GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An online auction for naming rights to a new owl butterfly species discovered at the University of Florida brought a winning bid of $40,800, with proceeds benefiting continued research on Mexican butterflies.
Population growth in Florida slowed down quite a bit in the past year, but University of Florida experts say a healthy job market and retiring baby boomers will eventually come to the rescue.
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Population growth in Florida slowed down quite a bit in the past year, but University of Florida experts say a healthy job market and retiring baby boomers will eventually come to the rescue.
UF’s auction of naming rights for a newly identified butterfly species was the subject of a Nov. 20 story in The Miami Herald. The funds will go to further research. The story was the result of a news release and also appeared widely in other news media.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Screaming fans, marching bands, hulking linebackers — and offsetting a carbon footprint.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three decades have passed since gene therapy pioneer William W. Hauswirth and his colleagues at the University of Florida began work on a virus that could safely deliver corrective genes into living animals.
Zoologist Marta Wayne was quoted in a Nov. 19 MSNBC story about her research into why male organisms evolve faster than female organisms. The story was the result of a news release.
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This is Update Weekly, your online audio source of University of Florida news and events for the week beginning Monday, November 19th.
Michael Martinez, an associate professor of political science, was
quoted in a Nov. 16 Sarasota Herald-Tribune story about the Florida
campaign strategy of GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani.
Presentations by three graduate students at the American Academy of
Religion’s annual meeting were the subject of a Nov. 16 national Associated
Press story. The students presented a light but serious look at “The
Flying Spaghetti Monster,” a parody of intelligent design. The story ran in numerous papers nationwide.