Update: Weekly
Published: March 31 2008
This is Update Weekly, your online audio source of University of Florida news and events for the week beginning Monday, March 31st.
Published: March 31 2008
This is Update Weekly, your online audio source of University of Florida news and events for the week beginning Monday, March 31st.
Published: March 27 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A math professor has won the world’s most prestigious award in mathematics, it was announced Thursday morning.
Published: March 27 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The bursting of Florida’s housing bubble and overall economy has also let the air out of the state’s famed population growth, which has shrunk to its lowest levels in three decades, according to the latest projections from the .
Published: March 27 2008
: University of Florida President Bernie Machen and Berit Johne, counselor for science at the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, will be among those present at a reception to honor John Thompson, UF professor of mathematics who has won the Abel Prize. Johne will read a congratulatory message from the Norwegian ambassador.
Published: March 26 2008
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Termites aren’t just out to eat the wood in your home. A new study shows the voracious insects like to feast on your home’s insulation, too — making it nearly 75 percent less effective.
Published: March 25 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s consumer confidence fell five points to 68 in March, reflecting growing pessimism about the national economy in the midst of the housing and credit crisis, a new study reports.
Published: March 24 2008
This is Update Weekly, your online audio source of University of Florida news and events for the week beginning Monday, March 24th.
Published: March 21 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thicker steering wheels, wide-angle mirrors, larger dashboard controls and six-way adjustable seats are features seniors should consider when choosing a vehicle.
Published: March 18 2008
Published: March 18 2008
: An opportunity to see presentations by 16 University of Florida start-up companies in areas including life sciences, medical devices and information technology that are commercializing the latest in cutting-edge technologies.
Published: March 17 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Keeping middle schoolers from alcohol is a tougher task in the inner city than in rural areas, even for experts armed with the best prevention programs, a new study shows.
Published: March 17 2008
This is Update Weekly, your online audio source of University of Florida news and events for the week beginning Monday, March 17th.
Published: March 11 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As executive chef at one of Florida’s most popular resorts, Anthony Sicignano must know virtually every form of cooking to direct nearly 3,000 daily meals. This season, however, he also has to be part florist.
Published: March 10 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — High-energy physicists devoted to recreating the conditions at the beginning of the universe have for the first time observed a new way to produce those basic particles of atoms, protons and neutrons.
Published: March 11 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq approaches, anti-war groups are turning to tactics designed to provoke authorities to make arrests as a substitute for the kind of mass rallies they organized in the past, says a University of Florida researcher.
Published: March 7 2008
Published: March 5 2008
Millions of Americans try to balance work and family, often feeling guilty when they have to spend more time on one than the other. Now a University of Florida study pinpoints who’s likely to feel the most guilt.
Published: March 4 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Acts of government surveillance — from increasing use of closed-circuit televisions and global positioning systems to an array of sophisticated technologies that can access records about our activities — represent an insidious assault on the freedom of Americans that the law has failed to respond to, according to a new book from a professor.
Published: March 3 2008
Published: March 3 2008
: Children and staff of Baby Gator Child Development and Research Center, plus prominent Gators such as Chris Machen, wife of University of Florida President Bernie Machen.
Published: March 5 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Warmer weather is just around the corner, but before families fire up the barbecue, roast marshmallows around a crackling campfire or burn yard debris, they should consider some common precautions to help snuff out a serious childhood health risk.
Published: March 3 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A little fertilizer can perk up a St. Augustinegrass lawn as spring arrives, but homeowners who overdo it may find they’re growing more than grass.
Published: March 3 2008
This is Update Weekly, your online audio source of University of Florida news and events for the week beginning Monday, March 3rd.
Published: March 6 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the first cities to experience the horror of nuclear weapons. Both were instantly devastated, and hundreds of thousands of lives were lost. The Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation and its advocacy organization, Mayors for Peace, are sending a delegation to the United States to mark the 63rd anniversary of the dropping of the nuclear bomb in Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945.
Published: March 10 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The “Radical Women in Gainesville” online digital collection and exhibit is now open in celebration of Women’s History Month. To view the exhibit, visit http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/?s=rwg&m=hitletter.
Published: March 20 2008
Political science professor Michael Heaney was quoted in a March 20 ABC News report about the protests marking the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War. See related media advisory.
Published: March 13 2008
Anthropologist Connie Mulligan was quoted in a March 13 Associated Press story about recent DNA findings that indicated nearly all Native Americans in North, Central and South America are descended from six women who immigrated around 20,000 years ago. The story ran in numerous newspapers nationwide.
Published: March 14 2008
Political science professor Kenneth Wald was quoted in a March 14 Associated Press story about Barack Obama’s relationship with Jewish voters.
Published: March 17 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Four Warrington College of Business Administration students earned first place at the 18th Annual Undergraduate Marketing Case Challenge. Sarah Anassori, Matthew Kuhl, Sashi Mylavarapu and Catherine Nguyen devised ways to strengthen Alltel’s future response to natural disasters. Alltel’s chief marketing officer commented that he was particularly impressed with the integrity of the team’s solution and the poise they exhibited.
Published: March 6 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The amount of worry shared by parents and their grownup children can feel like a warm comforter or wet blanket, a new University of Florida study finds.
Published: March 10 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Players is pleased to announce the third production of its Spring 2008 season, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Sunday in the Park with George.”
