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With new technique, UF astronomers find potassium in giant planet's atmosphere

Published: August 31 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Any driver who's seen deer silhouetted by the headlights of an oncoming car knows that vital information can be conveyed by the outlines of objects.

With new technique, UF astronomers find potassium in giant planet’s atmosphere

Published: August 31 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Any driver who’s seen deer silhouetted by the headlights of an oncoming car knows that vital information can be conveyed by the outlines of objects.

Consumer confidence remains stagnant without future economic signals

Published: August 31 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With no clear signs the nation is either on the road to economic recovery or showing signs of entering another recession, Florida’s consumer confidence remained stagnant, inching up only one point to 67 in August, according to a new University of Florida survey.

Laptop theft results in data breach for P.K. Yonge employees, students

Published: August 31 2010

New device packs power to analyze genes, proteins at patients' bedside

Published: August 30 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have helped to develop a device that quickly identifies genes and proteins in body fluids — a technique that could make a vital difference to the trauma patients doctors treat.

UF researchers to document boating patterns; could aid endangered whales

Published: August 30 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — One of the world’s most endangered whale species makes its way south every winter to give birth in waters near northeast Florida and southeast Georgia.

NPR: Clive Wynne

Published: August 30 2010

Dr. John added to University of Florida Performing Arts

Published: August 30 2010

One Less Car Challenge is back for third year at UF

Published: August 30 2010

New device packs power to analyze genes, proteins at patients’ bedside

Published: August 30 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have helped to develop a device that quickly identifies genes and proteins in body fluids — a technique that could make a vital difference to the trauma patients doctors treat.

Phillips brings music of Woodstock in live concert Sept. 17

Published: August 27 2010

Multimedia: UF discovers house flies carrying five new illness-causing bacteria

Published: August 26 2010

Performance art continues this week in Focus Gallery

Published: August 26 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A performance exhibition featuring Josh Cajinarobleto in his first solo exhibition continues at 1 p.m. today and Friday in the Focus Gallery, main lobby of Fine Arts Building C.

Filthy Flies

Published: August 26 2010

You have at least five more reasons to keep pesky flies from landing on your food, five different bacteria that can cause serious disease in humans. University of Florida research shows that common house flies can carry some dangerous pathogens.

Sponsored research funding at UF hits record $678 million

Published: August 26 2010

Astronomers find two large planets, plus possible super-Earth-size one

Published: August 26 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A team of three University of Florida astronomers contributed to the Kepler spacecraft’s discovery of two Saturn-sized planets, plus a possible third planet with a radius just one-and-a-half times that of Earth, orbiting a distant star.

UF discovers house flies carrying five new illness-causing bacteria

Published: August 26 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Everyone knows that house flies aren’t welcome around food.

Popular sitcom actor to appear at Gator Growl

Published: August 25 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Aziz Ansari, an up and coming comedian best known for his role on the television series “Parks and Recreation,” has been chosen for the 2010 Gator Growl on Oct. 15.

Study Abroad Fair highlights global education opportunities

Published: August 25 2010

UF scientists find first link in humans between memory and nerve cell production

Published: August 25 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Production of new nerve cells in the human brain is linked to learning and memory, according to a new study from the University of Florida. The research is the first to show such a link in humans. The findings, published online and in an upcoming print issue of the journal Brain, provide clues about processes involved in age- and health-related memory loss and reveal potential cellular targets for drug therapy.

UF study shows carnivore species shrank during global warming event

Published: August 24 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study indicates extinct carnivorous mammals shrank in size during a global warming event that occurred 55 million years ago.

State of the University address to focus on higher ed globalization

Published: August 24 2010

Media advisory

Harn Museum receives major collection of Asian art, endowment

Published: August 24 2010

UF to host symposium centered on playwright August Wilson

Published: August 24 2010

Southwest Recreation Center celebrates expansion with special event

Published: August 23 2010

UF political science professor available for comment on Florida primary

Published: August 23 2010

Tip Sheet

UF research finds termite enzymes could be boon to cellulosic ethanol

Published: August 23 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Termite spit may soon help fill our gas tanks. University of Florida researchers have isolated two enzymes termites use to break up lignin, a tough plant material that is major problem during the production of cellulosic ethanol.

