Tampa Tribune: Wayne Wallace
Published: December 24 2008
Published: December 24 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence among Floridians rose five points to 67 in December, reflecting optimism about new presidential leadership in January despite unprecedented pessimism about personal finances, a new University of Florida study finds.
Published: December 23 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For those who love “green” compact fluorescent bulbs but hate their cold light, here’s some good news: Researchers are closer to flipping the switch on cheaper, richer LED-type room lighting.
Published: December 18 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Group-based treatment programs may effectively combat childhood obesity in rural communities, according to a new University of Florida study.
Published: December 17 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s the time of year when festive lights outline rooftops and driveways, but University of Florida researchers have a different reason to celebrate the same technology that’s becoming popular Yule-time décor — better-growing crops.
Published: December 10 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers may have discovered why some brain cells necessary for healthy memory can survive old age or disease, while similar cells hardly a hairsbreadth away die.
Published: December 9 2008
Published: December 4 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Competition for resources can cause animal species in an ecological community to evolve away from each other, becoming less similar — but University of Florida research shows that sometimes mutual benefit causes just the opposite.
Published: December 4 2008
Shelby M.C. Davis, founder of the Davis United World College Scholars Program, will be recognized as an Honorary Alumnus and speak to Davis Scholars.
Published: December 3 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The wild pea pod is big and heavy, with seemingly little prayer of escaping the shade of its parent plant.
Published: December 3 2008
Radar can catch you for speeding and one day it might save your baby if he or she stops breathing. University of Florida engineers have developed a new system that uses radar technology to assess a person’s vital signs from a few feet away.
Published: December 2 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Radar — the technology that tracks enemy bombers and hurricanes — is now being employed to detect another danger: when babies stop breathing.
Published: December 2 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Radar — the technology that tracks enemy bombers and hurricanes — is now being employed to detect another danger: when babies stop breathing.
Published: December 1 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida, keeper of the world’s shark attack records, is also now overseeing a national records collection for another toothy marine predator: the sawfish.
Published: December 1 2008
Published: December 4 2008
Religion professor Bron Taylor was quoted in a Nov. 26 Associated Press story about how radical environmentalists were protesting certain solutions to global warming.
Published: December 28 2008
Chris McCarty, director of UF’s Survey Research Center at the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, was quoted in a Nov. 25 Associated Press story about the November consumer confidence report in Florida. The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.
Published: December 17 2008
Psychology professor Clive Wynne was quoted in a Dec. 8 Associated Press story about a study that found dogs might perceive unfair treatment of other dogs.
Published: December 2 2008
The entry deadline for the university-wide Golden Gator communication awards program has been extended from Dec. 1 to Dec. 8. For more program details, visit http://ufcn.urel.ufl.edu/goldengators/index.shtml.
Published: December 5 2008
The Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies has appointed Tim Becker as director. Becker holds a degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Florida and an MBA from Florida Gulf Coast University, where he served as an adjunct professor in real estate. His experience also includes working as director of commercial development for the Bonita Bay Group. Becker has attained the designation of Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and he is a past-president of the Southwest Florida chapter of the CCIM Institute.
Published: December 1 2008
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) seeks not only to be nationally competitive, but to be a global leader in teaching, research, and service, as a few examples below illustrate.
Published: December 2 2008
University of Florida head soccer coach Becky Burleigh recently was named the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year. This is the third such honor, following previously earning the designation in 1996 and 2000. In 2008, UF won its third consecutive — and ninth overall — SEC title. Burleigh has been coach since the program began 14 years ago.
Published: December 4 2008
Randell Alexander, chief of the College of Medicine’s division of child protection and forensic pediatrics in Jacksonville, was quoted in a Dec. 2 story in Discover magazine on shaken baby syndrome.
Published: December 11 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Players, under the direction of Artistic Director Michelle Karst, will host auditions for the spring 2009 season today, Dec. 11.
Published: December 2 2008
John Harvey has been named executive associate dean of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. Harvey was a founding member of the UF veterinary college’s faculty in 1974 and has served as chairman of the college’s department of physiological sciences since 1995.
Published: December 24 2008
Agricultural economist Mark Brown was quoted in a Dec. 22 http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-brazil-pests22-2008dec22,0,2096163.story story about how greening is affecting the citrus industry in Brazil.
Published: December 17 2008
President Bernie Machen’s op-ed column about how higher tuition could ensure a better education was published Dec. 16 in The Miami Herald. The column was edited by the News Bureau’s Op-Ed Service. It also was published in The Gainesville Sun and The Tallahassee Democrat.
Published: December 4 2008
An op-ed column by botany professor Francis E. “Jack” Putz about the disease threatening the Sabal palmetto was published Nov. 20 in The Miami Herald and The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C. The column was edited and placed by the UF News Bureau’s Op-Ed Service.
Published: December 28 2008
A week of Martin Luther King Jr. events, sponsored by the Black Graduate Student Organization, are scheduled for Jan. 14 to 20. Events will include a special speaker, campus-wide town-hall forum, candlelight celebration, Gatorship leadership/diversity retreat, alternative break weekend trips focused on low-income housing and environmental preservation, and a panel, “How the election of Barack Obama will impact the fight for civil rights and social justice.”
Published: December 24 2008
Community ecologist Todd Palmer was quoted in a Dec. 18 New Scientist story about the effect of elephants on other animals at watering holes.
Published: December 17 2008
Management professor Timothy Judge was quoted in a story in the Dec. 14 New York Times Magazine about his research into how traditional attitudes by men and women might affect their pay. The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.
Published: December 24 2008
Accounting professor Jennifer Tucker was quoted in a Dec. 16 Reuters story about General Electric’s decision to end quarterly earnings forecasts.
Published: December 24 2008
Land economist Grant Thrall was quoted in a Dec. 22 Sarasota Herald-Tribune story about the possibility of economic deflation and its impact.
Published: December 4 2008
Economist David Denslow was quoted in a Nov. 30 St. Petersburg Times story about a meeting of economists and their predictions for Florida’s future.
Published: December 10 2008
Iona R. Malanchuk, associate university librarian and head of the Education Library at the University of Florida, recently was named an awardee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times “I Love My Librarian Award.” Malanchuk is one of 10 librarians nationally recognized.
Published: December 17 2008
Law professor Jonathan Cohen was quoted in a Dec. 9 United Press International story about General Motors’ use of an ad to apologize to customers for the company’s failing financial situation.
Published: December 24 2008
Stan Smith, director of the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, was quoted in a Dec. 22 USA Today story about the end of the population boom in the Sun Belt.
Published: December 28 2008
This year, the University of Florida will include Jan. 2, 2009 as part of the regular December and New Year holidays. This addition will allow reduced energy consumption for a total of 11 days, resulting in significant cost savings for the university. Some “essential personnel” will be required to work during the holiday period. Questions should be directed to an employee’s supervisor or Leave Administration at 352-392-5732, central-leave@ufl.edu.