in Florida?
- Surface Physicist Explores 'Uncharted Territory': An Up Close Look at the Research of Liz Seiberling
- In Memoriam: Russell S. Drago (1928 - 1997)
- Note From the Chair: Neil Sullivan, Chair of the Department of Physics
- Around the College
- Dean's Musings: Computers and Teaching
- Grants
February
- Drug Policy, Past and Present
- Dissecting Homicide: Re-thinking the Relationship Between Race and Violence
- New CLAS Faculty
- Responding to Crime: 'Policy Relevant Research' Will Shape Future of Criminal Justice System, says Lonn Lanza-Kaduce
- Alumni Profile: Ft. Lauderdale Physician Considers CLAS Education 'a Gift' Pays UF Back With Large Estate Gift and Endowed Scholarships
- Note from the Chair: Ron Akers, director of the Center for Criminology and Law
- CLAS Stats
- The Dean's Musings: The Joy of Flying
- Around the College
- Grants
March
- Confessions of a Grammar Grouch: Zoologist Carmine Lanciani Teaches Tomorrow's Scientists to Write
- Speech Communication: CWOC Associate Director Kellie Roberts Discusses the Center's Oral Division
- Center for Written and Oral Communication
- From Students to Professionals: An Interview with Fiona Barnes
- CLAS Professors on the Net
- The Dean's Musings: Student Evaluation of Faculty Teaching
- Around the College
- Grants
April
- Language, Power and Ideology: The Formation of a New Russian Identity
- Exploring Medieval Culture: Germanist Will Hasty Discusses His Latest Projects
- A Bridge to the Future: Interview with Nora Alter
- USPS Employees Honored for Service to the University
- 1998 CLAS Dissertation Fellowship Winners
- Note from the Chair: Keith Bullivant, Chair of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies
- The Dean's Musings: Student Evaluations Part II
- Around the College
- Grants
May
- New Life for Old Gym
- CLAS Enrollment Pressure: Record Number Coming Through College
- President Clinton's Visit to Africa: The UF Connection
- Will Higher Learning be Lost in Cyberspace?
- Baccalaureate 1998
- Faculty Computing Support: Teaching and Technology
- Sabin: CLAS Computing
- 1998 Undergraduate Research Symposium
- The Dean's Musings: A Good CLAS Year
- Around the College
- Grants
June / July
- Academic Spoken English: Advanced Training Courses for International Students
- International Issues in Pedagogy
- Phonetics and Phonology: The Unwritten Rules of Language Systems
- Applying Linguistics: Diana Boxer
- Note from the Director Marie Nelson, Director of Linguistics
- Lada Awarded NSF CAREER Grant: Joins Five Others in CLAS
- The Dean's Musings: Graduate Growth in CLAS
- Around the College
- Grants
August
- 'A Revolution in Progress': Strides in Public Policy Don't Mean the Battle is Over for Women
- Insight and Evidence: Culture and Conflict in International Relations
- Examining a Political Hot Potato: Political scientists Jim Button and Ken Wald talk about the tumultuous progress of gay rights legislation in America
- CLAS Couple Know Fire Firsthand
- New Perspectives on Religion in the Americas
- Around the College
- Note From the Chair: Leslie Paul Thiele, Department of Political Science
- The Dean's Musings: The Preservation of UF
- Grants
September
- Computers and the Academy: An Interview with English Professor Stephanie Smith
- Utilizing New Technologies
- Faculty Profile: Nick Kontaridis
- New Chairs
- Distinguished Professors
- New Faculty
- Research Foundation Professors Named
- The Dean's Musings: The CLAS Home Page - A Place to Start
- Around the College
- Grants
October
- The University of Florida Foundation: A Performance Story
- Philanthropy: Dial Family Endows Center for Written and Oral Communication
- Preserving the Past: The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program Has Much To Share
- New Faculty
- New Chairs
- Six New Term Professors Named
- Departmental Fundraising
- The Dean's Musings: Graduate Growth and the Future of CLAS
- Around the College
- Grants
November
- The Center for African Studies Over the Years
- English Professor Works With CAS
- Faculty Profile: UF Cardiologist Collaborates with the Center for African Studies
- Zoologists in Africa
- Preserving the Past (Part II): Oral History Collection Includes Civilian Conservation Corps Interviews
- New Faculty
- New Chair
- The Dean's Musings: The Keene Faculty Center
- A New Place for Faculty
- Around the College
- Grants
December
- Written in the Stars: An Interview with CLAS Astronomer Charles Telesco
- How Stars are Born: Elizabeth Lada's discovery paves way for new research on star and planet formation
- The Future of the Universe
- Closing the Gap
- Preserving the Past (Part III): Interview with an Olympian
- New Faculty
- Note from the Chair: Stan Dermott, Chair, Department of Astronomy
- The Dean's Musings: And to Round Out the Year
- Around the College
- Grants
