01
Published: January 31 2006
Celebrating their 80th anniversary, the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters are bringing their 2006 "Unstoppable" North American Tour to the University of Florida.
Published: January 31 2006
Published: January 31 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tonight’s State of the Union speech is President Bush’s chance to regain ground with Americans and to create a domestic policy legacy, two University of Florida political science professors said.
Published: January 31 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University Press of Florida will be the first scholarly press in the nation to be featured on C-SPAN Book TV.
Published: January 31 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s consumer confidence rose four points in January to 95, its highest level in six months, reflecting optimism about record-high employment, an upswing in the stock market and a pre-holiday dip in gas prices, University of Florida economists report.
Published: January 30 2006
Published: January 30 2006
Published: January 30 2006
Published: January 30 2006
Published: January 30 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Adolescents who experience puberty earlier than their peers are more likely to be physically victimized through fights or offending behaviors such as bullying.
Published: January 28 2006
Published: January 27 2006
Published: January 26 2006
Published: January 26 2006
Published: January 26 2006
What: The International Conference on Aging, Disability and Independence will bring together 600 experts on aging from 40 countries to discuss the use of technology to maintain independence and quality of life for seniors.
Published: January 26 2006
Published: January 25 2006
Published: January 25 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — People with strong views on abortion and other controversial issues tend to exaggerate differences of opinion they have with their opponents, a new University of Florida study finds.
Published: January 25 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Perhaps edging closer to finding planets that harbor life, astronomers have discovered the smallest planet yet identified outside our solar system.
Published: January 24 2006
Published: January 24 2006
Media Advisory
Published: January 24 2006
All news media representatives attending the University of Florida speech by filmmaker Spike Lee on Feb. 1 in the O’Connell Center will be required to show press credentials in order to gain access to the media/press area.
Published: January 24 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In celebration of February’s Black History Month, the University of Florida will offer a month-long schedule of events and festivities to pay tribute to blacks’ struggles, successes and scholarship.
Published: January 24 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers say primitive cells that act like molecular maintenance men — traveling throughout the body to repair damaged blood vessels — become too rigid to move in patients with diabetes, fueling the disease’s vascular complications. But they have found a way to restore the cells’ flexibility, at least in the laboratory, according to findings published in the January issue of the journal Diabetes.
Published: January 23 2006
Published: January 23 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The former director of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy organization, will speak Jan. 30 at the University of Florida.
Published: January 23 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will offer a four-week home-school class series titled “Fossils: Clues from the Past” from 10 a.m. to noon on Jan. 30, Feb. 6, Feb. 13 and Feb. 20 for children ages 7-11.
Published: January 23 2006
GAINESVILLE,Fla. – University of Florida President Bernie Machen will speak at the Writing on the Wall Project Closing Ceremony and Teardown at 1 p.m. Friday at the Plaza of the Americas.
Published: January 21 2006
Published: January 20 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will explore the chemical process behind the phenomenon of natural light and its value for humans when it opens the traveling exhibition "Glow: Living Lights" Jan. 28.
Published: January 20 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Take a group of performers from Australia, the United States and Canada, add two-time Olivier Award-winning choreographer Dein Perry, eclectic designer/director Nigel Triffit and composer Andrew Wilkie, and you get "Tap Dogs" – part theater, part dance, part rock concert, part party, part construction site – a rough, tough and rocking reinvention of tap.
Published: January 20 2006
Published: January 20 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History is planning the inaugural Florida Butterfly Festival to be held Oct. 14-15.
Published: January 20 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The fight to eradicate citrus canker from Florida ended last week when federal officials announced they’d stop funding removal of exposed trees, but researchers with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are confident that in time the disease can be managed to ensure the future viability of the $9.1 billion Florida citrus industry.
Published: January 20 2006
Published: January 19 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Canker topped the list of worries for the Florida citrus industry until citrus greening – described as the world’s most serious citrus disease – was found in groves last year.
Published: January 19 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The MRI and CT scan may one day have a robotic cousin capable of following and peering into patients as they move around.
Published: January 18 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida project launched to reverse the critical teacher shortage and attrition rates of three inner-city Florida high schools is showing signs of success and moving into a new phase that will involve additional schools.
Published: January 18 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When freezes threaten crops, growers rely on the Florida Automated Weather Network for accurate weather data to protect their crops. In addition to delivering weather data 24 hours daily, the University of Florida network helps farmers improve their irrigation efficiency and provides reliable climate predictions months in advance.
Published: January 18 2006
Published: January 18 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Growth hormone helps hundreds of children with a rare disorder that causes them to gorge on food, but for some, starting treatment can worsen a dangerous nighttime breathing problem, University of Florida researchers have found.
Published: January 17 2006
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A name often associated with a device that has revolutionized stroke-prevention therapy will soon also be associated with the University of Florida’s College of Engineering.
Published: January 17 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — New York Times op-ed columnist and best-selling author David Brooks will help the University of Florida College of Education launch its yearlong Centennial Celebration, serving as featured speaker for a lecture and panel discussion at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 24 at UF’s Emerson Alumni Hall.
Published: January 17 2006
Published: January 13 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When it comes to medical conditions, not all people are created equal. African-Americans, for example, are at extremely high risk for developing high blood pressure and its complications such as stroke, heart attack and kidney failure.
Published: January 13 2006
Published: January 13 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Demand for land by developers, investors and speculators pushed the value of agricultural land to record levels in all regions of the state during the past year, according to a new University of Florida survey.
