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Published: March 31 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In building a culture where even the most underprivileged students can achieve academic success, schools may be able to inadvertently stymie another problem: drug and alcohol use.
Published: March 31 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In building a culture where even the most underprivileged students can achieve academic success, schools may be able to inadvertently stymie another problem: drug and alcohol use.
Published: March 31 2011
Experts say teen drug and alcohol use has surged in recent years, but many parents struggle to help their kids deal with the problem. Now a new University of Florida study says school can make a big difference in teens’ lives outside the classroom.
Published: March 30 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s economic importance in Florida has continued to grow in recent years, thanks to an increase in research grants and rising demand for health care services, according to a new study by UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Published: March 30 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new technique honed by University of Florida scientists can track rapid molecular changes that occur in cholera strains during epidemics and researchers hope the genetic analysis will help stamp out such outbreaks.
Published: March 30 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A researcher has helped describe the earliest known fossil remains of a flowering plant from China that has a direct evolutionary relationship with most plants humans depend on today.
Published: March 29 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence among Floridians dropped four points in March to 72 as many economic indicators for Florida continue to show signs of weakness, according to a new University of Florida survey.
Published: March 29 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Parents and providers from Gainesville and the surrounding areas are invited to learn a lesson or two about taking care of their teeny toddlers at this weekend’s Guiding and Teaching Our Remarkable Children (G.A.T.O.R.) conference.
Published: March 28 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. —Book readers and book eaters can get ready for the ninth annual Read-A-Thon and the fifth annual Edible Book Contest.
Published: March 28 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As part of 2011 National Farm Worker Awareness week, the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida is sponsoring a panel discussion March 30 titled “Haitian Labor Enslaved: From Haiti to Florida!”
Published: March 28 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Climate Institute Distinguished Scholar Seminar will feature Chet Koblinsky, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Program Office, presenting a seminar “Climate Information in Public Interest: Building the Network,” Thursday, at 3 p.m., UF’s SmathersLibrary Room A1.
Published: March 25 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Office of Sustainability will host its annual Campus Earth Day event on April 1, with various activities throughout the day. This weekend, lights will go out on some buildings on campus to recognize Earth Hour.
Published: March 24 2011
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Published: March 24 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida professor has been named a 2011 Leopold Leadership Fellow — becoming only the third professor in Florida to achieve the honor.
Published: March 24 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Asbury Park Press has been named the winner of the 2010 Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award for exposing questionable use of taxpayer dollars in New Jersey and how that state’s property tax system harms the economy. In addition, the Asbury Park Press raised awareness of a gap in the public records law that allows cities to delegate duties to private vendors, who in turn charge high fees for public information.
Published: March 23 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Each masters of their particular genre of music, Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer join musical forces for Melody of Rhythm on April 3 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
Published: March 22 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Rubbing or massaging is often an instinctive response to pain. Now researchers have found that another kind of touch, vibration, can also help reduce certain types of pain by more than 40 percent. The researchers are encouraged by the prospect that vibration therapies could bring pill-free pain relief to chronic sufferers.
Published: March 22 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Join the Florida Museum of Natural History for a special presentation by University of Florida alumnus and conservation photographer Carlton Ward, Jr. from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. March 31.
Published: March 22 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida’s Students in Free Enterprise are helping unemployed Gainesville residents become competitive job applicants.
Published: March 17 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study shows when two flowering plants are crossed to produce a new hybrid, the new species' genes are reset, allowing for greater genetic variation.
Published: March 17 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tom Szaky, co-founder and chief executive officer of TerraCycle, will talk about sustainable innovation and entrepreneurism at 7 p.m. March 22 in the University of Florida's Reitz Student Union Grand Ballroom.
Published: March 17 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida celebrates 80 years of teaching, research and service in Latin American studies with a series of public events March 24-26.
Published: March 17 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A drug typically used to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients has been shown to reverse the progress of an often fatal lung disease in women, according to findings published March 16 in the online edition of The New England Journal of Medicine.
Published: March 16 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida announced that it will open its 26,000-square-foot Asian art wing to the public in spring 2012.
Published: March 16 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Oral disease occurs commonly and progresses rapidly among people who have HIV, but the process is poorly understood. Researchers suspect that the culprit is a change in the makeup of bacterial communities that live in the mouth.
Published: March 16 2011
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Published: March 16 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Author and Harvard University professor Michael Sandel brings his unique approach to examining the most hotly contested moral and political issues of our times to the University of Florida’s Bob Graham Center for Public Service March 22.
Published: March 15 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Some college students who think they have normal hearing may actually be overestimating their abilities. In a University of Florida study of college students who believed they had normal hearing, one-quarter did not have normal hearing sensitivity.
Published: March 15 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Some college students who think they have normal hearing may actually be overestimating their abilities. In a University of Florida study of college students who believed they had normal hearing, one-quarter did not have normal hearing sensitivity.
