UF alumnus and UF professor to be inducted into 2019 Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
By Tamarra Thal | Mar. 31, 2019The Hall of Fame includes Thomas Edison
The Hall of Fame includes Thomas Edison
Twenty-five people armed with backpacks, cargo pants and hats took off on a six-mile hike on a 70-degree cloudy Saturday afternoon to persuade Florida legislators to preserve the state’s wildlife.
Dava Sobel remembers a conversation with a woman who thought the work the women did in the movie “Hidden Figures” was “cute.”
Rhett Barker, 24, lead 25 hikers down Hawthorne Trail for a six-mile hike. Saturday was the second hike organized by Barker and some friends to tell lawmakers to invest in conservation land.
About 200 UF students, faculty and local fans came to see Dava Sobel, the No. 1 New York Times best-selling author of “Galileo’s Daughter,” Thursday night at Ustler Hall. Sobel’s other novels include “The Glass Universe” and “Longitude.”