May 2000 Archive

UF “Hurricane House” Promotes Stronger Construction Methods

PENSACOLA — Designed to withstand winds of more than 120 mph, a new University of Florida “hurricane house” will show builders and homeowners how to minimize storm damage and increase survivability along the Gulf Coast.

Filed under Environment, Florida on Friday, May 12, 2000.

Researchers Find Skull Remains Pointing To First Hominids Out Of Africa

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida anthropologist is part of an international team whose discovery of early human skull remains in the Republic of Georgia represent the earliest known human ancestors from Eurasia and also may belong to the first hominid species to journey out of Africa. The findings will appear Friday in the journal Science.

Filed under Natural History, Research on Thursday, May 11, 2000.

UF Employee’s Collection Reflects Nearly A Century Of Daily College Life

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Whatever else Ed Rapp may have done in his life, his claim to immortality rests in a plastic Disney World shopping bag in Neil Faulkner’s locker.

Filed under InsideUF (Campus) on Wednesday, May 10, 2000.

UF Receives Record Gift To Benefit Research At Brain Institute

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has received a $15 million gift — its largest single cash gift to date — that will be used for medical research of the brain, officials announced today.

Filed under Awards & Honors, InsideUF (Campus) on Monday, May 8, 2000.

UF Professor Develops E-learning Lab For Students Of All Ages

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Picture a world in which kindergartners and college students alike can see and speak with other students around the globe and learn from teachers and professors all over the world — at little or no cost.

Filed under Education, Research, Technology on Wednesday, May 3, 2000.

UF Creates New Food Pyramid To Help Elder Hispanics Eat Healthy

GAINESVILLE — In an effort to help elder Hispanics and other minorities eat a healthy diet, University of Florida nutritionists have modified the traditional food pyramid chart to include staples typically found in ethnic cupboards.

Filed under Education, Health, Research on Tuesday, May 2, 2000.

St. Petersburg Doctor To Donate $2 Million To UF Biomedical Program

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Five years after a heart transplant at Shands at the University of Florida medical center that he credits with saving his life, a St. Petersburg heart surgeon is donating $2 million to UF’s growing Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program.

Filed under Awards & Honors, InsideUF (Campus) on Monday, May 1, 2000.