Published: March 15 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Reggae artist and Hasidic American Matisyahu will appear at 8 p.m. March 16 in the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, as part of Student Government’s celebration of Jewish Awareness Month.
Published: March 11 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Explore the Florida Museum of Natural History's newest exhibit, "Barrier Islands: Creations of Tide and Time" from March 17 through June 26.
Published: March 11 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Register now for “Antarctic Expedition,” the Florida Museum of Natural History’s next “Playful Escape,” from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 25.
Published: March 10 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida program in partnership with Bank of America aimed at providing financial mentoring to underserved Florida residents is producing encouraging results going into its second year.
Published: March 10 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Warrington College of Business Administration at the University of Florida will host an inaugural national qualifying tournament April 22-23 for the Intercollegiate Business Ethics Case Competition.
Published: March 9 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Grab your boots and join honorary chairwoman Chris Machen for “Passport to Cowboy Florida,” the Florida Museum of Natural History’s annual fundraiser from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, March 19.
Published: March 9 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A current commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission will speak at the University of Florida Levin College of Law at noon March 14 in the new courtroom at the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center.
Published: March 9 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new study led by a University of Florida researcher uses tracking data of three shark species to provide the first evidence some of the fish swim directly to targeted locations.
Published: March 9 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida history professor Florin Curta will present a lecture at 8 p.m. March 14 in Rinker Hall Room 110.
Published: March 8 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The banana consumers know today could disappear from U.S. store shelves because of a tropical disease, just as its predecessor did more than 50 years ago, and a University of Florida researcher warns that awareness is needed to stop history from repeating itself.
Published: March 8 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In performing procedures to open narrowed coronary arteries, cardiologists use powerful drugs to prevent clotting and make the blood thinner — but not so thin that it causes major bleeding. But one of the old anti-clotting standards has fallen out of favor in recent years amid concerns over increased risk of bleeding, coupled with the advent of newer drugs and techniques.
Published: March 7 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Women are just as likely as men to violently shake a small child in their care, though men cause more severe injuries and death, according to a new University of Florida study.
Published: March 7 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With honeybee populations imperiled by the mysterious condition called colony collapse disorder, Florida residents should appreciate native bees for their role in the state’s environment and economy, say University of Florida researchers who will make presentations on the insects at this week’s Bee College.
Published: March 7 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida study demonstrates extinction’s ripple effect through the animal kingdom, including how the demise of large mammals 20,000 years ago led to the disappearance of one species of cowbird.
Published: March 4 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The UF Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council gathered 2,215 articles of clothing for the Children’s Home Society of Gainesville in the third annual clothing drive last week.
Published: March 4 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A University of Florida faculty member, whose family had been separated to escape Nazi oppression, was united with her relative at the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra performance, presented Feb. 19, by University of Florida Performing Arts.
Published: March 4 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Joe Meert may not be a movie star, but what this geologist knows about the history of the Earth was essential in making a new film on that topic.
Published: March 3 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A sweat-drenched treadmill seems a likely haven for germs to set up housekeeping, including the dangerous antibiotic-resistant bug MRSA. This is one of the reasons why most fitness centers sanitize equipment and supply members with antibacterial wipes.
Published: March 3 2011
Many worry that fitness centers attract not just people to exercise, but offer bacteria a place to thrive. But a new University of Florida study of bacteria levels on gym equipment offers a surprising result, about what it didn’t find.
Published: March 3 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Biking 564 miles from Miami to Tallahassee in six days, the Geico Road Safety Bicycle Tour will arrive at the University of Florida on March 15. Comprised of EMTs, firefighters, police officers and survivors of automobile crashes, the 10 cyclists will gather at UF’s Plaza of the Americas to highlight Florida Road Safety Week during UF’s Safety Fair.
Published: March 3 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A group of 23 researchers led by University of Florida scientist Gustav Paulay will leave from St. Petersburg Friday on an expedition to survey the biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico’s ocean floor.
Published: March 2 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study of 45-million-year-old pollen from Pine Island west of Fort Myers has led to a new understanding of the state's geologic history, showing Florida could be 10 million to 15 million years older than previously believed.
Published: March 2 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — After a successful spring break trip to Franklin County in 2010, University of Florida College of Fine Arts students will once again spend their spring break helping residents in rural communities along the Gulf coast improve their health and preserve their unique culture.
Published: March 2 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study of 45-million-year-old pollen from Pine Island west of Fort Myers has led to a new understanding of the state’s geologic history, showing Florida could be 10 million to 15 million years older than previously believed.
Published: March 1 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Riker Hall is the winner of the “2011 Eco-Challenge: Battle of the Halls” water usage competition in University of Florida residence halls.
