Published: October 31 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Despite threats from people in storm-ravaged areas to move away, new University of Florida research shows that the devastating 2004 hurricane season had little or no effect on Florida's 2004-2005 population growth.
Published: October 31 2005
University of Florida rededicates Murphree Hall, a student housing complex which has been renovated over the past two years for $8.6 million. A short ceremony will be followed with tours and refreshments.
Published: October 30 2005
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission sets the standard for all reactors.
Published: October 28 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will offer “Flying Dragons and Other Aquatic Insects” from 10 a.m. to noon Nov.12 as part of its fall exploration series “Let’s Explore Aquatic Critters” where students in grades K-5 can visit exhibits, make crafts and stretch their imaginations in hands-on classes.
Published: October 28 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three students – two from the University of Florida and one from the University of Central Florida — have contracted hepatitis A, and UF and Alachua County health officials are investigating how it may have occurred.
Published: October 28 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Physics professor Arthur Hebard and chemistry professor Weihong Tan have been awarded the distinction of Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) along with 374 other scientists this week. The association annually elevates its top members to the rank of Fellow in recognition of their distinguished efforts in the advancement of science. To date, 24 UF faculty have received this honor.
Published: October 14 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Four teams of University of Florida students will compete in a regional computer programming contest on Saturday.
Published: October 27 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Government officials in six states face the toughest civil penalties in the nation if they don’t provide information to the public and the press as required by their laws.
Published: October 27 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To learn how tiny amounts of mercury affect wildlife – especially wading birds in the Florida Everglades – University of Florida scientists are beginning a five-year study at the new Wetlands Ecological Research Aviary in Gainesville.
Published: October 27 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History and the Alachua Astronomy Club will offer “Magnificent Mars” from 7 to 10 p.m.Nov. 12, featuring presentations and telescope viewings of Mars and other celestial bodies.
Published: October 27 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The mother of an innocent man who was shot and killed by four New York City police officers will speak Tuesday at the University of Florida about her experience.
Published: October 26 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will offer a new class for children in grades 1-2, “Maya and the Big Pumpkin Balloon Ride” from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29.
Published: October 26 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dress-up and the ability to disguise one’s gender give Halloween special meaning for many gays and lesbians, who have played a leading role in transforming the popular children’s holiday into one for adults, says a University of Florida researcher.
Published: October 26 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Former television sitcom actor Jaleel White will speak Oct. 27 at the University Auditorium, and inspirational speaker Kyle Maynard will present a program Nov. 1 in the Reitz Student Union Grand Ballroom.
Published: October 25 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s consumer confidence remained unchanged in October at 78, but declines in two of the index components portend trouble for retailers this holiday season, University of Florida economists report.
Published: October 25 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida and The Scripps Research Institute are taking steps to streamline scientific collaborations that have already resulted in research in areas including breast cancer, memory loss and blindness.
Published: October 25 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Blocking an enzyme that prevents a fat-burning hormone from doing its job in people who are overweight could lead to a new way to treat obesity, University of Florida researchers have found.
Published: October 24 2005
The deadline for nominations for the University of Florida’s 2006 Superior Accomplishment Awards is Oct. 31. Academic Personnel, TEAMS employees and USPS employees are eligible.
Published: October 24 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – ESPN sports business reporter Darren Rovell’s lecture and book signing was canceled Sunday due to the threat of Hurricane Wilma.
Published: October 24 2005
WHAT: Simulcast of White House Conference on Helping America’s Youth
Published: October 21 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will participate in a nationwide Webcast Wednesday as part of Campus Sustainability Day.
Published: October 20 2005
University of Florida students and local artists are invited to participate in the seventh annual Holiday ArtFest at the Reitz Student Union.
Published: October 20 2005
HASTINGS, Fla. — Pumpkins are a familiar sight in grocery stores at Halloween, but you won’t find many on Florida farms – the hot climate creates tricky growing conditions that are no treat for the cold-loving gourds.
Published: October 20 2005
Healthy Gators 2010, a campuswide initiative aimed at producing a healthier University of Florida community, will hold its formal kickoff from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Reitz Student Union Colonnade.
