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Get ready for a near future where the military uses seagulls for surveillance and homeland defense. They’re actually tiny unmanned aircraft developed at the University of Florida. The drones’ wings mimic the wings of a seagull – literally morphing or changing shape dramatically during flight. That allows them to maneuver between buildings – [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The military’s next generation of airborne drones won’t be just small and silent – they’ll also dive between buildings, zoom under overpasses and land on apartment balconies.
University of Florida President Bernie Machen’s State of the University report to the UF Faculty Senate.
The University Gallery opens its fall 2005 season Friday with the internationally acclaimed exhibition, “The FBI Files,” paintings and collages by Arnold Mesches. A reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida autism researcher whose program focuses on the in-home training of fathers to better communicate and play with their autistic children recently received $1.1 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health.
Finance professor Jay Ritter was quoted in an Aug. 22 Dow Jones Newswires story about private equity’s influence on initial public offerings.
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This is University Update, your online audio source for University of Florida news and events for the week of August 22nd.
The University of Florida Athletic Association recently donated $75,000 to the George A. Smathers Libraries from proceeds of last season’s pay-per-view televised football games. Half of the amount has been added to a growing UAA Endowment, which now totals more than $500,000. The remainder will be used to provide students enhanced electronic learning tools in the new Library West, which is slated to reopen next spring.
Hal G. Lewis Sr., a distinguished service professor emeritus in education at the University of Florida and a crusader for desegregation of Florida schools and college campuses, died at his daughter’s home in Livermore, Cal., on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005. He was 97.
Chris McCarty, director of survey research, was quoted in an Aug. 19 Palm beach Post (circ. 222,833) story about rising gas prices.