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Panama canal CEO talks expansion progress
Jorge Quijano, the CEO of the Panama Canal Authority, spoke at a luncheon to attendees of the three-day-long Panama Considered: Remembering the Past, Embracing the Future 63rd Annual Conference on March 20. Quijano’s talk encompassed the 100-plus-year history of the Canal and looked to the near future when the long-awaited expansion project will be complete,...
Lake Wauburg unveils high ropes challenge course
UF officially opened its new High Ropes Outdoor Team Challenge Course at Lake Wauburg on March 21. The course consists of three levels of rope challenges and a zip line. It now accompanies Lake Wauburg’s low rope course and Alpine Tower. “I think this facility, for decades to come, will be a great place to...
Debbie Mason resigns as United Way CEO
United Way of North Central Florida’s Debbie Mason has resigned her position as president and CEO. In an email sent to United Way community partners on the morning of March 19, Mason, who took the position in June 2011, explained that over the last 18 months, the loss of her mother, as well as United...
UF College of Medicine rises three spots in national ranking
For the second year in a row, the University of Florida College of Medicine has risen three spots in U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings of the nation’s top research medical schools. UF is ranked No. 42, up from No. 45 in 2013, according to the publication’s annual Best Graduate Schools rankings, which...
Florida tech toybox offers equipment, space and expertise
The Gainesville Technology Enterprise Center’s newest tenant takes up two rooms filled to bursting with saws, drills, lathes, welding equipment, stacks of wood and odds and ends. A 3D printer, only a foot tall, dominates the wall of one room while a placeholder sign shows where someday soon an electron microscope will be available for...
Kiplinger's names UF No. 3 best value large school
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has named the University of Florida No. 3 nationally among public institutions in its 2014 list of 10 Best Values in Large Colleges. “Once again, the rankings bear out that the University of Florida stacks up extremely well against its peer institutions around the country,” UF President Bernie Machen said. “I’m proud...
PURC provides research, training and expertise in utilities
The University of Florida’s Public Utility Research Council is known internationally as an academic center dedicated to utility research, training in utility regulation and strategy, and the development of leadership in infrastructure policy. PURC is located in the Warrington College of Business Administration – though it has no salary lines from the state since it...
Million dollar homes to feature Gainesville home
Million Dollar Homes, produced by CNBC, has chosen to feature a luxury Gainesville property for their “March Madness” themed segment, and is scheduled to air March 25 as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is fully underway. The “March Madness” segment will feature million dollar properties in communities that are home to the top basketball programs...
Gainesville bar named "Best College Bar"
Business Insider has released a list of the 31 best college bars in the country, and included on the list is Gainesville’s own Salty Dog Saloon. Business Insider notes that Salty offers 80 different brews, imported from far away places like Kenya, the Philippines, Holland, Italy, China and Czech Republic. Read more at: http://www.businessinsider.com/best-college-bars-in-us-2014-3?op=1#ixzz2wQ1DFMUH
GNV connects Waldo Road to terminal with new access avenue
Gainesville Regional Airport celebrated the official opening of an access road connecting Waldo Road just north of 39th Avenue to the airport’s terminal on March 18. The road has been officially named the Major General John R. Alison Avenue by the Gainesville Alachua County Regional Airport Authority. The late Alison, Micanopy-born and UF-educated, served as...