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Published: July 28 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After being diagnosed with a rare and potentially deadly case of lymphoma, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and University of Florida journalism professor John Kaplan turned the lens on himself to create the nationally acclaimed documentary, “Not As I Pictured.”
Published: July 28 2011
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Published: July 28 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In the last 30 years, more than 90 percent of the reef-building coral responsible for maintaining major marine habitats and providing a natural barrier against hurricanes in the Caribbean has disappeared because of a disease of unknown origin.
Published: July 27 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A group of 29 leading U.S. research institutions and their local communities, including the University of Florida and the city of Gainesville, announced today that they have formed Gig.U: the University Community Next Generation Innovation Project, an effort designed to bring ultra-high-speed connectivity to their campuses and communities.
Published: July 27 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — After a 10,000-year absence, wildfires have returned to the Arctic tundra, and a University of Florida study shows that their impact could extend far beyond the areas blackened by flames.
Published: July 26 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Increased optimism about making major purchases played a significant role in consumer confidence rising two points in July to 68, according to a new University of Florida survey.
Published: July 25 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — At a lunch this Friday, the University of Florida will recognize 38 high school juniors and seniors participating in the Young Entrepreneurs for Leadership & Sustainability pre-college summer program.
Published: July 22 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Laurie Underwood, co-author of the book “China Entrepreneur,” will present a program titled “China Today: High Risk, High Potential” at 3 p.m. Aug. 4 at Smathers Library, Room 1A.
Published: July 22 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida faculty and staff are invited to participate in a free trial month of Zumba dance classes offered by the Living Well Faculty and Staff Wellness Center at the Florida Gym.
Published: July 21 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Gator Nation asked, and Gator Growl 2011 answered.
Published: July 21 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida shark expert George Burgess is slated to speak at an international conference Monday about research that allowed the largetooth sawfish to be named a U.S. endangered species last week.
Published: July 20 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It sounds like a pest control technician’s dream come true—eradicating hard-to-reach underground termite colonies by introducing small quantities of a pathogen or parasite, a practice called biological control.
Published: July 20 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A fire Tuesday afternoon destroyed the Austin Cary Conference Building.
Published: July 19 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Leading drug dependence and infectious disease epidemiologist William W. Latimer has been named chairman of the department of clinical and health psychology at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions.
Published: July 19 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the University of Florida will host a panel discussion on entrepreneurship July 25, featuring notable speakers such as Alex Sink, last year’s Democratic candidate for governor.
Published: July 18 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — After nearly five months full of prize giveaways, email reminders and data analyses, the 2011 edition of the Student Experience in Research Universities, or SERU, survey, has officially closed with the University of Florida posting the highest response rate of the nine universities that participated.
Published: July 18 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will conduct a test of its UFAlert emergency notification system between 12:15 and 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Published: July 15 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries have joined the HathiTrust Digital Library, a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future.
Published: July 14 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida astronomers are testing a new infrared camera this summer at the world’s largest telescope that will allow researchers to look for planets outside our own solar system and better explore hidden black holes at the centers of galaxies.
Published: July 14 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida astronomers are testing a new infrared camera this summer at the world's largest telescope that will allow researchers to look for planets outside our own solar system and better explore hidden black holes at the centers of galaxies.
Published: July 14 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The decline of large predators and other “apex consumers” at the top of the food chain caused by humans has disrupted ecosystems all over the planet, according to a review of recent findings conducted by an international team of scientists, including a University of Florida professor.
Published: July 13 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ed Poppell, University of Florida vice president for business affairs and economic development, is the guest speaker for the July 26 meeting of the Academic and Professional Assembly.
Published: July 13 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine say proteins common to multiple strains of Anaplasma marginale, a tick-borne pathogen that costs the U.S. cattle industry millions of dollars annually and is even more devastating in developing countries, could hold the key to developing an effective vaccine against the disease.
Published: July 13 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Plants are good for the planet because, among other things, they help offset the effects of global climate change. It turns out, however, that other members of the terrestrial ecosystem, soil microbes, may exacerbate the problem, offsetting some of the beneficial effects of plants.
Published: July 12 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Earthquakes and volcanoes are known for their ability to transform Earth’s surface, but new research in the Caribbean has found they can also move ancient Earth rock foundations more than 1,000 miles.
Published: July 12 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — RTS will begin its fall 2011 service Aug. 15 with changes to a number of routes to better serve the Gainesville community.
