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Published: November 30 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida College of Pharmacy has received a welcome dose of support to create its first-ever graduate endowment.
Published: November 30 2005
Published: November 30 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida College of Pharmacy has received a welcome dose of support to create its first-ever graduate endowment.
Published: November 30 2005
Published: November 30 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have discovered a new ingredient in our cellular soup, tiny structures that may lay the groundwork for how new cells form and then function.
Published: November 29 2005
Published: November 29 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers say they are a step closer to a technique to easily detect a wide variety of cancers before symptoms become apparent.
Published: November 29 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Optimism about falling gas prices caused Florida’s consumer confidence in November to rebound, rising four points to 84, University of Florida economists report.
Published: November 28 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will offer "Chorus of Birds" from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Dec. 3 as part of its fall exploration series "Let's Explore Aquatic Critters" where students in kindergarten through fifth grade can visit exhibits, make crafts and stretch their imaginations in hands-on classes.
Published: November 28 2005
Published: November 28 2005
Published: November 28 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A trendy holiday gift within a decade may be a hand-held device that instantly identifies any species from a snippet of animal tissue, says a University of Florida researcher.
Published: November 28 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – “Belize in Words and Pictures,” an exhibit featuring the work of University of Florida international journalism students, opens Tuesday, Dec. 6, at the Reitz Student Union.
Published: November 28 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida College of Nursing associate professor Shawn Kneipp has been awarded $1.4 million from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Nursing Research to lead an innovative community-based participatory research study intended to improve the health of women transitioning from welfare to work and to extend employment duration.
Published: November 28 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – “CATS,” the show that revolutionized musical theatre, celebrates its 25th anniversary with a national tour that takes it to the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts for three shows only on Saturday, Jan. 28, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 29, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now.
Published: November 28 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Four graduates from the University of Florida’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences were honored recently for their outstanding contributions in agriculture and other industries.
Published: November 26 2005
Published: November 25 2005
Published: November 24 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — At the heart of the promises of nanotechnology – the emerging science of making molecular machines – are carbon nanotubes. These are tiny cylinders with remarkable properties that could improve products ranging from house paint to microchips.
Published: November 23 2005
Published: November 22 2005
Published: November 22 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As airline travel peaks for the Thanksgiving holiday, a newly completed wind tunnel at the University of Florida may help reduce the noise of commercial airplanes as they fly over homes and neighborhoods.
Published: November 22 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Stem cells may cause some forms of bone cancer, University of Florida scientists report.
Published: November 22 2005
Published: November 22 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Gators across the globe are now a mouse click away from each other.
Published: November 22 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — John Klauder, a professor of physics and mathematics at the University of Florida, has been elected to the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, within the class of natural sciences. The society’s purpose is to promote and recognize excellence in scholarship.
Published: November 21 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Twins, triplets and other multiples have a nearly 50 percent greater chance of being born with birth defects, and boys tend to be more at risk than girls, according to two population-based studies conducted at the University of Florida.
Published: November 21 2005
Published: November 20 2005
Published: November 18 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Following triumphant successes in London, on Broadway and across North America, "Blast!," winner of the 2001 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event and the 2001 Emmy Award for Best Choreography, comes to the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts for one performance only at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13. A pre-performance discussion will be held at 6:45 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Published: November 18 2005
Published: November 18 2005
University officials are monitoring the track of Tropical Storm Gamma. Currently, plans call for classes and work activities to remain on a normal schedule for Monday. Should the storm’s predicted track change or should forecast conditions for the Gainesville area worsen, new information will be posted on UF’s home page.
Published: November 17 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – As hip and energetic as ever, the Ahn Trio brings an eclectic program to University Auditorium at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20. The artists will lead a pre-performance discussion in the Auditorium’s Friends of Music Room at 3 p.m.
