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University of Florida graduate students will offer a free Accessibility/Health Fair on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Porters Community Center, 512 S.W. 6th Ave., Gainesville.

Ten outstanding PHHP alumni will be honored at a ceremony during the college’s alumni reunion on November 10.

Three recent UF M.P.H. graduates are beginning fellowships this fall with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nation’s leading public health institution.

A new non-profit organization co-founded by Dr. Krista Vandenborne and staffed by several UF volunteers, offered the area’s first Special Olympics’ Young Athletes program to local children.

The education series includes four free classes: “Coping with Hearing Loss,” “A Thousand Ways to Say ‘Huh,’” “Handling Difficult Listening Situations” and “What Other Help is There?”

Dr. Barbara Curbow will direct the UF Shands Cancer Center’s newly established population science program.

PHHP graduate students will host Concussion Awareness Day on August 25 from noon to 2 p.m. at HealthStreet. The event features games, educational activities and lunch for the family.

Taj Azarian, Dr. Carolynn Patten and Dr. Catherine L. Striley are among 17 UF trainees and faculty members to receive CTSI Pilot and Collaborative Projects Program awards.

Dr. Thomas Kerkhoff, a clinical professor in the department of clinical and health psychology, has received the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association’s Rehabilitation Psychology division.

The college has received a generous gift from Florida Elks Children’s Therapy Services to establish an endowed scholarship for physical therapy and occupational therapy students.