Agricultural workers sought for national influenza study

Published: August 20 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Agricultural workers age 18 years or older who work with swine, turkeys, geese or ducks may be eligible for enrollment in a University of Florida study of influenza and agricultural workers. The study will monitor agricultural workers and their household members for flu, paying particular attention to flu infections that can be transmitted by both animals and humans.

Media Advisory: 20th anniversary of student murders recognized

Published: August 20 2010

UF student ambassadors receive national award

Published: August 19 2010

University police offer safety services to students

Published: August 19 2010

Women stay in fringes of most popular comic strips, study finds

Published: August 18 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The portrayal of women in comic strips is no laughing matter, according to a new University of Florida study, which finds that females are rarely the jokester and often not even part of the humorous exchange.

New UF program helps smaller farms maintain high food-safety standards

Published: August 18 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With food safety a major health concern, larger farms routinely use customized safety plans to ensure everything’s done by the book—now, University of Florida experts are helping smaller farms follow suit.

UF, Hippodrome, Dance Alive offer sampler of arts offerings

Published: August 18 2010

Orchestra performance at Phillips canceled

Published: August 17 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The performance of PANDEMONIUM – Lost and Found Orchestra, originally scheduled for Friday, Oct. 1 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, has been canceled.

W. Clay Smith receives merit award for eye research

Published: August 17 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — W. Clay Smith, of the University of Florida College of Medicine, has been granted a $60,000 RPB Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award by Research to Prevent Blindness.

Ophthalmology department receives Research to Prevent Blindness grant

Published: August 17 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Research to Prevent Blindness has awarded an unrestricted research grant of $100,000 to the University of Florida College of Medicine’s Department of Ophthalmology to support research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases.

Staffers reach out to new students during next week

Published: August 17 2010

Florida Museum of Natural History offers monthly e-newsletter

Published: August 17 2010

UF scientists find genetic clues about pain insensitivity

Published: August 17 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A baby who rarely cries is many parents’ idea of a “happy” baby. Ashlyn Blocker was that kind of baby.

UF selected for Department of Energy project

Published: August 16 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory as one of the 15 research and deployment partnerships to participate in a four-year $90 million research project. The objective is to deliver innovative energy efficiency strategies to the residential market and address barriers to bringing high-efficiency homes within reach for all Americans.

State brings unit to campus to offer licenses, other services

Published: August 16 2010

UF College of Veterinary Medicine announces name change for hospital operation

Published: August 16 2010

Over-the-counter painkiller may help ease emotional slights, UF study finds

Published: August 12 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Maybe that disgruntled JetBlue flight attendant should have popped a couple of Tylenols.

Multimedia: Over-the-counter painkiller may help ease emotional slights, UF study finds

Published: August 12 2010

Machen, Meyer to speak at 40th annual Joint Civic Club Luncheon

Published: August 12 2010

Media advisory

Florida's economy could benefit from biomass for electricity, UF researcher says

Published: August 11 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumers know that buying locally produced food stimulates the local economy, and a University of Florida researcher says the same idea applies when power plants use locally produced wood as fuel.

UPD releases results of internal investigation into Corry Village incident

Published: August 11 2010

UF to host discussion on gender bias in the media

Published: August 11 2010

UF-Miami partners land $6 million in grants

Published: August 11 2010

MIAMI, Fla. — A three-group partnership of early-childhood education proponents — teaming the University of Florida, Miami-Dade Public Schools and The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation — has beat out more than 1,600 other applicants nationwide for a share of federal education money worth $650 million.

UPD chief to discuss internal investigation

Published: August 11 2010

Media advisory

UF neurology chairman named executive director of McKnight Brain Institute

Published: August 11 2010

UF/IFAS food microbiologist wins young researcher award

Published: August 10 2010

McClatchy Newspapers: Katheryn Russell-Brown

Published: August 10 2010

Artificial sweetener could help soybean plants resist rust disease, UF researchers say

Published: August 10 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Saccharin, the artificial sweetener used in diet drinks and other consumer products, has an unexpected sweet agricultural benefit: It helps soybean plants ward off a disease that threatens the entire soybean industry, University of Florida researchers say.

