University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Author Rick Cech will share facts and photos from his book “Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer’s Guide” from 2 to 3 p.m. April 23 as part of the Florida Museum’s Science Sunday lecture series.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Libraries has launched a new Web site featuring UF’s Digital Collections.

CITRA, Fla. — With a few taps on a computer keyboard, University of Florida researchers can control just about every aspect of growing vegetables and other high-value crops in greenhouses that protect plants from pests and diseases – boosting yields by 10 times over field-grown production.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ancient fish teeth are yielding clues about when Antarctica became the icy continent it is today, highlighting how ocean currents affect climate change.

The Survivors’ Art Exhibit opens May 1 in “the gallery” of the Reitz Student Union.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will celebrate Earth Day from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, with several special activities, including donating $1 from every Butterfly Rainforest adult admission to the Lubee Bat Conservancy.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Playground taunts may seem like harmless child’s play, but bullying may keep overweight children on the sidelines, making it more difficult for them to shed pounds, University of Florida researchers say.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As they approach death, the churchgoing elderly are likely to find little solace in religion if they had little personal commitment to God during the rest of their lives, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. –– Alachua County students will begin dreaming of careers as world-renowned artists when the Harn Museum of Art hosts the Alachua County Student Art Exhibition from April 20 to May 14.

Economics professor Dave Denslow was quoted in an April 18 Associated Press national wire story about the future of the housing market.
The quote was the result of a UF News Bureau referral.