Computer engineering Professor Sumi Helal was quoted in a July 24 Miami Herald story about the development of software and hardware that enables devices in a “smart house” to communicate with each other and send data to a third party.
The story was the result of a news release.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dr. Jose E. Medina, former dean of the University of Florida College of Dentistry and UF assistant vice president for facilities planning and operations, died Thursday (July 19). He was 81.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Always on, connected, cheap and on sale everywhere.
Research on boater behavior and manatees done by UF doctoral candidate John Jett was the subject of an editorial in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on July 23. The editorial was the result of a news release.
A July 23 Associated Press story detailed plans for the University of Florida to manage 31 historic buildings in St. Augustine, Fla.
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This is University Update Weekly, your source for University of Florida news and events for the week of July 23rd.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Harn Museum of Art will be open until 10 p.m. on Thursday for Museum Nights, featuring the Oscar-nominated documentary ”Buena Vista Social Club” at 7 p.m.
David Denslow, a UF economist, was quoted in a July 20 Bloomberg News story about how the glut of condominiums in Miami could push Florida’s economy to the brink of a recession.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The chairman of the University of Florida’s psychiatry department is taking a leave of absence to fill a key leadership position for the National Institute of Mental Health.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators (NACAA) recently awarded University of Florida law Professor Christopher L. Peterson its Consumer Advocate of the Year Award for 2007 for his research on predatory lending and his advocacy for legislation adopted last year by Congress that caps the interest rate lenders may charge military personnel.