GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Chilli thrips sound more like a snack food than an agricultural menace, but these tiny insects threaten many of the Sunshine State’s most important crops — fortunately, University of Florida research shows a predatory mite gobbles them up like popcorn.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The recent swine flu outbreak has led to many questions about public health safety in Florida communities. Currently, there are no reported swine flu cases in Florida.
The swine flu is a type A influenza, of the H1N1 strain. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported there is no vaccine to [...]
To: Students, faculty and staff
From: Brian Beach, interim senior vice president for administration
Re: Swine flu
With recent reports regarding the outbreak of swine flu in parts of this country and Mexico, we want to let you know how we’re addressing the matter at the University of Florida.
UF officials are closely monitoring the situation through contact with [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A week before her high school graduation, Alexandria Stephenson found herself homeless. Because of family problems, the honor student was kicked out of her house in West Palm Beach and was living out of her truck, looking at a future of insurmountable obstacles and disappointment.
Instead, Stephenson, 21, will graduate [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Chew on this: Just because you haven’t seen termite swarms in or around your house, doesn’t mean they’re not busily devouring it.
GAINESVILLE, Fla.– The Gator Ticket Office recently announced that a limited number of season tickets are still available for the 2009 season. According to the University Athletic Association, although 99.2 percent of available season tickets have been sold, UF faculty and staff still have the opportunity to purchase 150 season tickets for the upcoming season.
UF [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Musculoskeletal Pain Research Lab will hold the eighth annual Fibromyalgia Meeting at the McKnight Brain Institute at 2 p.m. on May 16.
Dr. Roland Staud will discuss the significance of the institute’s research on chronic pain and its effects on gray brain matter. The brain is comprised of [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida children with questions about insects, to complete a project or just satisfy their own curiosity, can find help at a newly redesigned University of Florida Web site that’s literally crawling with answers.
The Florida 4-H Bug Club site, at http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/bug_club, has been greatly expanded to provide a wealth of information for youngsters [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida and UF Collegiate Veterans Society will host a dedication ceremony at 3 p.m. April 30 at the Reitz Student Union Amphitheatre for the UF Veterans Memorial, which was constructed in December.
The UF Veterans Memorial consists of a fountain in Green Pond, two flag poles, each with two flags, [...]