Postdoctoral fellow Becca Gray was quoted in a May 6 Orlando Sentinel story about a team of UF biologists that has joined other world experts on evolutionary biology to publish their individual findings about swine flu on a common Web site. The story was the result of a Health Science Center news release.
Mary Brownell, a professor of special education, was quoted in a May 5 Washington Post story about the constant demand for special education teachers.
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Memorial Day weekend signals the unofficial start of summer and the start of both beach and shark season. With tips on how to best avoid an attack, here’s UF shark expert George Burgess.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Alumni Association recognized 31 former UF students at the 2009 Outstanding Young Alumni Awards on April 18 at Emerson Alumni Hall.
The Outstanding Young Alumni Award honors alumni age 35 and younger who have excelled in their professions and communities. The award recognition ceremony was established in 2006 by [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Charles Darwin described the sudden origin of flowering plants about 130 million years ago as an abominable mystery, one that scientists have yet to solve.
It turns out mockingbirds may be keeping a close eye on you and me and research shows they can even tell us apart. A new University of Florida study shows that mockingbirds seem to be able to distinguish between individual humans.
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It turns out mockingbirds may be keeping a close eye on you and me, and research shows they can even tell us apart.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — New research at the University of Florida predicts more public school students in kindergarten through 12th grade will take classes online, have longer school days and more of them in the next decade. Academic performance should improve and schools could save money.