University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — This year, Healthy Gators 2010, a campuswide initiative aimed at producing a healthier University of Florida community, is focusing on helping UF faculty, staff and students reduce stress.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have discovered the appetite-controlling hormone leptin could also combat type 2 diabetes, a disease that has become a growing problem in the United States as more Americans pack on extra pounds.

After a hurricane, communities try to better prepare for the next one. Now University of Florida engineers have developed the perfect tool for what happens after a storm. This portable power plant generates power, freshwater and enough refrigeration to make ice. UF engineer William Lear says emergency managers could drop-in the system before a storm hits or integrate it into a community’s everyday power grid.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is the top-performing public institution at transferring its research to the marketplace, according to a major new study by the prestigious Milken Institute.

Dr. Nik Gravenstein, professor and chairman of the department of anesthesia, was quoted in a Sept. 20 Associated Press state wire story about the execution of Clarence Hill.

Pop culture Jim Twitchell was quoted in a Sept. 20 Forbes.com story about didactic marketing.

After a hurricane, communities try to better prepare for the next one. Now University of Florida engineers have developed the perfect tool for what happens after a storm.
This portable power plant generates power, freshwater, and enough refrigeration to make ice. UF engineer William Lear says emergency managers could drop in the system [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In the past 13 years the faculty and staff at University of Florida have given nearly $10 million to charities through the UF Community Campaign. Sept. 26 marks the launch of the program’s 14th year at UF with a goal of $1.2 million.

You don’t have to look for an incoming hurricane to find what experts call the biggest threat to Florida. The future of the state’s economy and real estate market could hinge on rising insurance rates.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s vast real estate market and ultimately the economy of the state are threatened by spiraling insurance rates, says a University of Florida researcher.