Published: July 8 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The National Science Foundation announced today its award of a $10 million grant to the University of Florida and Florida State University to coordinate 92 institutions in 45 states working to digitize the nation’s biological collections.
Published: July 8 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Performing Arts and UF&Shands will kick off Chords of Color for a Cause with The Fab Faux at the Phillips Center on July 22. The five musicians of The Fab Faux recreate the famous works and perennial hits of the Beatles, and also feature songs never performed live.
Published: July 7 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The National Institutes of Health has awarded a University of Florida-led team more than $6.5 million to study the environmental and psychological effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on communities along the Gulf coasts of Florida and Alabama.
Published: July 7 2011
GAINESVILLE — Dr. Frederick A. Moore has joined the University of Florida’s College of Medicine as the department of surgery’s chief of acute care surgery.
Published: July 7 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Police Department and Shands Hospital For Children invite the public to attend their Bike Rodeo and Summer Safety Fair July 9.
Published: July 6 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida scientists have discovered a way to separate the neural wheat from the chaff during the process of generating brain cells for potential patient therapies.
Published: July 5 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Following more than 40 years of fieldwork, Florida Museum of Natural History malacology curator Fred Thompson was recently recognized for his research on freshwater organisms.
Published: July 5 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Few treatments exist for patients with advanced primary liver cancer, but University of Florida researchers have found a new way to broaden the range of options and potentially improve health outcomes by combining two treatments.
Published: July 1 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Join the Florida Museum of Natural History from 6:30 to 9 p.m. July 15 for a night of live music and explore the new temporary exhibit “Wild Music: Sounds and Songs of Life.”
Published: July 21 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Painkillers such as ibuprofen, naxopren and celecoxib provide needed relief for many patients who have chronic pain. But an ongoing source of contention is whether those drugs and others in their class known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are linked to harmful health effects.
Published: July 14 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s School of Theatre and Dance will perform “An Evening of Improv” today through Saturday.
Published: July 25 2011
Law professor Michael Seigel was quoted in a June 27 ABC News story about the potential impact if homicide suspect Casey Anthony had been found incompetent.
Published: July 12 2011
Research scientist Thomas Demarse was quoted in a June 30 ABC News story about the potential for using a computer chip, neurons and adult stem cells to stimulate brain activity in stroke victims.
Published: July 22 2011
Dr. Glenn Morris, director of the Emerging Pathogens Institute, was quoted in a July 8 Associated Press story about $25 million in federal grants that were awarded to four universities, including UF, to study the health impact of the BP oil spill. See related News Bureau news release.
Published: July 22 2011
Law professor Jennifer Zedalis was quoted in a July 10 Associated Press story about the verdict in the Casey Anthony murder trial.
Published: July 8 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Naomi Pierce, curator of Lepidoptera at the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, has been scheduled as the keynote speaker for the Florida Museum of Natural History’s sixth annual ButterflyFest, Oct. 22-23.
Published: July 25 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Museum of Natural History research associate William F. Smith-Vaniz recently received the most prestigious award available to researchers of the diversity and evolutionary relationships of fishes.
Published: July 21 2011
Many people rely on over-the-counter medicines like ibuprofen and naproxen for pain relief. But now a new study warns these pain relievers and others that are similar can prove harmful for older adults with heart disease who overuse them.
Published: July 12 2011
Chris McCarty, director of UF’s Survey Research Center, was quoted in a June 29 Palm Beach Post story about the Florida consumer confidence report for June. The story was the result of a News Bureau >news release.
Published: July 22 2011
A column about the GOP’s changing political landscape by David Colburn, history professor and director of the Askew Institute, was published July 20 in the St. Petersburg Times.
Published: July 12 2011
Win Philllips, vice president for research, wrote an op-ed column in the June 30 St. Petersburg Times on how North Dakota leaders are increasing funds for higher education while other states are decreasing their support.
Published: July 12 2011
Political science professor Ido Oren wrote a commentary published June 26 in the Tampa Tribune about how Secretary of Defense Robert Gates helped to steer the U.S. away from attacking Iran in 2007.
Published: July 12 2011
Entomologist Marc Branham was quoted in a July 1 USA Today story about the evolutionary aspects of fireflies.
Published: July 12 2011
Entomologist Marc Branham was quoted in a July 1 USA Today story about the evolutionary aspects of fireflies.
Published: July 22 2011
Economist David Denslow was quoted in a July 8 Wall Street Journal story about the impact on Florida from the end of the space shuttle program.