Published: November 17 2005
Published: November 17 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Having high blood pressure and a particular genetic alteration dramatically increases the risk of heart attack, stroke or death, and may explain why some hypertensive patients fare worse than others — even if they take the same medication, University of Florida researchers announced this week.
Published: November 17 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History, Harn Museum of Art and University of Florida Performing Arts host MOTOWN at the Cultural Plaza, a fund-raiser benefiting the University of Florida Cultural Plaza, on Jan. 21.
Published: November 17 2005
MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. — On Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005, University of Florida student and Merritt Island native Thomas Brown was found slain in Jacksonville following the Florida-Georgia football game.
Published: November 16 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — What's in a name – or two names? Quite a bit, says a University of Florida professor, whose research finds that a growing number of brides are returning to tradition when taking a man's hand in marriage, assuming his name instead of keeping their own as a symbol of independent identity.
Published: November 16 2005
Published: November 16 2005
Published: November 16 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida ranks 11th nationally in the number of students studying abroad, according to the Open Doors report by the Institute of International Education.
Published: November 16 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers in the College of Health and Human Performance and the College of Public Health and Health Professions at the University of Florida are recruiting participants for a study involving a new wheelchair design they hope will break many boundaries that people encounter when using traditional wheelchairs.
Published: November 15 2005
Published: November 15 2005
The Alachua County Youth Orchestra will help kick off the holiday season with its annual winter concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 27 in the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Florida.
Published: November 15 2005
The English Society, a student-run organization in the Department of English, is accepting submissions for its literary magazine “Tea”through Dec. 31.
Published: November 15 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Translation Program will host Everette Jordan, the director of the National Virtual Translation Center, on Thursday.
Published: November 15 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers with the University of Florida and the California Institute of Technology have developed a new strain of genetically modified mice that allow scientists to examine the potential usefulness of new therapies for Alzheimer's disease.
Published: November 14 2005
Published: November 14 2005
Published: November 14 2005
Thirty minutes of brisk walking a day is a step in the right direction toward improved heart health, according to a University of Florida study published in today’s (Nov. 14) Archives of Internal Medicine.
Published: November 14 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — If the ancient mountaintop city in southern Peru was the vanished Wari empire’s unique imperial showplace, the brewery was its piece de resistance.
Published: November 14 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will hold two workshops and one public hearing on the campus master plan during the next month.
Published: November 12 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — People don’t have to run marathons to keep their brain cells in shape — regular, light activity may do the trick.
Published: November 10 2005
Published: November 10 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Palmettos in Pennsylvania? Magnolias in Minnesota? The migration of subtropical plants to northern climates may not be too far-fetched if future global warming patterns mirror a monumental shift that took place in the past, new research by an international team of scientists suggests.
Published: November 9 2005
Published: November 9 2005
Published: November 8 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla.- Darren Rovell, sports business reporter for ESPN, will visit the University of Florida as a guest of the newly formed Gator Sport Management Club at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the Florida Gym, Room 230. He will address University of Florida sport management students on the topic of "Sports Business: A Two Hundred Billion Dollar Game."
Published: November 8 2005
Published: November 8 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Few homes escaped damage in the Florida counties most directly affected by last year’s hurricanes, and household repairs are continuing at a slow pace, a new University of Florida study shows.
Published: November 8 2005
Published: November 7 2005
Published: November 7 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Pride Student Union will host its fourth Annual Intercollegiate Pride Conference Nov. 18-20 to advance lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.
Published: November 7 2005
Published: November 7 2005
Published: November 7 2005
Published: November 7 2005
Published: November 6 2005
Published: November 6 2005
Published: November 4 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's landmark musical, "Oklahoma!," will play at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts for one night only, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25. A performance discussion will be held at 6:45 p.m.
Published: November 4 2005
Published: November 4 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Department of Astronomy will host a special open house at the Campus Teaching Observatory from 8:30 to 11 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, to celebrate Mars’ closest approach for the next 13 years.
