GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With the cost of gas and electricity rising seemingly by the day, Florida’s universities will work together on research aimed at boosting a largely untapped resource: renewable energy.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — If you’ve got the summertime blues, then University of Florida Performing Arts has your cure. Head back to the 1970s for a little nostalgic fun with “Björn Again – The ABBA Show,” at 7:30 p.m. July 11, at the Phillips Center.
As one of the most popular acts of the 1970s, ABBA’s hit [...]
Chris McCarty, director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research’s survey research center, was quoted in a June 24 St. Petersburg Times story about the June consumer confidence report. The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.
Jonathan Crane, a tropical-fruit expert, was quoted in a June 24 Washington Post story about the wide variety of uses for coconuts.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Higher gas and food prices, continued declines in housing prices and last month’s large increase in unemployment caused Florida’s consumer confidence to plummet six points in June to 57, its all-time low record in the index’s 25-year history, a new University of Florida study finds.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Devices known as brain-machine interfaces could someday be used routinely to help paralyzed patients and amputees control prosthetic limbs with just their thoughts. Now, University of Florida researchers have taken the concept a step further, devising a way for computerized devices not only to translate brain [...]
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Florida consumers have apparently never felt this depressed. The University of Florida’s index of statewide consumer confidence dropped to a record low in June. Here’s UF researcher Chris McCarty.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida Student Health Care Center (SHCC) will hold a special one-day Heartsaver event for UF faculty and staff on Friday, June 27. All faculty and staff are encouraged to take advantage of two courses offered at a discounted rate, American Heart Association (AHA) Heartsaver Adult/Child Automated [...]
Finance professor Jay Ritter was quoted in a June 23 Wall Street Journal story about the number of initial public offerings withdrawn so far this year.
Vasudha Narayanan, a distinguished professor of Hinduism, wrote a perspective on the film “The Love Guru” for the Associated Press. It was published June 23 in the International Herald-Tribune and other newspapers.