University of Florida News

University of Florida engineering students have come up with a way that could make MRI exams less stressful and less noisy.

University of Florida engineering students have come up with a way that could make MRI exams less stressful and less noisy.

Chris McCarty, director of the Survey Research Center, was quoted in an April 30 Miami Herald story about the impact of another drop in consumer confidence among Floridians. The story was the result of a news release.

Botany professor Stephen Mulkey was quoted in an April 30 Orlando Sentinel story about how Florida farmers and foresters are likely to profit from the effort to reduce global warming.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tumor cells living in the cross hairs of radiation or chemotherapy may be able to escape death because their self-destruct mechanisms are jammed, say University of Florida scientists writing in a recent issue of Developmental Cell.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Stars are standard fare in astronomy departments, but this one is sure to win special attention.
Brian May, lead guitarist for the rock group Queen, is flying from London to Gainesville to help UF’s astronomers pay tribute to a renowned Spanish astronomer who will receive an honorary doctorate during Saturday’s commencement events.
May worked [...]

Psychology professor Clive Wynne was quoted in an April 29 New Scientist article about whether dogs can differentiate the barks of other dogs.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida Professor emerita and featured artist Evon Streetman will present a gallery talk in the exhibition “Highlights from the Photography Collection: University of Florida’s Photographic Legacy” at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Streetman, who taught at UF from 1977 to 1999, will discuss her multimedia works displayed in the permanent collection exhibition and [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Young African-American and Latina girls treat their mothers with greater deference than do whites but their mothers take it harder when tempers flare, according to a new University of Florida study.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Falling housing prices, tighter credit and rising gas and food costs caused Florida’s consumer confidence to drop four points to 66 in April and surpass its previous 16-year low recorded earlier this year, a new University of Florida study reports.
Until now the revised March reading, along with January’s index, had been consumer [...]