Published: November 4 2005
The University of Florida ranks fourth in the United States among the Best Places to Work in Academia, according to a new survey by The Scientist magazine.
Published: November 3 2005
Published: November 3 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The 2006 “Advanced Master Tree Farmer – Level II”satellite short course, organized by a committee of extension foresters at various forestry schools in the southern United States, will be offered from Feb. 7 through March 21.
Published: November 3 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Starting next summer, the University of Florida will take an innovative approach to graduate student education through a program that will give students a wider range of knowledge and experience through fellowships that take an interdisciplinary approach to research.
Published: November 3 2005
The University of Florida’s Provost Office will host a “Conversation about Faculty Diversity, Recruitment and Retention,” the third event of its fall Faculty Development Conversations series.
Published: November 2 2005
Published: November 2 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will offer “Welcome to Slaveryland: African Heritage and the Tourism Industry” as part of its fall seminar series from 3 to 4 p.m. Nov. 9 in Room 282 of the Reitz Student Union, University of Florida.
Published: November 2 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three of the University of Florida’s nominees for Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships have been invited to interview at the district level. Interviews are being held Nov. 8 for the Marshall and Nov. 18-19 for the Rhodes.
Published: November 2 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have identified a biochemical code that a form of HIV uses to access immune system cells and turn them into virus-making factories.
Published: November 1 2005
Community Campus Council 2005-06 Breakfast Series
Published: November 1 2005
Published: November 1 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A $5 million gift from a University of Florida alumnus will allow the university to construct a campus building to house the new Bob Graham Center for Public Service. Jim Pugh, chairman of Epoch Properties in Winter Park, Fla., and his wife, Alexis, have made the donation to UF’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for the building, which will be named Jim and Alexis Pugh Hall.
Published: November 1 2005
The University of Florida Percussion Ensemble will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, in University Auditorium.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers with the University of Florida and the California Institute of Technology have developed a new strain of genetically modified mice that allow scientists to examine the potential usefulness of new therapies for Alzheimer’s disease.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Gator Nation will celebrate Homecoming weekend with an Alumni Barbecue before the Homecoming football game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will speak at the University of Florida's Levin College of Law Friday, Sept. 9, during dedication ceremonies for the law school's new facilities.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida's Provost Office announces its fall "Faculty Development Conversations" series.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – As hip and energetic as ever, the Ahn Trio brings an eclectic program to University Auditorium at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20. The artists will lead a pre-performance discussion in the Auditorium's Friends of Music Room at 3 p.m.
Published: November 28 2005
World AIDS Day Commemoration Address, sponsored by the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions. Spencer Lieb, M.P.H., the senior epidemiologist at the Florida Department of Health’s Bureau of HIV/AIDS, will provide an overview of current trends in HIV/AIDS in Florida. The Sunshine State has consistently ranked No. 2 in the nation for incidence of HIV infections.
Published: November 30 2005
Chemistry professor Weihong Tan was quoted in a Nov. 30 Washington Times (circ. 100,091) story about a new cancer-detection method.
. The story was the result of a news release.
Published: November 13 2005
Thomas Foster of the University of Florida College of Medicine was quoted in a Nov. 13 Washington Post (circ. 732,872) brief about his study showing that light exercise may keep your brain in shape as well as your muscles. The story was the result of a news release.
Published: November 1 2005
A new e-mail scam targets University of Florida faculty, staff and students, according to the IT Security Team of UF's Office of Information Technology's Network Services.
Published: November 9 2005
You don't have to look hard this fall for evidence it's high time to adopt a green, or environmentally conscious, approach to life.
Published: November 28 2005
Celebrating community and economic development partnerships between the University of Florida and Alachua County, an open house program will highlight the new UF Eastside Campus and the 12-acre property.
Published: November 2 2005
Experts estimate ten million Americans live with nerve pain, a condition called fibromyalgia. It leaves sufferers extremely sensitive to even the slightest touch. Now University of Florida researchers have discovered a surprising treatment option: a key ingredient found in cough syrup.
