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Published: Jun 24th, 2008
Lacey Logsdon Senior Departments of History and Political Science While attending a student debate in June 2006, Lacey Logsdon listened as political science major Adam Recvlohe, a Yuchi and Mvskoke [...]

Published: Jun 24th, 2008
Lacey Logsdon Senior Departments of History and Political Science While attending a student debate in June 2006, Lacey Logsdon listened as political science major Adam Recvlohe, a Yuchi and Mvskoke [...]
Published: Jun 24th, 2008
Dedee DeLongpré Director Office of Sustainability If you see a woman riding a bike in Gainesville wearing business clothes and high heels, chances are that’s Dedee DeLongpré practicing what she [...]
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Katheryn Russell-Brown Professor of Law Levin College of Law Katheryn Russell-Brown is a professor of law and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations at [...]
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Elizabeth Graham Professor of Music College of Fine Arts Elizabeth P. Graham is a UF music professor who teaches voice and leads the department’s voice area. She played both Clara [...]
Published: Jun 24th, 2008
Steven Cohen Senior Business Administration Steven Cohen, from Pembroke Pines, is one of two UF students among 20 selected nationwide to USA Today’s top-tier All-USA College Academic Team. Cohen, 21, [...]
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Todre Allen Senior Sociology When sociology senior Todre Allen first came to UF in 2002, he had barely traveled outside the state of Florida. Since then, he has studied abroad [...]
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Betty Smocovitis Professor of Zoology and History College of Liberal Arts and Sciences When The Scientist magazine recently ranked the University of Florida among the best places for scientists to work in [...]
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Jessica Ducey Senior College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Statistically, she’s safer in Israel than she is driving down Interstate 75. At least that’s what Jessica Ducey tells her father [...]
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Bob Graham UF Alumnus Bob Graham Center for Public Service Bob Graham isn’t happy with the current state of citizenship in America. As a former U.S. senator, a former Florida [...]
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Corene Matyas Assistant Professor of Geography College of Liberal Arts and Sciences For her research on the frequency and intensity of hurricanes, Corene Matyas couldn’t have picked a better state [...]
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Maureen Hartney Senior Departments of History and Political Science By the time she graduated from high school, Maureen Hartney had already lived in four states and three foreign countries. When [...]
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Lee Humphrey Junior Applied Physiology and Kinesiology For the first 21 years of junior Lee Humphrey’s life, he never had a stamp in his passport. Although the Maryville, Tenn., native [...]
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Lena Ma Professor of Soil and Water Science Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Lena Ma, a professor with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, is [...]
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Mark Atkinson American Diabetes Association eminent scholar Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine Mark Atkinson is a big-picture guy in a small-picture world. Over the last 17 years, Atkinson [...]
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Patricia Telles-Irvin Vice President Division of Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin believes a shared experience can create a special bond – even if it’s among 6,600 students. The common ground Telles-Irvin [...]
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Carolyn M. Tucker Distinguished Alumni Professor Department of Psychology Carolyn M. Tucker was raised in a small Virginian country town, in a family low in income but rich in love [...]
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Elena Andresen Professor and Chair of Epidemiology and Biostatistics College of Public Health and Health Professions If an ounce is prevention is worth a pound of cure, how valuable is [...]
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Stephanie Evans Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies and African American Studies College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Black Women in the Ivory Tower As a first-generation student, Stephanie Evans didn’t [...]
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David Denslow Professor of Economics Warrington College of Business University of Florida economics professor David Denslow, whose popular introductory course informs and entertains thousands of students each year, runs into [...]
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Samantha Lutz Senior Business Administration As her four years at the University of Florida come to a close, senior gymnast Samantha Lutz feels her life is just falling into place. [...]
Published: Jun 24th, 2008
William R. “Bill” Hough Alumnus Warrington College of Business Administration What do you do once you’ve made the long climb to the top of the ladder of success? In Bill [...]