GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In a major show of support for the University of Florida’s College of Engineering, the Harris Corp., an international communications equipment company headquartered in Melbourne, Fla., announced a pledge Friday of $1,025,000 to the college. The gift will be used to endow multiple professorships in UF’s engineering program.
Randy Ploetz, the University of Florida plant pathologist, was quoted in the August 2005 issue of Popular Science (circ. 1.46 million) for a story about how the banana may be headed for extinction.
Shark expert George Burgess was quoted in a July 22 Associated Press national wire story about unlikelihood of running across a shark in Long Island Sound.
Shark expert George Burgess was quoted in a story in the August issue of Smithsonian magazine about how despite a recent spate of attacks on humans, sharks are in grace danger.
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Former U.S. Senator Bob Graham is working with the University of Florida’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to establish the Bob Graham Center for Public Service on campus. Graham held an open forum on campus to discuss the new center and its goals. This is an excerpt of his comments.
Law professor Michael Allan Wolf was a guest commentator July 21 on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” regarding Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. The piece was the result of a News & Public Affairs recommendation.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The cost of keeping a lawn green could get lower, thanks to soil moisture monitors that make automatic sprinkler systems more efficient, says a University of Florida researcher.
LIVE OAK, Fla. — According to the “Poop Scoop” newsletter – published by the University of Florida to help farmers manage waste from thousands of dairy cows and millions of chickens – manure can be a good thing.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three professors from the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law are available to comment today on the nomination of John G. Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The Terri Schiavo case played itself out on television to a captivated audience. Now University of Florida experts say it could also prompt a big increase not only in advance health-care directives, but also in more people putting their living wills on-tape. Here’s medical ethicist Ray Moseley discussing the future of video living [...]