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Many politicians have called the current recession the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Now, expected population growth in Florida has dropped to its lowest level since World War Two.
The national recession has wiped out the housing market, the job market, and now Florida’s expected population growth.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The economic recession has cast a shadow over growth in the Sunshine State, according to the latest population projections from the University of Florida, which see Florida’s population increases plunging to their lowest level in 60 years and some counties actually shrinking.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Less than 11 percent of children with life-threatening illnesses receive hospice care in the last year of life, in part because insurance requirements make it difficult for families to obtain care, according to a new University of Florida study.
But a pilot program in Florida that has redefined when children can receive palliative [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “How I Learned to Drive” will be shown at 7:30 p.m., March 20 to 21 and 24 to 28, as well as at 2 p.m. on March 22 and 29 in the Nadine McGuire Black Box Theatre.
The 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning play “How I Learned to Drive,” directed by David Young, uses [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The College of Fine Arts in cooperation with the University of Florida Performing Arts presents “Tosca” by Giacomo Puccini, spoken in Italian with English supertitles, at 7:30 p.m. on April 16 and 18 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
Political intrigue, war, jealousy and love embroil the heroine Tosca as she [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida College of Fine Arts students graduating with a Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) degree will showcase their fresh, innovative work in two exhibitions at the UF University Galleries from March 20 to April 24.
The first exhibition runs from March 20 to April 3. The second exhibition runs from April [...]
Millions of people who suffer from movement disorders could soon get a little jolt to help move them. University of Florida researchers are working to improve neuromuscular electrical stimulation.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Trainers have used it for decades to help athletes build muscle. Late-night TV commercials hawk it as an effortless flab buster.
Listen to Men’s Glee Club
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Men’s Glee Club will highlight the beginning of its 85th year with two concerts, one in the University Auditorium with the Women’s Chorale, and one in Lake City with The Collegians, the men’s glee club of Florida State University.
The UF men’s close harmony singing [...]