GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two University of Florida undergraduate students are spending the summer participating in an ambitious project to measure seismic activity across the United States.
June 2011 Archive
University of Florida-led teams awarded $6.9 million for climate change projects
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two University of Florida-led teams have been awarded federal grants totaling $6.9 million for projects to develop heat-resistant corn and develop extension programs to help farmers cope with climate variability and climate change.
UF’s tobacco-free policy succeeds in first year
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida officials say students, faculty and staff have reduced tobacco use and responded positively to the tobacco-free campus policy since it became effective a year ago this Friday.
On higher education, lessons from the north
A timely reminder of the promise of public higher education has emerged in a most unlikely place: the plains of the far north.
Filed under Op-Eds on Thursday, June 30, 2011.
Papaya plants reduce the need for pesticides on tomatoes in Florida, new UF study finds
NESVILLE, Fla. — Whiteflies can be biologically controlled in Florida greenhouse tomatoes, according to a new University of Florida study, which helps reduce the need for pesticide applications.
UF researchers awarded $5.5 million in federal grants to help teachers reduce disruptive classroom behavior
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida education researchers have received two federal grants totaling $5.5 million to conduct studies aimed at reducing significant behavior problems in children that can disrupt the classroom learning environment.
Rare deep-water giant squid from South Florida brought to UF for research
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers received a rare 25-foot-long, deep-water giant squid Monday, the only one of its kind in the collections of the Florida Museum of Natural History.