Published: November 26 2005
Banana disease expert
Randy Ploetz was quoted in a Nov. 27 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (circ. 409,217) story about a banana-killing fungus.
Published: November 8 2005
Paul G. Schauble, a professor of psychology, was quoted in a story in the current issue of Ladies Home Journal (circ. 4.1 million) about renewing wedding vows.
Published: November 25 2005
The Harn Museum of Art was mentioned in a Nov. 25 New York Times (circ. 1.1 million) story about African art.
Published: November 14 2005
Anthropologist Michael Moseley's research showing that women were the brewmasters in an ancient brewery in southern Peru was the subject of numerous stories worldwide, including the Associated Press national wire , United Press International, the Chicago Tribune,
Scientific American, National Geographic, the London Telegraph, MSNBC, The Discovery Channel online, the North Korea Times and Pravda (Russia). The stories were the result of a news release.
Published: November 26 2005
Toxicologist Bruce Goldberger was quoted in a Nov. 26 Los Angeles Times (circ. 902,164) story about the pain killer fentanyl.
Published: November 3 2005
Political science professor Ken Wald was quoted in a Nov. 3 South Florida Sun-Sentinel (circ. 375,145) story about Supreme Court nominee Sam Alito.
Published: November 3 2005
The University of Florida Health Science Center, which is celebrating its 50th
anniversary this academic year, will hold an appreciation picnic lunch with a 1950s theme for all HSC faculty and staff and employees of Shands at UF.
Published: November 2 2005
The Great Gator Health Fest is a health-care screening service for all Gator fans and area residents. The program is sponsored by the Florida chapter of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists, with support from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy’s four campuses, Nova Southeastern University and Florida A&M University.
Published: November 28 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- E.T. York, chancellor emeritus of the State University System of Florida, was honored Nov. 16 with the installation of a plaque at the University of Florida to honor his many years of outstanding service to the state and nation.
Published: November 2 2005
Dr. Gerry Shaw from the College of Medicine was quoted in a Nov. 2 Reuters Health news service story about his study on a new way to detect and treat people with severe head injuries or brain diseases. The story was the result of a news release.
Published: November 2 2005
An opinion piece by history professor David Colburn about how President Bush can regain popularity ran Nov. 2 in the Orlando Sentinel (circ. 391,145)
Published: November 5 2005
Engineering professor Dave Bloomquist was quoted in a Nov. 5 Miami Herald (circ. 444,119) story about the huge amounts of trash and debris left behind by Hurricane Wilma. The quote was the result of a UF News Bureau referral.
Published: November 22 2005
Carl Crandell, director of audiology in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, was quoted in a Nov. 22 Chicago Tribune (circ. 613,509) about Auditory Processing Disorder.
Published: November 1 2005
UF President Bernie Machen was quoted in a Nov. 1 Associated Press state wire story about a $5 million gift to UF from Jim and Alexis Pugh for the construction of a building to house the Bob Graham Center for Public Service. The story was the result of a news release and ran in numerous papers around the state.
Published: November 15 2005
Michael Perri, associate dean and a professor of clinical and health psychology, was quoted in a Nov. 15 Associated Press national wire story about his research showing that exercise can extend life. The story was the result of a news release.
Published: November 17 2005
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Bulgarian State Academic Opera brings Giacomo Puccini’s masterpiece “Madama Butterfly” to the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21. UF associate professor of music and opera workshop director Anthony Offerle will lead a pre-performance discussion, which is free and open to the public, at 6:45 p.m.
Published: November 16 2005
The goal of the community partners is to help our neighbors who live in the outlying and rural areas of Alachua County. On Nov. 18, more than 200 Thanksgiving baskets will be delivered to families in Alachua, Archer, Hawthorne, High Springs, LaCrosse, Micanopy, Newberry and Waldo. The estimated number of people who will be served is more than 1,000.