February 2006 Archive

UF Speech and Hearing Clinic to receive grant to provide speech therapy services to adults in Alachua County

WHAT: The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida’s philanthropic affiliate, will present a $50,000 grant to the UF Speech and Hearing Clinic to provide speech-language services to uninsured adult clients in Alachua and surrounding counties.

Filed under General on Wednesday, February 22, 2006.

UF scientists reveal ancient origin of vertebrate skeleton

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida scientists have found that people have an ancient skeleton in their closets — a skeleton personified today by a jawless, eel-like fish.

Filed under Health, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, February 22, 2006.

Expert on obesity to speak Feb. 22 as part of York Distinguished Lecturer Series

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — David Allison, an expert on obesity and director of the Clinical Nutrition Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, will be the featured speaker Feb. 22 for the 2006 York Distinguished Lecturer Series at the University of Florida.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus) on Wednesday, February 22, 2006.

Gifts to fund $5.2 million advocacy center of UF law school

GAINESVILLE, Fla.— One of the country’s most successful trial attorneys is again providing major financial support to help his alma mater train law students in state-of-the-art facilities.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus) on Wednesday, February 22, 2006.

Leading autism experts to discuss clinical, research developments

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – People with autistic family members are often full of questions.

Filed under InsideUF (Campus) on Tuesday, February 21, 2006.

National Geographic News: George Burgess

Shark expert George Burgess was quoted in a Feb. 21 story in National Geographic News about his annual study on the number of shark attacks worldwide. The story was the result of a news release.

Filed under UF In The News on Tuesday, February 21, 2006.

UF study: Excuses hurt job productivity when performing simple tasks

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Giving employees a built-in excuse for lousy performance in humdrum or nasty tasks also gives them a way out of doing a good job, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Business, Health, Research on Tuesday, February 21, 2006.

Smathers Libraries’ Caribbean collection exhibited at Miami museum

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – An exhibition of highlights from the University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries’ Caribbean archival and library materials will open Feb. 24 at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida in Miami.

Filed under InsideUF (Campus) on Tuesday, February 21, 2006.

Dark Star Orchestra pays tribute to Grateful Dead at the Phillips Center Feb. 21

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -– Continuing the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the genesis of the Grateful Dead, Dark Star Orchestra presents its critically acclaimed live performance at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus) on Tuesday, February 21, 2006.

New book on women engineers spotlights four at UF

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Despite progress in other fields, women represent less than 10 percent of the engineering workforce, and a new book aimed at increasing their numbers pays homage to four University of Florida faculty members.

Filed under Announcements, InsideUF (Campus) on Monday, February 20, 2006.