University of Florida News

Plant pathology professor Monica Elliott was quoted in a Nov. 9 Sarasota Herald-Tribune story about the pathogen attacking sabal palms.

Zoologist Harvey Lillywhite was quoted in a Nov. 17 MSNBC story about his research that found sea snakes actually prefer to drink freshwater. The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.

Mary Liu, a University of Florida freshman and Honors student, will be the face of the university for the 13 million readers of Seventeen magazine.
Liu is one of 15 students chosen to share her freshman college experience. She was selected from approximately 2,000 applicants from across the country. UF alone had more than 300 students [...]

US Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens paid a visit to the UF campus for a special conversation with students and faculty. He discussed issues ranging from how politics affects the court, to how he hopes to be remembered.

Environmentalists aren’t the only ones with “green jobs” anymore.
Green or sustainability jobs, in which professionals work to solve problems like energy use and urbanization, are popping up in practically every business, government and nonprofit sector — under job titles such as sustainability officer, sustainable design professional, resource manager and energy engineer.
Apart from those in the [...]

When John Green, ABC News’ executive producer for special programming and development, called to see if we’d be interested in a student-run bureau, we needed little time to decide. Realizing it was the right thing at the right time, we said yes, right away.
This fall semester, we became one of five ABC News On Campus [...]

US Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens paid a visit to the UF campus for a special conversation with students and faculty. He discussed issues ranging from how politics affects the court, to how he hopes to be remembered.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The new director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program will talk about race and politics in Florida in the final program in the Samuel Proctor Florida History Lecture Series this semester.
Paul Ortiz will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Pugh Hall Ocora with a talk titled “Building on Sam Proctor’s [...]