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. — University of Florida researchers have successfully used molecular probes to detect subtle differences in leukemia cells from patient samples, an achievement that could lead to more effective ways to diagnose and treat cancer.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Rongling Wu is out to prove Mark Twain clearly didn’t know a darn thing about genetics.
A study done by the University of Florida extension service was cited in a July 17 New York Times column about the susceptibility of certain trees to wind damage.
The “first light” opening ceremony of the Gran Telescopio Canarias in Spain’s Canary Islands was the subject of an Associated Press story July 16. UF is the only U.S. institution with a stake in the massive telescope. The story was the result of a news release.
A July 16 Los Angeles Times story announced the first-place win of UF’s Subjugator in the 10th annual Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Student Competition, sponsored by the Navy and the unmanned vehicle industry.
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This is University Update Weekly, your online source for University of Florida news and events for the week of July 16th.
U.F. geographer Stephen Golant was quoted in a July 14 Chicago Tribune story about the trend of Florida’s senior citizens moving back to their original states because of frail health, poor finances or death of a spouse.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Hispanic women with hypertension and coronary artery disease respond better to drug regimens aimed at controlling high blood pressure than non-Hispanic white women, University of Florida researchers report.
Caring but careless boaters have apparently become the biggest threat to Florida’s manatees. University of Florida researchers tracked the speeds of boaters through manatee zones in one high-traffic Florida county. Results show more than half, fifty-five percent didn’t comply with signs ordering them to slow down. Yet when UF researcher John Jett sent them follow-up surveys, eighty-four percent claimed they did.