GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A single change in a protein may play a role in whether someone develops Parkinson’s disease, say University of Florida Genetics Institute researchers writing in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Chris McCarty, director of Survey Research Center in UF’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research, was quoted in a Feb. 26 Miami Herald story about the monthly Florida consumer confidence report. The story was the result of a news release.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — About 35 percent of the world’s population is at risk of contracting deadly malaria, but many people are at a lower risk than previously thought, raising hope that the disease could be seriously reduced or eliminated in parts of the world.
English professor Kevin McCarthy was quoted in a Feb. 26 Associated Press story about Gov. Charlie Crist’s efforts to keep spring training for baseball in Florida.
Finance professor Jay Ritter was quoted in a Feb. 25 USA Today story about Visa’s plan to sell more than half of itself in an initial public offering.
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WHAT: Groundbreaking for the Pathogens Research Facility, a $56 million, 80,000-square-foot building that will house the Emerging Pathogens Institute. EPI is an interdisciplinary effort to respond to the threat of emerging and rapidly growing diseases for plants, animals and humans. This threat is especially acute in Florida.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Professor Ottón Solís, the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies Bacardi Family Eminent Scholar, will deliver the 2008 Bacardi Lecture on “Winners and Losers in Free Trade Agreements: The View from the South,” at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Presidents Room, Emerson Alumni Hall.
Mark Rosenberg, chancellor of the State [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Common Reading Program marks its second year in 2008-2009 with the announcement of the book selection on Friday.
The program requires all first-year students to read a common book prior to beginning their college career (either summer B or fall semester). Each year, the book is selected by a [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers will unveil the results of research into drinking on football game days at a Feb. 28 lecture.
Virginia Dodd and Tavis Glassman will present “Campus Alcohol Issues: Alcohol consumption on Game Days,” discussing the findings from a 2006 football game day survey as well as the results from [...]