The University of Florida was recently named as a 2007 Honor Roll member of the President’s Higher Education Community Service program. This is the first year that UF has applied for the national award.
UF’s award application highlighted that more than 72,000 hours of community service were performed by some 12,435 students. Details of four specific [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new study reveals patients with liver cancer who have no other treatment options might benefit from more aggressive operations once considered too risky, report University of Florida scientists, who also published research this month yielding insight into ways to protect the liver during surgery.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Southern states most often wracked by hurricanes are ahead of the nation when it comes to preparing citizens to help in a disaster, but there are still plenty of volunteer gaps that need to be filled, a University of Florida researcher says.
Zoology professor Lou Guillette was quoted in a May 29 Miami Herald story about the potential use of alligator blood as an antibiotic.
Wendy Graham, director of the UF Water Institute, and Sanford Berg, director of water studies for the Public Utility Research Center, were quoted in a May 29 ABC News story about the extravagant use of water by some Floridians. The quotes were the result of a News Bureau referral.
Shark expert George Burgess’ work at the site of several shark attacks in Mexico was cited in a May 29 Associated Press story.
UF English alumna Barbara J. Stephenson has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.S. to the Republic of Panama, following the nomination of President George W. Bush.
A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Stephenson currently serves as
Deputy Coordinator for Iraq at the Department of State. Prior to [...]
The Center for Latin American Studies was recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Fulbright Hays Program to provide a four-week curriculum development project in Ecuador and Peru.
The program, “The Andean “HATSS” Project: Reaching High Achievement for Teachers and Students of Spanish in Florida Schools,” is a collaborative endeavor between the Center [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Each year in the United States, termites gnaw away more than $1 billion in structural damage despite an ever growing array of insect control techniques. In this battle, the next generation of weapons could target the termite’s very genes.
Entomologist Michael Scharf was quoted in a May 28 Environment News Service story about UF’s development of a pesticide that alters the DNA of termites. The story was the result of a news release.