Published: January 13 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -– University of Florida Performing Arts has organized three residency activities in conjunction with L.A. Theatre Works’ production of “The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial” Jan. 17 and 18.
Published: January 12 2006
WIMAUMA, Fla. — With this month’s federal ban on most uses of methyl bromide, University of Florida scientists are searching for alternatives to the widely used soil fumigant that is essential for the production of fruits, vegetables and ornamentals in Florida and the nation.
Published: January 12 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Brazilian berry popular in health food contains antioxidants that destroyed cultured human cancer cells in a recent University of Florida study, one of the first to investigate the fruit’s purported benefits.
Published: January 12 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Long before Americans debated the teaching of “intelligent design,” the nation watched the battle between evolution and creationism play out in a small-town Tennessee courtroom.
Published: January 11 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting a very young star nearly 100 light years away using a relatively small, publicly accessible telescope turbocharged with a new planet-finding instrument.
Published: January 11 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — School tuition vouchers are likely to survive in other states, despite the Florida Supreme Court’s decision last week to strike down the program for students attending failing schools, said a University of Florida economist.
Published: January 11 2006
Published: January 10 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida's three-strikes law is a swing and a miss as a crime-fighting tool, finds a new University of Florida study about the legislation that imposes increasingly stiff mandatory jail terms for gun-wielding criminals.
Published: January 10 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida information technology experts want users of Windows operating systems to be aware of a serious vulnerability that was discovered in Windows Meta File (WMF) during the holidays. It affects all versions of Windows operating systems and is being exploited across the world affecting many Windows file types and applications.
Published: January 10 2006
Published: January 10 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s three-strikes law is a swing and a miss as a crime-fighting tool, finds a new University of Florida study about the legislation that imposes increasingly stiff mandatory jail terms for gun-wielding criminals.
Published: January 10 2006
The Center for Sexual Assault/Abuse Recovery & Education at the University of Florida will sponsor two events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in January.
Published: January 9 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Constitutional law experts from the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law are available today for comment on Supreme Court nomination hearings for Judge Samuel Alito.
Published: January 9 2006
Published: January 9 2006
Published: January 9 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -– Renée Fleming, considered by many the “gold standard” of soprano, performs at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. A pre-performance discussion, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 6:45 p.m.
Published: January 9 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Spike Lee, award-winning producer, director, writer and actor will speak at 8 p.m. Feb. 1 in the O’Connell Center at the University of Florida. His visit is free and open to the public. Lee’s appearance is co-sponsored by ACCENT Speakers Bureau and Black History Month 2006. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Published: January 6 2006
Published: January 6 2006
Published: January 5 2006
Published: January 5 2006
The University of North Florida and the University of Florida will make an announcement at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, in the Health Science Center Atrium at Shands Jacksonville about a major gift that will help address the critical nursing shortage in Florida.
Published: January 5 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Nancy E. Soderberg, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 18 in the Rion Ballroom of the Reitz Student Union, University of Florida.
Published: January 4 2006
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A brief one-on-one consultation may increase exercise and decrease alcohol and cigarette use among adolescents for up to three months after the intervention with some positive effects still seen one year later, according to a new University of Florida study.
Published: January 4 2006
Published: January 3 2006
Published: January 3 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Black baby girls born weighing 2.2 pounds or less are more than twice as likely to survive as white baby boys born at the same weight, when many preemies are still too tiny to make it on their own, University of Florida researchers have found.
Published: January 3 2006
Published: January 2 2006
Published: January 2 2006
Published: January 28 2006
Eugene J. Gerberg, an adjunct professor of medical entomology, was quoted in a Jan. 3 Washington Post (732,872) story about a bug-infested house in Maryland used for entomology research.
Published: January 29 2006
John Chambers, a psychology professor, was quoted in a Jan. 29 United Press International story about his study showing that abortion opponents and proponents actually may share some common values. The story was the result of a news release.
Published: January 25 2006
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Phillips Center for the Performing Arts building will make its first encore in the form of an expansion of the existing building, thanks to a major gift from two Gainesville arts patrons.
Published: January 30 2006
“Casino Jack” Abramoff is sullying the good schmooze. Nobody denies that schmoozing is at the heart of lobbying. But the term has acquired a bad rap, and this latest ethics debacle is a nail in the coffin for what used to denote something positive.
Published: January 2 2006
Psychiatrist Wayne Goodman was quoted in a Jan. 2 Reuters news service story about how antidepressants reduce the incidence of suicidal behavior in adults.
Published: January 3 2006
Neurology professor Roger Reep was quoted in a Jan. 3 New York Times (circ. 1.1 million) story about what makes animals cute. See related news release.
Published: January 1 2006
Cuban economy specialist Paolo Spadoni was quoted in a Jan. 1 Los Angeles Times (circ. 955,211) story about Cubans’ preference for the U.S. dollar over the Cuban peso.
Published: January 6 2006
UF Libraries will offer orientation sessions Jan. 17, 18 and 19 in Room 107 of the Marston Science Library.
Published: January 31 2006
A general information session about upcoming elections for the University of Florida’s Student Government starts at 6 p.m. today in the Reitz Student Union, Room 361.
Published: January 5 2006
“UF scientist finds unexpected link between cat and human AIDS viruses” was the No. 1 most-visited news release of 2005 on EurekAlert, a service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The release was produced by UF’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
Published: January 29 2006
Journalism department chairman William McKeen was quoted in the Jan. 29 Baltimore Sun (circ. 470,014) for a story about rock ‘n’ roll history.