GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence among Floridians made huge gains in August, rising six points to 67 from its revised July index, suggesting a turning point as state residents come to grips with the bleak economic picture, a new University of Florida study finds.
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Floridians are apparently not swimming in fear about the economy any more. August’s consumer confidence index actually shows some confidence.
Numerous UF researchers were quoted or their work was cited in an Aug. 26 New York Times story about citrus greening. They were: Michael J. Davis, Fred Gmitter Jr., William Dawson, Jude W. Grosser, William S. Castle and Lukasz L. Stelinski.
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This is Update Weekly, your online audio source of University of Florida news and events for the week beginning Monday, August 25th.
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As parents ferry boxes to residence halls and map-clutching students wander wide-eyed around the University of Florida, the start of fall semester always brings a contagious feeling of optimism and excitement.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gators Head Football Coach Urban Meyer is encouraging Gator fans to trade their orange and blue for white as “Gators White Out Cancer” at the Aug. 30 home football game against University of Hawaii.
In recognition of the University of Florida and Shands HealthCare commitment to cancer research focused on treatment, prevention, [...]
An op-ed column by President Bernie Machen and Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin about the legal drinking age issue was published in the Aug. 25 St. Petersburg Times. The piece was edited by the News Bureau’s Op-Ed Service.
Mark Jamison, director of the University of Florida’s public utilities research center, was quoted in an Aug. 23 Fort Myers News-Press story about research into the economic feasibility of underground power lines.
Political science professor Michael Heaney was quoted in an Aug. 23 National Public Radio report about the tradition of protests that began at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.