Published: March 11 2008
Epidemiology professor Robert Cook was quoted in a March 11 Florida Times-Union story about the higher than average rate of STD infections among African-Americans in the Jacksonville area and elsewhere in Florida.
Published: March 10 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s School of Art and Art History presents “Visions of Bahia, Brazil, from the Collection of Frances F. Switt” on display now through Aug. 15 in Grinter Gallery.
Published: March 18 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will host the 31st annual Herpetology Conference on March 29-30. For more information about the conference, visit www.flmnh.ufl.edu//herpetology/herpsconference/afhc.htm or e-mail apitt@ufl.edu.
Published: March 18 2008
Here’s the print version of InsideUF for March 18, 2008.
Published: March 18 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Fallout from the subprime meltdown is now spreading from the residential to commercial real estate sectors, but the outlook for Florida remains stable because of the fundamentals of good climate and in-migration, according to the latest University of Florida survey.
Published: March 4 2008
Wayne Archer, director of the Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies, was among the experts who participated in a March 4 program about Florida’s real estate bust on NPR’s On Point. His appearance was the result of a News Bureau referral.
Published: March 5 2008
Linda Bartoshuk, a professor in UF’s Center for Smell and Taste, was quoted in a March 5 New York Times story about the continued use of MSG in many Chinese restaurants.
Published: March 24 2008
A study by the University of Florida that suggested safety features for older drivers was the subject of a March 24 Newsday story. See related news release.
Published: March 12 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The O’Connell Center will be closed from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday to allow training by the University of Florida and Gainesville police departments. The police will conduct “active shooter” scenario training inside the facility. It will involve on-duty personnel to simulate a real-time response. Signs will be posted in the area indicating the facility will be closed during those hours.
Published: March 18 2008
Gainesville, Fla. — The Economist magazine has ranked the University of Florida’s MBA Program at the Hough Graduate School of Business No. 1 in the world.
Published: March 4 2008
Chris McCarty, director of the Survey Research Center, was quoted in a Feb. 29 Palm Beach Post story about the potential impact of gas being sold for $4 per gallon.
Published: March 29 2008
Political science professor Daniel Smith was quoted in a March 29 Reuters story about the potential impact of hot-button ballot questions such as gay marriage on this year’s presidential election.
Published: March 27 2014
Math professor John Thompson’s win of the Abel Award was the subject of a March 27 Reuters story. See related news release.
Published: March 14 2008
Dr. Mark Gold, chairman of addiction medicine, was quoted in a March 14 San Diego Union-Tribune story about a new project to study cannabis addiction.
Published: March 31 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida chemists are the first to use a new tool to identify the molecular signatures of serious diseases — without any previous knowledge of what these microscopic signatures or “biomarkers” should look like.
Published: March 25 2008
Stan Smith, director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, was quoted in a March 25 South Florida Sun-Sentinel story about Broward County’s historic first loss of population in 2007.
Published: March 18 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — More than 170 dancers from Gainesville and across the country spun into town for “Stompin’ at The Swamp,” Feb. 29- March 2. The weekend’s workshops, lessons and dances all had the theme of “Leaping through Time.” The convention wanted to teach beginning and advanced swing dancers alike about the history of swing dancing, in addition to encourage its current popularity and provide for the future of swing dancers everywhere.
Published: March 3 2008
Law professor Lyrissa Lidsky and international shark expert George Burgess were quoted in a March 3 Time magazine story about the recent death of a man while swimming with sharks in the Bahamas.
Published: March 31 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tax season is one of the most stressful times of the year. And a University of Florida expert cautions against making common mistakes that can complicate matters as we go about accounting for our income with the federal government.
Published: March 20 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two graduates of the University of Florida Documentary Institute recently won an Emmy at the 29th annual College Television Awards in Los Angeles for their thesis project, “Bismillah: In the Name of Allah.”
Published: March 19 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Calling it a silver lining may be a stretch, but the storm clouds wrought by the devastating 2004 hurricane season did bring the Sunshine State at least one ray of relief.
Published: March 10 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The powerful impact that a great film score adds to a motion picture is indisputable. Though composers of film scores may not have achieved the legendary acclaim of Mozart, composers of film scores have caught the attention of many, including the Academy Awards and the University Symphony Orchestra at the University of Florida.
Published: March 29 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The 1920s come roaring back with a vengeance when the hit musical “Chicago” comes to town on April 11 for two performances at the Phillips Center.
Published: March 18 2008
Finance professor Jay Ritter was quoted in a March 18 USA Today story about the record-setting initial public offering by Visa.
Published: March 20 2008
Stan Smith, director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, was quoted in a March 20 USA Today story about how the housing crisis had reduced migration to Florida.
Published: March 3 2008
The film “Puedo Hablar?/May I Speak?” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on March 4 in the Reitz Union Cinema. The film and photo exhibit will be introduced by the film’s director, Chris Moore
Published: March 31 2008
Political science professor Richard Scher was quoted in a March 31 Wall Street Journal story about the number of felons hoping to regain their voting rights in Florida. A link is not available because the Journal is by subscription only.
Published: March 25 2008
Law professor Fletcher Baldwin was quoted in a March 3 Washington Post story about the hiring of two people in a District of Columbia agency trying to regain public trust after a scandal.
Published: March 3 2014
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Losses in Tuesday’s presidential primaries in Texas and Ohio could end Hillary Rodham Clinton’s bid for the Democratic nomination, but her campaign is already an interesting study of the current state of women in politics.