GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida staff will receive a 3.6 percent, across-the-board pay increase in August, with faculty members eligible for higher raises from a 5 percent salary fund, President Bernie Machen announced today.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — After a quarter-century fight against three invasive insects from South America, University of Florida researchers are declaring victory against the pests that caused $94 million in damage to turf and pastures each year.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Middle-aged women with no obvious signs of cardiac trouble may be prone to depression and the eventual development of heart disease if their heart rate varies less than expected in response to fluctuations in the body’s hormone levels, according to findings from a substudy of the Women’s Health Initiative published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Regenerative medicine scientists at the University of Florida’s McKnight Brain Institute have created a system in rodent models that for the first time duplicates neurogenesis — the process of generating new brain cells — in a dish.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Texas scientist and administrator Mark McLellan has been named dean for research and director of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, or UF/IFAS. His appointment becomes effective July 11.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An associate dean from the University of Illinois has been selected as dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, or UF/IFAS. His appointment becomes effective Aug. 25, 2005.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The slogan “Don’t go in the water” from the movie “Jaws” should apply not to humans but rather to sharks that have been decimated since the thriller came out 30 years ago this month, says a University of Florida researcher.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida-built robot car was selected today to vie for a spot in a $2 million race across the desert.