UF’s recruitment of a psychiatrist who speaks several Chinese dialects joining the student counseling staff was mentioned in a Dec. 16 Associated Press national wire story about extra measures universities are taking to help students.
Criminologist Ron Akers was quoted in a Dec. 16 Palm Beach Post (circ. 222,833) story about two women being charged with murder in West Palm beach.
Ecologist Brian Silliman’s research showing that snails are to blame for the decline of salt marshes along U.S. coastlines was the subject of a Dec. 16 story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution (circ. 382,421) and on Scripps Howard News Service The stories were the result of a news release.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thanks to a new technology called podcasting, people on the go can now take along the nation’s only research-based radio series on family life.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Fear of HIV infection is not enough to get everyone to practice safe sex, according to a University of Florida research team’s comprehensive study of AIDS prevention strategies.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Buoyed by the effects of an intense drought, otherwise harmless snails likely killed off thousands of acres of salt marsh in the Southeast in recent years.
Research by Dr. Richard Johnson showing that fructose may be a culprit in obesity was highlighted in a Dec. 15 column in the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger (circ. 408,672) The quote was the result of a news release.
Lou Cattafesta, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was quoted in a Dec. 15 story on Discovery News.com, the news Web site for the Discovery Channel, about his development of a new type of wind tunnel aimed at making airplanes quieter. The story was the result of a news release.
Bob Swett, an assistant professor with Florida Sea Grant, was quoted in a Dec. 15 story in USA Today (circ. 2.1 million) about the decline of public boat slips nationwide. The quote was the result of a news release.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Trees may not talk, but they do have a voice at the University of Florida.