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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In an era when the Jewish population in America is stable or declining, ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jewish numbers are growing rapidly — a trend that may make the Jewish community not only more religiously observant but also more politically conservative.

The holiday season is a time for carols, cookies, candlelight and the annual University of Florida School of Music’s Sounds of the Season concert. This year’s event, which features performances by the University Choir, Women’s Chorale and Men’s Glee Club, gets under way at 6 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 3, at the University Auditorium. After the concert, guests are invited to light a candle and join a procession to the Reitz Student Union, where there will be singing of carols, a tree lighting ceremony and refreshments.

This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of November 27th.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A combination of luck and being in the right place at the right time allowed a University of Florida geologist and other scientists to capture and record an undersea volcanic eruption for the first time ever.

University of Florida Department of Journalism Chair William McKeen joined Bill Clinton, Al Gore and scientists, engineers and Web masters earlier this month in being named a Fellow by the World Technology Network at its San Francisco summit.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Center of Excellence for Regenerative Health Biotechnology (CERHB) has a new home in Progress Corporate Park in Alachua. The university dedicated a 46,000-square-foot educational and manufacturing facility Nov. 15.

University of Florida College of Nursing leader Ann Horgas has received the Rose and George Doval Award for Excellence in Nursing Education.

Forest fires can threaten homes and property, but now a University of Florida study suggests forest fires may actually help cool down the atmosphere. For years environmentalists have worried that when a forest burned, the carbon released from the trees would increase atmospheric temperatures and UF botanist Ted Schuur says that’s what he expected [...]

Forest fires can threaten homes and property, but now a University of Florida study suggests forest fires may actually help cool down the atmosphere.

At the University of Florida, the Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions is working to change the way people view the third-largest religion in the world.