Corene Matyas, an assistant professor of geography, was quoted in a June 21 United Press International wire story about her research into new tools to predict inland rainfall caused by hurricanes. The story was the result of a news release.
The International Shark Attack File maintained by the University of Florida was cited in a June 21 Associated Press international wire story on how more people die from the collapse of sand around them than from shark attacks.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Director Michael Moore has already taken a lot of criticism for unfavorably comparing the U.S. health care system to those of France, Canada and Cuba in his upcoming new documentary, “Sicko.”
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Farmers are told not to count chickens before they hatch, but for citrus growers it’s a little different – knowing how much fruit is on their trees can help them make better decisions about managing and harvesting the crop.
Jaret Daniels, a researcher at the University of Florida’s McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, was quoted in a June 20 Associated Press national wire story about the Florida Butterfly Monitoring Network.
University of Florida research on the impact of net neutrality was cited in a June 20 Washington Post column about how such a policy could adversely affect Internet services in Asia. The citation was the result of a news release.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — All eyes are on where hurricanes make landfall, but the massive storms actually cause the most deaths inland, where severe flooding often surprises residents.
Now, researchers are learning how to predict where tropical storms and hurricanes will dump the most rain — even days after — and hundreds of miles away from […]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A protein long thought to be one of the body’s supporting players has quietly been taking a lead role in healthy eyesight, a discovery that could rapidly lead to treatments for babies born before their eyes are finished growing, University of Florida and Harvard Medical School researchers have found.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s housing market, thought to be stabilizing earlier this year, deteriorated in the latest quarterly survey conducted by the University of Florida, a situation likely brought on by uneasiness about lending practices, insurance rates and the state’s property tax structure.
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This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of June 18th.