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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History is displaying four colorful Florida landscape paintings by award-winning artist Gary Borse through Nov. 25.
“The Soul of Florida Landscapes” exhibition, on display since Thursday, is described by Borse as “attempting to capture the essence of mystery and excitement that someone might feel, more than see, [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine officials are moving forward with plans to build a new Veterinary Education and Clinical Research Center, a $58 million facility that will include a major expansion of UF’s small animal hospital.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Hear the word fungus, and mushrooms and mold might leap to mind. But the University of Florida is about to house the nation’s first research repository for one species that has nothing to do with pizza toppings or marbling blue cheese: Aspergillus, which increasingly poses a major health threat to cancer patients and transplant recipients.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The weak housing market is to blame for Florida’s one-point drop in consumer confidence to 81 in July at a time when the national index is on the rise, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It was always thought to be restricted to everyday types, with no magnetic sorts allowed in the door.

This is University Update Weekly, your source for University of Florida news and events for the week of July 30th.

WHAT: The Florida Cat Conference and Dog Owners and Breeders Symposium
Sponsored by the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, this annual event will feature speakers on a range of health issues facing cats and dogs. UF veterinarians and special guest speakers will address animal behavior, care for aging pets, animal first aid, toxic pet [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Discovery Channel will feature University of Florida shark expert George Burgess in two programs during its 20th anniversary Shark Week beginning Sunday through Aug. 4.

Possible ways the University of Florida and other state universities will cope with budget cutbacks was the subject of a July 27 story in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The newly renovated Library West now ranks as one of the most environmentally friendly buildings on campus.