University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Joining Jonathan Borofsky’s “Hammering Man at 2,938,405” and Celeste Roberge’s “Stacked Chairs,” “Plunge” is the latest outdoor sculpture to be placed on display at the University of Florida Cultural Plaza. The Harn Museum installed the outdoor sculpture on Dec. 11 on the east side of the museum.
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Paul Ortiz, director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Center, was quoted in a Dec. 14 USA Today story about efforts of universities to preserve historic interviews.

Law professor Michael Wolf was quoted in a Dec. 14 Palm Beach Post story about efforts to revise a city ordinance to allow vacation rentals of homes for fewer than seven days.

Marco Pahor, director of the Institute on Aging, was quoted in a Dec. 13 USA Today story about the federal government’s efforts to help the elderly with walking problems. See related news release from the Health Science Center.

Martin Uman, professor of electrical and computer engineering, was quoted in a Dec. 10 MSNBC story about his research that found jet passengers could be exposed to radiation if the jet passes near lightning discharges or related phenomena known as terrestrial gamma-ray flashes. The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.

Law professor Mike Seigel was quoted in a Dec. 9 Associated Press story about a judge’s decision to have tattoos on a neo-Nazi murder suspect covered up for his trial.

Glenn Morris, director of the Emerging Pathogens Institute, was quoted in a Dec. 8 USA Today story about how standards for meat served in fast-food restaurants are higher than those for meats given to schools for lunches.

Glenn Morris, director of the Emerging Pathogens Institute, was quoted in a Dec. 4 Washington Post story about how food-borne illnesses are harder to track because of how food often is exported from far-flung places.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers at work on a malaria elimination study in Africa have become the first to predict the spread of the disease using cell phone records.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To say this year’s economy has been less than robust would be an understatement.