University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Boat owners should prepare for a hurricane now, not when a storm is bearing down on them, a University of Florida Sea Grant specialist warns.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dr. Henry A. Gremillion, an associate professor of orthodontics at the University of Florida College of Dentistry and director of the Parker E. Mahan Facial Pain Center, has received the Florida Dental Association’s Annual Dental Educator Award.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers will return home for the first time in 13 years when the band performs at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, at the O’Connell Center.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida pharmacists say a popular decongestant in over-the-counter medications is ineffective at the Food and Drug Administration’s approved dose.

Mark Gold, professor of psychiatry and neuroscience, was quoted in a July 19 Wall Street Journal story about the connection between alcoholism and people who have had weight-loss surgery. The journal is a paid subscription so no link is available.

Political scientist Dan Smith was quoted in a July 19 St. Petersburg Times (circ. 442,348) about candidates for governor and Gov. Jeb Bush’s education record. The quote was the result of a UF News Bureau referral.

Graduate student Brent Scott’s study showing how lack of sleep can make people dislike their jobs was the subject of a July 19 story in the Miami Herald (circ. 444,119) and United Press International. The stories were the result of a news release.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As America becomes a nation of caffeinated insomniacs, a new University of Florida study shows lack of sleep not only makes people tired and cranky but also causes them to dislike and even hate their jobs the next morning.

University of Florida faculty, staff and students are invited to submit digital photographs of healthy Gators for possible use on a poster or on a Web site.

Dr. Nancy Mendenhall, chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology, was quoted in a July 18 Associated Press national wire story about a new proton therapy center opening in Houston.