UF professor emeritus elected to National Academy of Sciences
Published: April 30 2010
Published: April 29 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Countless words have been put to paper over the years in attempts to describe the beauty of a tree — including carefully crafted passages by the world’s most gifted writers. But those writings pale in comparison to the intricacy of a tree’s own genetic script.
Published: April 28 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida real estate markets show the first tentative signs of being on the verge of recovering from the most painful recession in the state’s history, according to the latest University of Florida report.
Published: April 28 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The health of many women and children in Afghanistan is at great risk because of passive exposure to heroin and other drugs, according to a new study commissioned by the U.S. Department of State and jointly led by two University of Florida drug addiction experts.
Published: April 27 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Shoppers rushing to take advantage of home and appliance rebates caused Florida's consumer confidence to spike in April by six points to 77 despite the state's record unemployment, according to a new University of Florida survey.
Published: April 26 2010
Published: April 22 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It pays to keep employees who are good friends side by side in the workplace, suggests a University of Florida study that finds pals often help each other by working closely on a job but can reduce productivity if they labor in separate departments.
Published: April 20 2010
Published: April 16 2010
Published: April 15 2010
Forty years ago late Tuesday night, the astronauts aboard a stricken Apollo 13 famously reported, “Houston, we have a problem.” • Though it is not a life-or-death situation, Florida’s space industry today faces a quandary that is every bit as much about survival.
Published: April 13 2010
Published: April 13 2010
Published: April 9 2010
Published: April 7 2010
It turns out a little positive reinforcement won’t just help kids do better in school, it can help older adults do better at performing everyday tasks. University of Florida researchers have found that in older people, positive feedback tends to lead to improved performance on goal and memory tasks.
Published: April 1 2010
Published: April 1 2010
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Published: April 1 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A group of scholars led by Daniel Smith, a University of Florida political science professor, filed a “friend of the court” brief today with the U.S. Supreme Court urging states be allowed to publicly disclose citizen signatures on ballot initiatives and referenda.
Published: April 15 2010
Stephen Craig, chairman of the political science department, was quoted in an April 2 Washington Times story about the political fallout in Florida because of the recently passed health care reform legislation.
Published: April 15 2010
Wayne Wallace, director of the Career Resource Center, was quoted in an April 3 Wall Street Journal story about the decline in the number of employer recruiters seeking college graduates.
Published: April 25 2010
Criminology professor Richard Hollinger was quoted in an April 7 Wall Street Journal story about how small businesses can discover employee thefts.
Becoming a part of The Gator Nation has been a big part of life for my wife and me, since we moved to Gainesville in 2006. Now, as dean of the UF International Center, I am particularly proud of the tag line to the UF slogan, “The Foundation for The Gator Nation.”
Published: April 29 2010
Martin Main, a coyote expert, was quoted in an April 21 Tampa Tribune story about dealing with coyotes.
Published: April 2 2010
Fletcher Baldwin Jr., constitutional law professor, was quoted in a March 26 Tampa Tribune story about Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum’s lawsuit to challenge the newly passed health care reform bill.
Published: April 2 2010
Paul Duncan, professor of health services research, was quoted in a March 29 St. Petersburg Times story about the new health care provision allowing parents to keep adult children on their insurance plans to age 26
Published: April 2 2010
An op-ed column about the future of the Everglades by history professor Jack Davis was published March 17 in the St. Petersburg Times. The column was edited and pitched by the UF News Bureau’s Op-Ed service.
Published: April 2 2010
Economist David Denslow was quoted in a March 17 St. Petersburg Times story about the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater region ranking among the nation’s poorest performing economies.
Published: April 2 2010
An op-ed column by Bron Taylor, a professor of religion and environmental ethics, about the dangers of driving on beaches was published March 24 by the St. Petersburg Times.
Published: April 21 2010
Bill Kern, associate professor of entomology and nematology at the Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, was quoted in an April 14 story in the St. Petersburg Times about how the record cold winter affected the brown Cuban anole lizards population.
Published: April 21 2010
Wayne Archer, executive director of the Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies, was quoted in an April 19 South Florida Sun-Sentinel story about South Florida’s condo market
Published: April 6 2010
Do you know who the dean of students is? If you’re a student living on campus, she could be your neighbor. Jen Day Shaw, the new University of Florida dean of students, is so dedicated to her job that she rarely leaves work. She exercises, dines and relaxes in an atmosphere surrounded with students.
Published: April 29 2010
Research by James Hall, professor in the department of communicative disorders, into the effects of the use of blaring trumpets by fans at soccer matches in South Africa was cited in an April 22 Reuters story.
Published: April 6 2010
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Published: April 15 2010
Journalism professor and First Amendment expert Clay Calvert was interviewed by Fox News on April 12 about the recent court decision ordering the father of a killed soldier to pay legal costs for an anti-gay church whose members protested outside his son’s funeral.
Published: April 8 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Players, University of Florida’s student-run theatre group, continues its spring 2010 showcase season with Sam Shepard’s heart-racing drama, “Fool for Love.”
Published: April 15 2010
Rizwan Bashirullah, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, was quoted in a March 31 Business Week story about UF researchers’ invention of a “satellite pill” that will tell others if it’s been taken. The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.