GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A 4-year-old Ocala boy born with a severe form of scoliosis became one of the first children in the Southeast to receive a titanium rib device that will allow his rib cage to expand as he grows, said University of Florida surgeons, who performed the two-and-a-half-hour operation today at Shands at UF medical center.
Admissions director Zina Evans was quoted in a Sept. 25 Newsweek story about Harvard’s decision to discontinue early admissions. The quote was the result of a UF News Bureau referral.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is among five universities to receive the 2006 Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Faculty Career Flexibility.
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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg paid a visit to the University of Florida recently to honor an old friend, the late, famed attorney Chesterfield Smith. UF’s Levin College of Law dedicated a new classroom in Smith’s name.
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This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of September 25th.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Five new members have been added to the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As part of an ongoing effort to reach out to the community, the University of Florida Department of Astronomy is hosting “Stars Shine on East Gainesville,” a celebration of art, science and culture, at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at Joseph A. Williams Elementary School. The event is free and open to the public.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A creative approach to protecting environmentally sensitive land in north central Florida will also help establish a $2 million endowment for the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business and the Florida Museum of Natural History.
UF’s ranking as one of the top universities in tech transfer was the subject of numerous stories in state media, including the Palm Beach Post (circ. 222,833) The stories were the result of a news release.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Conventional wisdom holds that harmful bacteria on fruits and vegetables are the remnants of contamination skulking on the exterior of the plant’s surface—easily washed away by conventional surface sterilization techniques.