University of Florida News

Political science professor Daniel Smith was quoted in a Jan. 25 Time magazine story about Mitt Romney’s financial advantage in the GOP race in Florida.

A tongue-lashing from your boss or a rude comment from a co-worker could ruin your day, and a new University of Florida study shows, ruin your job performance.

A tongue-lashing from your boss or a rude comment from a co-worker could ruin your day, and a new University of Florida study shows, ruin your job performance.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study suggests rude bosses defeat their purpose by browbeating employees into poor job performance.
Researchers used real life experimental situations to discover that verbal abuse so flusters people that they lose much of their problem-solving and creative talents.
“When someone is screaming at you, you’re too busy thinking [...]

Stanley Smith, who heads the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, was quoted in a Jan. 24 Washington Post story about the influence of transplanted New Yorkers on Rudy Giuliani’s campaign in Florida.

The newly announced partnership among Moffitt Institute, Shands HealthCare and the University of Florida was the subject of a Jan. 24 Tampa Tribune story. The story was the result of a news release.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Alachua County Public Schools is seeking judges for the Region Science Fair on Thursday, Feb. 28. A total of more than 100 judges is needed. It is preferred that judges have at least a bachelor’s degree, so graduate students as well as faculty are invited to judge.
The fair categories include Behavioral and [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thanks to the University of Florida specialty license plate, more than 100,000 Florida drivers now have The Gator Nation behind them wherever they go.
The UF plate outsold every contender and beat the second-place plate, “Protect the Panther,” by more than 20,000 sales last year. Among universities, the closest competitor was Florida State [...]

GAINESVILLE — Moffitt Cancer Center, Shands HealthCare and the University of Florida announced today that they will work together to develop world-class programs in cancer care, research and prevention.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Police Department (UFPD) recently acquired “Triple Crown” status by receiving accreditation by three distinct entities. The three agencies to award accreditation to UFPD are The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA), the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) and the Commission for Florida Law [...]