UF to lead $2.7 million worldwide project to discover fish species

Published: August 9 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Florida and two other institutions $2.7 million to conduct a global inventory of the largest order of freshwater fishes, including some of the most commercially important fish worldwide.

Machen, Meyer to speak at 40th annual Joint Civic Club Luncheon

Published: August 9 2010

Florida Blue Key to host final gubernatorial debate at UF

Published: August 6 2010

Participants sign up for real-life Florida 'FarmVille'

Published: August 5 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — FarmVille, Facebook's most popular game, allows millions to till digital soil and trade products in a virtual market. Now, University of Florida faculty are bringing social networking to real-life agriculture, and they want players.

Museum's 'Blue Path' exhibit explores, promotes protection of state springs

Published: August 5 2010


Princeton Review ranks UF Career Resource Center among top five in U.S.

Published: August 5 2010

Public art in medical building wins national award

Published: August 5 2010

UF one of first to receive two NSF research, education grants in same cycle

Published: August 5 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is one of the first institutions to receive two Partnership for International Research and Education Grants from the National Science Foundation in a single award cycle.

UF researchers to study weight-gain prevention program for college freshmen

Published: August 4 2010

UF researchers identifying, developing noninvasive ornamental plant varieties

Published: August 4 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Plants from around the world beautify America’s yards, and to minimize the chance that exotic species will grow where they shouldn’t, University of Florida researchers are identifying and developing varieties with a low risk of running wild.

Summer commencement ceremonies scheduled for Aug. 7

Published: August 3 2010

Media advisory

College chooses first director of revenue for multimedia properties

Published: August 3 2010

UF launches online master's degree in art education

Published: August 2 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — – The University of Florida College of Fine Arts now offers a new online Master of Arts in Art Education degree program with classes that started this month.

Bed Bug Remedy

Published: August 2 2010

Hotels and homeowners having trouble with bed bugs may just have to turn up the heat. University of Florida researchers have found a way to kill bed bugs that doesn’t involve any pesticides; it works just like a convection oven.

Longtime professor of virology named to administrative post at UF veterinary college

Published: August 2 2010

St. Petersburg Times: Chris McCarty

Published: August 10 2010

Chris McCarty, director of the Survey Research Center in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, was quoted in a July 28 St. Petersburg Times story about the monthly Florida consumer confidence report. The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.

St. Petersburg Times: Bruce Goldberger

Published: August 30 2010

Toxicologist Bruce Goldberger was quoted in an Aug. 5 St. Petersburg Times story about the popularity of the caffeinated malt liquor called Four Loko

New York Times: Norbert Dunke

Published: August 10 2010

Norbert Dunkel, director of housing and residence education, was quoted in a July 15 New York Times story about how college roommates resolve differences in today’s digital age.

New York Times: David Leavitt

Published: August 10 2010

English professor David Leavitt reviewed Selina Hastings’ “The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham” for the July 15 Sunday Book Review of The New York Times.

New York Daily News: Paul Doering

Published: August 30 2010

Paul Doering, a professor in the department of pharmacotherapy and translational research, was quoted in an Aug. 18 New York Daily News story about a recent report that found West Virginia had the highest per capita rate of prescription drug use in the country.

Men’s Glee Club invites students to sing

Published: August 16 2010

The University of Florida Men’s Glee Club is an open, male vocal ensemble that has been sharing their gift of song from more than 80 years.

McClatchy Newspapers: Paul Doering

Published: August 10 2010

Pharmacy professor Paul Doering was quoted in a July 27 McClatchy Newspapers story about the emergence of digital drugs, downloadable sound waves that produce a high when heard.

Associated Press: Susan Gillespie

Published: August 10 2010

Anthropology professor Susan Gillespie was quoted in a July 26 Associated Press story about the reconstruction of a set of human remains that indicates the first people who came to the Americas might have come from a broader area than previously thought.

Associated Press: Karen Bjorndal

Published: August 30 2010

Zoology professor Karen Bjorndal was quoted in an Aug. 5 Associated Press story about whether the Gulf of Mexico could completely recover from the BP oil spill.

Associated Press: Brian Stacy

Published: August 30 2010

Veterinary pathologist Brian Stacy was quoted in an Aug. 18 Associated Press story about the return of the first rehabilitated turtles oiled by BP’s massive leak to the Gulf of Mexico.