Barry Byrne, a professor of molecular genetics and gene therapy of cardiovascular disease, was interviewed for a story that aired June 14 on ABC’s “Good Morning America” about Pompe disease.
UF’s technology transfer successes were highlighted in a package of business stories that ran June 12 in the Miami Herald.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Performing Arts (UFPA) and Shands Arts in Medicine have formed a groundbreaking partnership to bring world-class performing artists from UFPA’s season into the healthcare setting, providing rich, high-level performances and interactive arts events to individuals whose circumstances allow them little or no access to the arts.
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This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of June 12th.
A commentary piece by journalism department chairman William McKeen about the aging baby boom generation ran June 11 in the St. Petersburg Times (circ. 442,348)
The University Press of Florida is pleased to announce that “Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams” (UPF, 2005) by Gary R. Mormino has won the Florida Historical Society’s 2006 Charlton Tebeau Book Award.
Dr. Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff’s research showing that people of Hispanic ethnicity with high blood pressure have a better response to blood pressure-lowering drugs than do their non-Hispanic counterparts was the subject of a June 8 Reuters news service story. The story was the result of a news release.
Research by a team of UF astronomers that revealed large clusters of young galaxies was the subject of a June 8 United Press International science brief. The story was the result of a news release.