Published: October 18 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Some patients with head and neck cancer can be safely spared the risk and expense of surgery by undergoing a CT scan to predict whether the disease is in check after radiation therapy, according to study findings University of Florida doctors released today (Oct. 18) at the annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.
Published: October 18 2005
BOULDER, Colo. — A “dream house” built by two University of Florida architecture graduates is featured in a reality television series on Home & Garden Television, HGTV.
Published: October 17 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two University of Florida computer programming teams placed in the top 10 on Saturday at the Southeast USA Regional Programming Competition.
Published: October 14 2005
Students from the University of Florida M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction have been donating their time to repair an antique caboose for the city of Archer, Fla., under the supervision of and with direct funding from Leon Wetherington, building construction lecturer.
Published: October 13 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla.- Albert Einstein once referred to 1905 as the year "a storm broke loose" in his mind. It must have been the perfect storm, because that year he published five papers that forever changed the field of physics - proving the existence of atoms, devising the theory of relativity, laying the foundation for quantum physics and writing the world's most famous equation, E=mc2 - all in 1905.
Published: October 13 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The following is a response from professor and chair of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Alireza Haghighat to the Oct. 13 ABC PrimeTime Live story regarding nuclear training reactors
Published: October 13 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A way to detect fragments of broken brain cells that leak into the bloodstream may help doctors more quickly and precisely treat people with severe head injuries or brain diseases, say researchers at the University of Florida’s McKnight Brain Institute.
Published: October 12 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will offer a botanical watercolor illustration adult class from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 22 and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 23.
Published: October 12 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Sex for newly single women can be a wonderful experience, but it puts them at risk for disease if doctors think they are too old for intimate relationships, a new University of Florida study finds.
Published: October 12 2005
The Reitz Student Union at the University of Florida is accepting applications to exhibit in “the gallery” for Spring 2006 semester.
Published: October 12 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will offer docent naturalist training for volunteers interested in leading museum school tours in the University of Florida Natural Area Teaching Lab from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m Sunday, Oct. 16, and Sunday, Nov. 6. Volunteers must attend one of these training sessions.
Published: October 11 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With the aid of a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation, University of Florida researchers are working with scientists at the University of California, Davis; North Carolina State University; and Texas A&M University to identify genes that regulate wood properties and disease-resistance traits in loblolly pine.
Published: October 11 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History has received a $5,000 grant from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. The grant will assist the Florida Museum with the production of two free public events and an interactive discovery cart for the “In Search of Giant Squid” exhibition, which opened Sept. 24 and continues through Jan. 2, 2006.
Published: October 11 2005
A memorial service for Samuel Proctor, University of Florida historian and professor emeritus of history, will be held this weekend. It is open to the public.
Published: October 10 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Mitchell Estrin, clarinet professor and director of the clarinet ensemble at the University of Florida, has been named to the position of educational and creative development manager for Buffet Crampon USA Inc., the world’s leading clarinet manufacturer.
Published: October 10 2005
PRIMM, Nev. — A University of Florida-built robot car drove at least 23 miles in a $2 million race across the desert Saturday before turning off a road and stopping for unknown reasons.
Published: October 10 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary System has designated the University of Florida as a “Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary,” the first university to achieve this status, and one of 607 such sanctuaries in the world.
Published: October 6 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will host "Florida's Past Comes Alive," featuring a historic re-enactor at 4 p.m.
and an illustrated lecture at 6 p.m. Oct. 14.
Published: October 6 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida linguistics graduate Kendra Todd, who heard the famous words "You're hired" at the end of the third season of "The Apprentice" in May, will be on campus this weekend as part of Homecoming activities.
Published: October 6 2005
APOPKA, Fla. — The O. Wayne Rollins Foundation in Atlanta has pledged $150,000 to the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences to help establish the Orkin Termite Training Facility at the Mid-Florida Research and Education Center in Apopka.
Published: October 6 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will offer new classes this fall for children in grades 1-2 and grades 6-8.
