Cynthia Barnett Receives Gainesville Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts

Cynthia Barnett, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications senior lecturer and director of Climate and Environment Reporting Initiatives, received the City of Gainesville Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts for “extraordinary contributions in the field of literature.”

Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward, B.S. Public Relations 1991, presented the award during his State of the City address on Feb. 13. The newly established award is part of Ward’s effort to establish Gainesville as “Florida’s Cultural Capital.”

Barnett is the author of four critically acclaimed books on the environment. The other Mayor’s award recipients were Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jack E. Davis, novelist Lauren Groff and science fiction author Joe Haldeman, all of Gainesville.

Posted: February 14, 2024
Category: Alumni News, College News
Tagged as: City of Gainesville Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, Cynthia Barnett, Harvey Ward