Published: March 1 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Police Department will host the 28th Annual UFPD Spring Break Safety Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, March 03, the Reitz Student Union North Lawn.
Published: March 3 2011
Research economist David Denslow was quoted in a Feb. 24 Associated Press story about Gov. Rick Scott pushing to cut back the size and cost of the state government.
Published: March 3 2011
Dr. Michael Okun, co-director of the Movement Disorders Center, was quoted in a Feb. 22 Associated Press story about a brain pacemaker that is being used to treat psychiatric diseases.
Published: March 3 2011
Kevin Folta, an associate professor of horticulture, was quoted in a Feb. 23 Associated Press story about how the mapping of the strawberry genome may lead to cheaper berries. >See related release.
Published: March 5 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – One of the leading traditional Irish music ensembles of today will help kick-off St. Patrick’s Day a few days early when they perform March 13 at the Phillips Center for Performing Arts. Danú will perform traditional Irish music and songs.
Published: March 23 2011
Lance Gravlee, an associate professor of anthropology, was quoted in a March 3 Chicago Tribune story about a Northwestern University human sexuality professor who allowed students to demonstrate a sex toy in his class.
Published: March 16 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Horticultural Sciences Graduate Student Club’s annual strawberry sale starts today and continues through Friday at Fifield Hall on Hull Road.
Published: March 3 2011
Law professor Bob Dekle was quoted in a Feb. 18 Detroit Free Press story about Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera’s arrest for suspicion of drunken driving.
Published: March 1 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Distinguished civil liberties lawyer Alan Dershowitz will speak at 8 p.m. March 2 at the Phillips Center for Performing Arts as ACCENT Speaker’s Bureau, Hillel and the Jewish Student Union celebrates Jewish Awareness Month.
Published: March 3 2011
Economist David Denslow was quoted in a Feb. 22 Miami Herald story about Gov. Rick Scott’s campaign promise to produce 700,000 new jobs in the next seven years.
Published: March 23 2011
Law professor Michael Allan Wolf was quoted in a Feb. 25 Miami Herald story about the Air Force suing the city of Homestead and a local farmer after city officials gave him the right to build houses at the end of Homestead air base’s runway.
Published: March 3 2011
Dr. Stephen R. Grobmyer, director of the breast cancer program, was quoted in a Feb. 18 New York Times story about the overuse of surgical breast biopsies instead of the less invasive needle biopsy. The quote was the result of a >UF news release.
Published: March 23 2011
Political science professor Dan Smith was quoted in a March 9 Palm Beach Post story about the possible consequences of Florida planning an early presidential primary.
Published: March 23 2011
Chronic pain sufferers may eventually be able to put away the ibuprofen. Just like the song, a new University of Florida study suggests some “good vibrations” take away the pain. UF researchers produced pain by applying heat to the arms of study participants. They followed that pain with stimulating vibrations to block the heat related pain sensations. Researchers say the vibrations reduced the pain sensations in people by 44%. Experts consider this potential new treatment for pain similar to traditional touch therapies already in use.
Published: March 23 2011
Better health care options for today’s youth could hold a key to lowering crime rates. That’s one conclusion of a new University of Florida study focusing on middle school and high school students across the country. Results suggest poor health may contribute to adolescents committing deviant acts.
Published: March 3 2011
Chris McCarty, director of the Survey Research Center, was quoted in a Feb. 22 St. Petersburg Times story about consumer confidence remaining high after two months, a possible sign of consumer economic improvement. The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.
Published: March 3 2011
Band director Jay Watkins was quoted in a Feb. 23 St. Petersburg Times story about a country duo looking to sue Britney Spears for copyright infringement.
Published: March 3 2011
Marco Pahor’s research was cited in a Feb. 23 St. Petersburg Times story about the importance of exercising to prevent the many detrimental effects of aging. Pahor is a professor and the chairman of the aging and geriatric research department. >See related release.
Published: March 23 2011
Steve Kirn, executive director of the David F. Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research, was quoted in a March 15 St. Petersburg Times story about retailers using packaging tricks to disguise rising commodity prices.
Published: March 23 2011
Law professor Thomas Hurst was quoted in a Feb. 28 St. Petersburg Times story about the mediation of NFL labor negotiations.
Published: March 18 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — More than 60 University of Florida students will learn how to turn their visions of tackling some of the world’s toughest social, environmental and economic problems into viable, sustainable solutions.
Published: March 18 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Intersection: University of Florida Ceramics,” a collective exhibition showcasing current student work in ceramics at the University of Florida, opens March 21 in the Focus Gallery.
Published: March 3 2011
Finance professor Jay Ritter was quoted in a Feb. 21 Wall Street Journal story about why buying stock in China because of its rising economy might not yield high profits.
Published: March 16 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Wayne Wanta has accepted the position of chair of the department of journalism at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications effective June 1, Dean John Wright announced today.