Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Job postings - Engineers

The John Wood Group has some openings for several engineers. Wood has an expert environmental team providing services from assessments and planning through environmental project management, construction and monitoring.

Students can go to the following site for job openings: https://amecfw-globalhub.icims.com/jobs/search?pr=2&searchLocation=12781--&searchCategory=18566&schemaId=&o=

ForEverglades Scholarship Program


Friday, April 12, 2019

WETLANDS CLUB MEETING - ALL WELCOME!!!


Join us for our final meeting of the semester on Tuesday, April 16 at 6 PM in McCarty A, Room 3177. Our guest speaker will be sharing some research conducted in Homosassa Springs, and as always, there's free pizza!

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Summer degree application is open-Choose August!!

The student degree application for Summer is now OPEN! Students can log on to One.UF and submit their application on the degree application page. They will have the option of a “Summer 2019 - June Graduation” or “Summer 2019 - August Graduation” – these equate to a Summer A or Summer B/C graduation.

Graduate students cannot submit an application for a June graduation. If they choose the June Graduation option, they will see a message notifying them that they do not have any available degrees for the selected term. They will need to click the back button and choose the August graduation option.



Research positions open at Whitney Lab

Open research opportunities: Two positions are open for researchers interested in the biomechanics and neural control of fish navigation at the Liao Lab (http://liaolab.com).

1) A 3 year, NSF-funded position for a postdoctoral researcher is open starting July 1, 2019. The grant will investigate the mathematical and neural mechanisms underlying predator/prey responses in fishes. A background in neuroscience, engineering or computer science is desired.

2) A 2 year funded project on acoustic tagging of marine fishes is open immediately. The project will focus on tagging red drum in the St. Augustine area. Field experience handling small boats, scuba diving, and a college degree in biology or related discipline is required.

The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience in St. Augustine is 1.5 hours away from Gainesville. The Liao Lab is part of UF’s Department of Biology and the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering. For more information, email Dr. James C. Liao at: jliao@whitney.ufl.edu.

Spring Collection Day: One Stop Drop-off-4/24

Spring Collection Day: One Stop Drop-off

Wednesday, April 24 | 7:30am - 1:00pm @ the NW Corner of O'Connell Center Parking Lot

Sustainable UF’s Spring Collection Day is your one stop drop-off event! Students, faculty and staff are invited to stop by the NW corner of the O’Connell Center parking lot (near the entrance at 2nd Avenue) on Wednesday, April 24th between 7:30 am –1:00 pm to conveniently drop off any unwanted household items, clothing, hazardous waste, old electronics, furniture, appliances, and non-perishable food items.

Read more about the types of items you can drop off here.

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Fresh Off the Farm Food Festival-4/12

Fresh Off the Farm Food Festival
April 12 | 4:30 - 7 p.m. | Field & Fork Farm and Gardens at the UF Bat Houses


You're invited to the Fourth Annual Fresh off the Farm spring festival, to celebrate our local fresh food, amazing community, and experiential education on the farm!

Come to the Field & Fork Farm and Gardens (by the UF Bat Houses, directions here) for a FREE four-course tasting menu from the Culinary Arts Student Union, live music from local talent, workshops, tours of the gardens, games, tabling from student clubs and academic institutes, and more!

To RSVP and see more information on the menu, musical line-up, and activities, check out the Facebook invitation.

This event is hosted by Field & Fork Campus Food Program, Culinary Arts Student Union, Gator Gardening Club, Ethnoecology Society, and Student Government.