Published: October 6 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Keith Koenig used the basic business principle of high-risk, high-potential rate of return he learned in business school to turn a waterbed business started in the 1970s into what is now the largest retail home furnishings business in South Florida, and the second largest in the state.
Published: October 6 2005
The Career Resource Center hosts Graduate & Professional School Information Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, in the Reitz Student Union Grand Ballroom to help students learn about the graduate/ professional school application process.
Published: October 6 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three of music’s most influential groundbreakers – bassist Stanley Clarke, banjo player Béla Fleck and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty – will play in the aptly named Trio! in a performance that promises to be genuinely worthy of the group’s exclamation point. Trio! performs at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, October 20, 2005 at 7:30 p.m.
Published: October 6 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History’s McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity butterfly exhibits are the 2005 winner of the Southeastern Museums Conference Exhibition Award of Excellence for best exhibit with a budget of more than $1 million.
Published: October 6 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Award-winning British comedian Dave Gorman brings his hit one-man show, “Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack! Adventure,” to the Phillips Center Black Box Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, and 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19.
Published: October 5 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Academics will become dramatically more musical when MTI's Broadway Junior on Tour! "After Schoolsical Special" - a performance designed to educate, empower and entertain parents, teachers, and students about the process of putting on a musical - comes to the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, Oct. 16, for performances at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Published: October 5 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The gender gap for bad behavior in middle school is narrowing, with girls displaying more delinquency and aggression than their male classmates, a new University of Florida study finds.
Published: October 5 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Flowering plants near ponds may owe their pollination not only to the winged creatures of the air, but also to the finned ones of the deep.
Published: October 5 2005
Patrons of Gator Growl can ride quickly, conveniently and safely with the Regional Transit System on the Gator Growl Shuttle Friday.
Published: October 5 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The City of Gainesville Regional Transit System will change bus service and routes Friday because of the Homecoming parade.
Published: October 4 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As the boom in residential construction alters the landscape and boosts demand for energy and water, a new University of Florida program is helping developers build communities that protect the environment while maintaining the economic benefits of growth.
Published: October 3 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida School of Architecture and the France-Florida Research Institute will bring European architect Didier Rebois to UF as a FFRI visiting professor on Oct. 10.
Published: October 3 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida’s Homecoming recognized the six recipients of the Florida Blue Key Distinguished Faculty Award at the annual Education Celebration Wednesday at the Keene Faculty Center in Dauer Hall.
Published: October 3 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Public television station WUFT-TV and Cox Communications will provide exclusive live television coverage of the 2005 University of Florida Homecoming parade, starting at noon Friday.
Published: October 3 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Gator Growl 2005, “Revenge of the Swamp,” will hold the inaugural Gator Growl Ticket Chomp from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday on the north lawn of the Reitz Student Union.
Published: October 11 2005
Religion adjunct professor Wendy Young was quoted in an Oct. 11 Tampa Tribune (circ. 313,693) story about religious groups taking a hint from the retail world to raise their profiles. The quote was the result of a UF News Bureau referral.
Published: October 7 2005
Zoology professor Robert Holt's study showing that dragonflies play a role in flower pollination was the subject of a story Oct. 7 in the London Telegraph The story, which also moved on the United Press International wire, was the result of a news release.
Published: October 5 2005
News of UF graduate Robert Grubbs having won the Nobel prize in chemistry was the subject of an Oct. 5 Associated Press international wire that ran in numerous papers nationwide.
Published: October 5 2005
You probably have a few of them at your workplace: co-workers who think a little too highly of themselves. Now a University of Florida study may burst those big egos. It shows that conceited, vain and self-absorbed employees are actually sub-par performers on the job. For more, here's Research Report.
Published: October 5 2005
On Oct. 18, the Gainesville Society, Archaeological Institute of America, and the Department of Classics at the University of Florida will present "The Incredible, Vanishing Wives of Nero: Recovering History that Someone Has Tried to Erase" by Susan Wood, professor art history at Oakland University.
Published: October 18 2005
UF lightning researcher Martin Uman appeared on the October 18, 2005 edition of PBS' Nova Science Now in a segment on the properties and potential sources of lightning.
