University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Homeowners tired of watering, fertilizing and mowing grass have a new low-maintenance lawn option — peanuts.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The impact of the gulf oil spill combined with the lingering overall economic malaise has Floridians feeling much worse off than they did a year ago, according to a new University of Florida survey.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dana Zimmel, a clinical associate professor at University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named interim chief of staff of UF’s Veterinary Hospitals.
Zimmel has served as associate chief of staff for the UF Large Animal Hospital since Jan. 26. Because of recent administrative restructuring, both the large and the [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will display its newest photography exhibit “Life on the Edge: The Story of Florida’s Nature Coast” by Eric Zamora through Aug. 8.
Zamora uses the visual power of photography in this exhibit to share the story of Florida’s Nature Coast with the goal of helping mold a [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Regional Transit System will not provide the Gator Aider football shuttle service for the 2010-2011 University of Florida football season.
The Gator Aider service is classified as a charter service by the Federal Transit Administration. RTS is a federally funded public transit system so it must abide by the FTA rules governing charter [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida ranks number one with the fans again.
At Sunday’s closing ceremony of the Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 in Madrid, the UF team learned their house received the most online votes to win the Public Choice Award, Web. The UF team also placed second in the Energy Balance category.
Overall, [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Just in time for Florida’s summer lightning season, a $9.8 million grant will greatly expand research operations at the University of Florida and Florida Institute of Technology International Center for Lightning Research and Testing.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When high-temperature superconductors were first announced in the late 1980s, it was thought that they would lead to ultra-efficient magnetic trains and other paradigm-shifting technologies.

GAINESVILLE, Fla.- Megan Kendzior, who received a master’s of fine arts in dance from the University of Florida this spring, was honored with the American College Dance Festival Association Dance Magazine Award for Outstanding Student Choreographer for her work, “Witness.”

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Using the world’s largest optical telescope, a team of University of Florida astronomers has pioneered a new method of observing planets outside our solar system. The method suggests that large Earth-based telescopes could play a leading role in rapidly accelerating research on “extrasolar” planets.