UF Webmaster Mark Trammell was quoted in an Aug. 30 USA Today (circ. 2.3 million) story about the blog his wife, Kaye, kept going from Baton Rouge, La., during Hurricane Katrina.
The Neuromuscular Training Program, which is housed in the College of Public Health and Health Professions Department of Physical Therapy, will host the first annual Neuromuscular Plasticity Symposium on Thursday, Sept. 22, in Emerson Alumni Hall.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thanks to an $875,000 grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation, University of Florida astronomy researchers will develop an instrument that has the capability of observing stars at 10 times the depth of current surveys, to detect thousands of new planets.
As part of the University of Florida’s Weeks of Welcome, the Florida Free Culture student organization will host its first Free Your PC event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday on the north lawn of the Reitz Student Union.
Bridgette O’Brien, a doctoral student in the Religion and Nature program, was quoted the Aug. 29-Sept. 5 issue of Newsweek magazine for a story about Spirituality in America.
Engineering professor Kurt Gurley was quoted in an Aug. 29 Associated Press national wire story about the environmental impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The story, which ran in numerous newspapers nationwide, also ran in The People’s Daily (China)
David Day, director of technology licensing, was quoted in an Aug. 29 St. Petersburg Times (circ. 442,348) column about UF’s successful efforts in technology licensing.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — On the heels of the rescue of a Russian mini-submarine by a remotely operated sub, University of Florida students are leading their compatriots in the design of the next generation of robotic underwater vehicles.
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A new Information Technology (IT) orientation session will be held in September.