GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A $1 million gift to fund AIDS research in the University of Florida’s department of pathology triggered $3 million more to create a $4 million endowed research "superchair." The gift will count toward UF’s $150 million Faculty Challenge fund-raising initiative.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The explosive growth of reverse mortgages can backfire for both elderly homeowners and the nation’s cities, says a University of Florida researcher.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An international group of researchers has found a new subspecies of tiger — and they did it by delving into DNA rather than plunging into the jungle.
The lead article in the most recent issue of the journal Christian Ethics asks, “Can Christian Ethics Be Saved?” If its fate lies in the hands of those conservative Christians who labored so effectively to re-elect President Bush, then the answer is a resounding, “No.”
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A good night’s sleep may be the remedy for a bad day at work, suggests a new University of Florida study on the unexplored relationship between job satisfaction and the shifting moods of employees.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s consumer confidence was unaffected by the elections, remaining unchanged in November for the third month in a row, a sign that holiday retail sales are likely to be modest, University of Florida economists report.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For college students anxious to rebel against their parents’ fashion sensibilities, getting a tattoo or piercing may be the modern-day equivalent of the 1960s-era fascination with long hair and love beads.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The sexual revolution did not start in the free-loving 1960s as is commonly thought, a University of Florida researcher says. It began with the “silent generation” of the 1940s and ‘50s, which as its moniker implies, didn’t talk much about sex.