University of Florida News

Pop culture expert Jim Twitchell was quoted in an Aug. 30 BusinessWeek story about male shoppers.

Tom Spreen, chairman of UF’s food and resource economics department, was quoted in an Aug. 30 story in the Wall Street Journal (circ. 2.2 million) about Tropical Storm Ernesto’s expected effect on Florida’s citrus crop.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - For the last three months, the original galleries of the Harn Museum of Art have been bare of art, filled instead with painters, wood refinishers and carpet installers. That all changes on Sept. 5 when the doors to the original galleries are reopened with seven new exhibitions celebrating a year of milestones for the 16-year-old museum.

“The Meaning of Life: Photography by UF Honor’s Program Students,” will be on display in the Reitz Student Union Gallery, University of Florida campus, from Sept. 11 to Sept. 22.

Kindergartners who bring a simple set of reading skills to the first day of school can look forward to years of success in the classroom. For more, here’s Research Report.

An opinion piece by International Center Dean Dennis Jett about peacekeeping in Lebanon ran Aug. 29 in the Miami Herald (circ. 444,119)

Pharmacists Leslie Hendeles and Randy C. Hatton were quoted in an Aug. 29 Baltimore Sun story about their research showing that a new decongestant is less effective than what it replaces. The story was the result of a news release.

Neuroscientist Roger Reep’s research on manatees was the focus of a Aug. 29 story in the New York Times (circ. 1.1 million) See related news release.

Wildlife ecology student Chris Burney was quoted in an Aug. 28 Washington Times (circ. 100,428) story about bat research.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida pilot program to increase health-promoting behaviors and prevent and modify obesity in low-income and ethnic minority families recently received more than $1.1 million from the PepsiCo Foundation.