Natural Science Seminar with George Ratcliffe, University of Oxford. Friday, September 3, 2010 at 4:00 PM
George Ratcliffe, MA DPhil University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences
Welcome back to the Division Natural Science Seminar Series beginning Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 5:15 PM Chae Auditorium
Professor Dan Gibson Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
New Music New College Season Opens with Andrew McKenna Lee, Sept 18
New Music New College presents its first performance of the 2010-2011 season on Saturday, September 18 at 8 pm in Mildred Sainer Pavilion, 5313 Bay Shore Road. This concert by guitarist/composer Andrew McKenna Lee and percussionist Michael McCurdy will be full of contrasts – from the delicate tones of acoustic guitar to the varied sounds of struck percussion, from the tonally grounded harmony of the Baroque to the minimalist pulsations of Steve Reich. Tickets are $15 per event or $55 for the five-concert season. A free demo/discussion is scheduled for Friday, September 17 at 3:30 pm in Sainer. For more information go to http://www.newmusicnewcollege.org or email events@ncf.edu.
BOT Presidential Evaluation Committee Meeting
The Presidential Evaluation Committee of the New College of Florida’s Board of Trustees announces a public teleconference committee meeting to which all persons are invited.
New College Featured in 2011 Edition of The Princeton Review’s “The Best 373 Colleges”
(August 26, 2010) — New College of Florida has once again been named one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features New College in the new 2011 edition of its popular guidebook, The Best 373 Colleges: 2011 Edition (Random House/ Princeton Review, $22.99). Read the rest of this entry »
New College Student/Faculty Research on Invasive Pythons Airs Thursday, 8/26 on WEDU
Tune in to WEDU public television on Thursday, August 26, at 8 p.m. as research by New College students and faculty on invasive pythons in Florida is featured on Gulf Coast Journal with Jack Perkins.
This past year, students from biology professor Meg Lowman’s ecology and conservation biology classes, as well as bioinformatics and computational science professors Christopher Hart and Leon Kaganovskiy’s classes, conducted research on the threat and pervasiveness of invasive pythons in our state. Interviews with the student and faculty researchers along with footage shot and produced by them will be aired on Thursday’s program. Please tune in.
New College Dock Closed Due to Structural Damage
(August 17, 2010) – Structural field work at New College of Florida this week determined that the bayfront dock behind College Hall is unsafe. Photos taken under the dock show diagonal shear cracking (see photo), which typically causes catastrophic failure with little warning. Because of these issues, the College has closed access to the dock. Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. News & World Report Ranks New College #5 among Public Liberal Arts Colleges
(August 17, 2010) — U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of the nation’s top colleges and universities were released today and for the second year in a row Sarasota-based New College of Florida is ranked #5 among all public liberal arts colleges in the United States. New College also is ranked among the nation’s Top 100 liberal arts colleges, both private and public, coming in at #99. Read the rest of this entry »
Fall 2010 Mini-Class Schedule Now Available
The Office of the Registrar is pleased to announce the Fall 2010 Mini-Class Schedule is now available online.
New College Kicks Off 2010-2011 School Year with Orientation and Mini Classes this Week
(August 16, 2010) — A bustle returned to the New College of Florida campus in Sarasota this weekend, as around 240 new students arrived with plenty of gear in tow. Orientation week for new students started on Sunday (August 15) and runs through next Sunday (August 22), with plenty of fun activities planned. Returning students will be back on Wednesday, August 18, with mini classes set to run on Thursday and Friday throughout the day. The first day of classes for the 2010-2011 school year, which marks the 50th Anniversary of New College’s founding, is on Monday, August 23. Read the rest of this entry »
