Gator Growl will be held at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Oct. 16, on the eve of the Oct. 17 Homecoming football game. Preferential seating and a discounted ticket price of $15 is offered to faculty and staff this year. Faculty/staff may purchase up to six tickets. Student tickets are $15 and general admission is [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Good news for your utility bills and the environment: New University of Florida research shows that landscape shrubs need much less water to establish healthy roots than you might expect.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Healthy Gators 2010 Walking Gators program encourages all faculty, staff and students to lace up their walking shoes and kick off a “virtual trip” from New York City to Gainesville Sept. 29.
The program consists of six routes throughout campus, each about 20 minutes long, which are walked every Tuesday, Wednesday [...]
Some experts call water the most overused resource in the Sunshine State. A new University of Florida study shows those news shrubs in your yard don’t need much water to establish themselves.
Pet owners beware; a certain creepy crawler is infesting homes across the southeastern United States and traditional control methods aren’t slowing it down. University of Florida researchers have discovered the brown dog tick is not responding to Permetherin, a product found in most flea and tick pet medications.
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Pet owners beware; a certain creepy crawler is infesting homes across the southeastern United States and traditional control methods aren’t slowing it down. University of Florida researchers have discovered the brown dog tick is not responding to Permetherin, a product found in most flea and tick pet medications. Here’s UF entomology researcher Dr. Phillip Kaufman.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — We can find cheap gas or seek out friends. We can track flights or rate restaurants.
But those and other multiplying “apps” for smart phones are only the crest of a wave of smart clothing, toys and tools that will reshape everyday life, just as portable wireless technology has reshaped human interactions [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s bad enough that the Southeast is bedeviled by a tick that doesn’t mind taking up residence inside homes.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A toxin produced by freshwater algae has garnered plenty of media coverage in recent years, but a new University of Florida study shows there’s little cause for concern about its presence in Florida lakes.
Researchers analyzed water taken from 187 lakes in 38 counties during a one-year period, and found that almost three-quarters [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new kind of computer forecast could save Florida residents and the state millions of dollars in hurricane damages to the fragile web of utilities that carries electrical power across the state, says a University of Florida energy researcher.