Campaign to urge Gators to wear helmets while riding scooters
Published: September 30 2009
Published: September 30 2009
Published: September 29 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Scientists studying biology and geography may seem worlds apart, but together they have answered a question that has defied explanation about the spread of the HIV-1 epidemic in Africa.
Published: September 28 2009
Published: September 24 2009
Published: September 30 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A regular tai chi exercise program can help people better control their diabetes and lower glucose levels, according to a University of Florida study.
Published: September 24 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Good news for your utility bills and the environment: New University of Florida research shows that landscape shrubs need much less water to establish healthy roots than you might expect.
Published: September 24 2009
Published: September 24 2009
Some experts call water the most overused resource in the Sunshine State. A new University of Florida study shows those news shrubs in your yard don’t need much water to establish themselves.
Published: September 23 2009
Published: September 23 2009
Published: September 23 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s bad enough that the Southeast is bedeviled by a tick that doesn’t mind taking up residence inside homes.
Published: September 23 2009
Pet owners beware; a certain creepy crawler is infesting homes across the southeastern United States and traditional control methods aren’t slowing it down. University of Florida researchers have discovered the brown dog tick is not responding to Permetherin, a product found in most flea and tick pet medications.
Published: September 21 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new kind of computer forecast could save Florida residents and the state millions of dollars in hurricane damages to the fragile web of utilities that carries electrical power across the state, says a University of Florida energy researcher.
Published: September 18 2009
Published: September 17 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When scientists discuss Everglades restoration, one phrase pops up again and again — “getting the water right.”
Published: September 17 2009
Published: September 17 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Samuel Proctor Florida History Lecture Series at the University of Florida begins again Sept. 23 with a presentation by two Gainesville historians.
Published: September 16 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Crucial donations from parents and local businesses plummet when public schools receive poor letter grades, and the effect is most pronounced in institutions serving low-income students, according to a new University of Florida study.
Published: September 15 2009
Propofol hit Hollywood headlines in the Michael Jackson case and now it’s making news in the reptile world. University of Florida researchers have developed a more effective way to collect snake venom; they inject the anesthetic and administer nerve stimulation.
Published: September 16 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Florida used gene therapy to cure two squirrel monkeys of color blindness — the most common genetic disorder in people.
Published: September 15 2009
Published: September 15 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — While studying a way to more safely and effectively collect snake venom, University of Florida researchers have noticed the venom delivered by an isolated population of Florida cottonmouth snakes may be changing in response to their diet.
Published: September 15 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Less than two months after they inaugurated the world’s largest telescope, University of Florida astronomers have used one of the world’s most advanced telescopic instruments to gather images of the heavens.
Published: September 14 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida mammalogist David Reed has received a $900,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award to study the evolutionary biology of human lice.
Published: September 11 2009
Published: September 11 2009
Published: September 10 2009
Published: September 9 2009
Published: September 9 2009
Published: September 8 2009
Published: September 2 2009
Published: September 4 2009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Regional Transit System (RTS) is offering game-day shuttles tomorrow for the University of Florida football game. Park-N-Ride locations include Hilton University of Florida Conference Center, Oaks Mall, The Village Center in Haile Plantation, Tioga Town Center and the Southwest Downtown Parking Garage.
Published: September 30 2009
Dr. Carmen Allegra, an oncologist, was quoted in a Sept. 25 Associated Press about medical treatment for women with DCIS, or ductal carcinoma in situ.
Published: September 18 2009
Toxicology professor Bruce Goldberger was quoted in a Sept. 2 Associated Press story about the effort to exhume the body of a New York woman to disprove toxicological results that she showed she was drunk and high when she caused a multiple fatal accident.
Published: September 18 2009
Anthropology professor Connie Mulligan, associate director of the UF Genetics Institute, was quoted in a Sept. 9 Chicago Tribune story about her research into how socio-cultural factors could cause health problems in some races. The story was the result of a Health Science Center news release.
Published: September 1 2009
InsideUF is the official campus news of the University of Florida. Today (Tuesday Sept. 1), InsideUF’s print edition is in the Independent Florida Alligator. The print edition appears as page 3 of the Alligator biweekly, on alternating Tuesdays.
Published: September 30 2009
William Hauswirth, an ophthalmic molecular geneticist, was quoted in a Sept. 17 London Sunday Times story about his work to cure two monkeys of color blindness. The story was among many in numerous news media and was the result of a Health Science Center news release.
Published: September 18 2009
Trustee Al Warrington was quoted in a Sept. 11 Miami Herald story about his commitment to donate $16 million to increase the number of faculty in the Warrington College of Business Administration. The story was the result of a University of Florida Foundation release.
Published: September 30 2009
Philip Williams, director of the Center for Latin American Studies, was quoted in a Sept. 25 Miami Herald story about the future options for the deposed Honduras president, Manuel “Mel” Zelaya.
Published: September 18 2009
Economics professor Stanley K. Smith was quoted in an Aug. 30 New York Times story about how Florida’s growth had stopped after 100 years. The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.
Published: September 3 2009
GAINESVILLE, Florida – In observance of Labor Day, all Regional Transit System (RTS) offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 7, and there will be no bus service. This includes ADA paratransit service, such as transporation to and from dialysis appointments.
Published: September 30 2009
Fletcher Baldwin, a professor emeritus and constitutional law scholar, was quoted in a Sept. 21 Palm Beach Post story about the state’s questioning of the use of a speed-catching van in Juno Beach.
Published: September 29 2009
Behind some of the most recognizable professional mascots’ plush suits and painted mesh, there lies a Gator.
Published: September 30 2009
Ted Kury, director of energy studies at UF’s Public Utility Research Center, was quoted in a Sept. 21 South Florida Business Journal story about a computer forecast model to help utilities determine potential savings for hurricane protection. The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.
Published: September 30 2009
Fletcher Baldwin, a professor emeritus and constitutional law scholar, was quoted in a Sept. 18 St. Petersburg Times story about an effort to amend Florida’s Constitution to block any federal health care reform in Florida.
Published: September 30 2009
Law professor Diane H . Mazur was quoted in a Sept. 27 Virginian-Pilot story about the contradictory policies faced by gays in the military.