GAINESVILLE, Fla. — What’s in a name – or two names? Quite a bit, says a University of Florida professor, whose research finds that a growing number of brides are returning to tradition when taking a man’s hand in marriage, assuming his name instead of keeping their own as a symbol of independent identity.
The goal of the community partners is to help our neighbors who live in the outlying and rural areas of Alachua County. On Nov. 18, more than 200 Thanksgiving baskets will be delivered to families in Alachua, Archer, Hawthorne, High Springs, LaCrosse, Micanopy, Newberry and Waldo. The estimated number of people who will be served is more than 1,000.
Tickets are on sale now for the Nov. 29 performance of the band O.A.R. at the O’Connell Center.
The Alachua County Youth Orchestra will help kick off the holiday season with its annual winter concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 27 in the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Florida.
The English Society, a student-run organization in the Department of English, is accepting submissions for its literary magazine “Tea”
through Dec. 31.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Translation Program will host Everette Jordan, the director of the National Virtual Translation Center, on Thursday.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers with the University of Florida and the California Institute of Technology have developed a new strain of genetically modified mice that allow scientists to examine the potential usefulness of new therapies for Alzheimer’s disease.
Michael Perri, associate dean and a professor of clinical and health psychology, was quoted in a Nov. 15 Associated Press national wire story about his research showing that exercise can extend life. The story was the result of a news release.
Anthropologist Michael Moseley’s research showing that women were the brewmasters in an ancient brewery in southern Peru was the subject of numerous stories worldwide, including the Associated Press national wire , United Press International, the Chicago Tribune,
Scientific American, National Geographic, the London Telegraph, MSNBC, The Discovery Channel online, [...]