Published: October 27 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Florida Museum of Natural History will offer its new preschool program “Wigglers and Walkers” from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 9 for children ages 2-5. This month’s program is themed “Walk Like an Animal.”
Published: October 9 2005
Michael Davis, a plant pathologist, was quoted in an Oct. 9 Associated Press national wire story about Fruit and Spice Park in Redland, Fla.
Published: October 26 2005
John Dunckelman, associate director of UF's Southwest Florida Research and Education Center in Immokalee, was quoted in an Oct. 26 Associated Press national wire story about Hurricane Wilma's affect on Florida's agricultural industry.
Published: October 11 2005
Pop culture expert Jim Twitchell was quoted in an Oct. 11 Associated Press national wire story about new marketing techniques to sell condoms to women.
Published: October 27 2005
James W. Kimbrough, an expert on molds, mildews and mushrooms, was quoted in an Oct. 27 Associated Press national wire story about a Missouri man's discovery of a 56-pound mushroom.
Published: October 9 2005
Mold expert James Kimbrough was quoted in an Oct. 9 Miami Herald (circ. 444,119) story about how to clean and prevent mold.
Published: October 31 2005
Jack Hebb, a citrus agent, was quoted in an Oct. 31 story on the Wall Street Journal's Dow Jones Newswires about rising citrus and sugar futures after Hurricane Wilma.
Published: October 10 2005
Geography professor Grant Thrall was quoted in an Oct. 10 St. Petersburg Times (circ. 442,348) story about downtown revitalization efforts in New Port Richey.
Published: October 3 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Gator Growl 2005, "Revenge of the Swamp," is sponsoring the first-ever Gator Growl-sponsored children's coloring contest.
Published: October 6 2005
Wildlife professor Frank Mazzotti was quoted in an Oct. 6 Associated Press international wire story about a Burmese python exploding after trying to swallow an alligator. The story ran in numerous papers worldwide.
Published: October 8 2005
Marketing professor Erik Gordon was quoted in a Oct. 8 St. Louis Post-Dispatch story about retail gift registries.
Published: October 26 2005
Dr. Wayne Goodman, chairman of the psychiatry department, was quoted in an Oct. 26 story on the Wall Street Journal's Dow Jones Newswires about long-term studies of psychiatric drugs.
Published: October 11 2005
Citrus researcher Dean Gabriel was quoted in an Oct. 11 Orlando Sentinel (circ. 391,145) story about "citrus greening." The story also moved on the Knight Ridder Tribune wire.
Published: October 24 2005
Economist David Figlio was quoted in an Oct. 24, Wall Street Journal (circ. 2.1 million) story about a Harvard economist's new method of assessing school competition. The Journal is a paid subscription, so no link is available.
Published: October 4 2005
Political science professor Daniel Smith was quoted in an Oct. 4 San Diego Union-Tribune (circ. 444,899) story about citizen initiatives on the Nov. 8 special election ballot in California.
Published: October 26 2005
Survey director Chris McCarty with the Bureau of Economic and Business Research was quoted in an Oct. 26 Palm Beach Post (circ. 222,833) story about Florida's consumer confidence. The story was the result of a news release.
Published: October 7 2005
Carolyn Wilken with UF's Institute on Aging was quoted in an Oct. 6 Associated Press national wire story from her testimony before the Senate Special Committee on Aging regarding the special needs of elderly and disabled Americans in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Published: October 19 2005
The candlelight vigil scheduled for tonight has been POSTPONED. Further information will be posted on this site when available.
Published: October 3 2005
Alan Long, an associate professor in the School of Forestry, was quoted in an Oct. 3 Associated Press national wire story about trees grown from seeds that flew aboard the Apollo 14 moon mission. One of the trees still stands on the UF campus.
Published: October 6 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Shapiro & Smith Dance’s trademark physicality joins forces with the music of rock ‘n’ roll legend Bruce Springsteen, his wife, Patti Scialfa, and E Street Band member Soozie Tyrell in “ANYTOWN: Stories of America,” which plays at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15.