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Published: January 31 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence among Floridians surged in January, up seven points to 77 from a revised December reading of 70, marking a steady rise in optimism, according to a University of Florida survey.
Published: January 31 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For years, scientists have tried to use environmentally friendly fungi to control fire ant infestations.
Published: January 31 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History is continuing its popular “A for Science” free admission program for students throughout the state.
Published: January 30 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Visitors can take a prehistoric road trip through the Florida Museum of Natural History's newest exhibit, "Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway with artist Ray Troll and paleontologist Kirk Johnson," opening at 10 a.m. Feb. 4.
Published: January 30 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The National Science Foundation's Center for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing, or CHREC, headquartered at the University of Florida, was recently awarded the 2012 Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technology Innovation for its research and development of Novo-G, the world's most powerful reconfigurable supercomputer.
Published: January 30 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — This spring, the University of Florida Office of Sustainability will host Food For Thought — a campaign to educate students, staff, faculty and the Gainesville community about sustainable food systems and how easy it is to make more environmentally and socially conscious decisions in their own backyards.
Published: January 30 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A $10 million gift from the Lillian S. Wells Foundation Inc. to the University of Florida department of neurosurgery will help medical scientists better understand the causes of brain tumors and lead to effective treatments and improved quality of life for patients, UF officials announced today.
Published: January 27 2012
Published: January 27 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Student tickets for the remainder of University of Florida Performing Arts’ 2011-12 shows – March through May – go on sale at noon Feb. 1.
Published: January 26 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — NASA announced today the discovery of 11 new "solar systems" hosting at least 26 planets found with data from NASA's Kepler Mission.
Published: January 26 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida and Shands are working to create a new model for offering health and wellness insurance to provide more cost-effective, customized care and better health outcomes for employees and their dependents.
Published: January 26 2012
GAINESVILLE — University of Florida political science professor Daniel A. Smith will testify Friday before several U.S. senators about Florida’s new voting law.
Published: January 26 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For patients who have severe narrowing of the aortic valve, a condition known as aortic stenosis, standard treatment is surgical replacement of the damaged valve. But advanced age or medical problems such as lung disease prevent many of those patients from having open chest surgery. In the past, the best such patients could hope for was to control their symptoms with medications.
Published: January 25 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With more than 30 years of service to the University of Florida, professor Richard Heipp has been appointed director of UF’s School of Art + Art History.
Published: January 25 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida International Center will host the Spring 2012 Study Abroad Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 1 on the Reitz Student Union Colonnade. With 60 study abroad program representatives and UF-sponsored programs expected, students will have an opportunity to explore many possibilities that would enable them to become “Global Gators.”
Published: January 25 2012
Published: January 24 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An award-winning multimedia journalist and founder of Define America — a new campaign that seeks to elevate the conversation around immigration — will speak at the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida’s Pugh Hall at 6 p.m. Jan. 30.
Published: January 24 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Since 2006, the bacterial disease citrus greening has cost Florida’s economy an estimated $3.63 billion in lost revenues and 6,611 jobs by reducing orange juice production, according to a new study from the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Published: January 24 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Carl B. Mack, executive director of the National Society of Black Engineers, will speak at 6 p.m. Jan. 30 in the Reitz Student Union Grand Ballroom.
Published: January 24 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida departments of astronomy and physics will host an astronomy workshop Friday and Saturday for Florida high school students with an interest in astronomy and astrophysics.
Published: January 24 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With the touch of a finger, iPhone users can access information to help identify birds, butterflies and flowering plants seen along the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail and throughout the state.
Published: January 23 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Healthy Gators Coalition encourages individuals to nominate University of Florida faculty, staff and students for its second annual Recognition Awards.
Published: January 23 2012
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Published: January 23 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new gene therapy method developed by University of Florida researchers has the potential to treat a common form of blindness that strikes both youngsters and adults. The technique works by replacing a malfunctioning gene in the eye with a normal working copy that supplies a protein necessary for light-sensitive cells in the eye to function. The findings are published today (Monday, Jan. 23) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences online.
Published: January 23 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The George A. Smathers Libraries will host a major national traveling exhibit, “Lincoln, the Constitution and the Civil War,” on the third floor of Library West from Feb. 1 to March 7.
Published: January 20 2012
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Published: January 20 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Libraries’ digital services and shared collections department and Marston Science Library announce the online launch of the Chemical Engineering Education journal.
Published: January 19 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study shows a hybrid plant species may experience rapid genome evolution in predictable patterns, meaning evolution repeats itself in populations of independent origin.
Published: January 19 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications will launch a professional Master of Arts degree in mass communication with an emphasis on multimedia journalism, with specializations for both telecommunication and journalism students beginning this summer.
Published: January 19 2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Heart patients who have stents that prop open blocked arteries often face a dilemma when they need open heart surgery: Continue taking life-saving blood thinners but risk severe bleeding during surgery, or stop taking the medicines and risk a heart attack.
Published: January 19 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The National Math and Science Initiative announced today that AT&T will provide $500,000 to support the highly regarded UTeach program to train math and science teachers at the University of Florida and four other universities: the University of California at Berkeley, the University of California at Irvine, University of Northern Arizona and Florida State University.
Published: January 18 2012
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Published: January 17 2012
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Published: January 17 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Frank Bosworth, a veteran architecture professor and administrator, has joined the University of Florida as assistant director in the School of Architecture within the College of Design, Construction and Planning. In this role, he will develop the school’s program at UF’s Citylab-Orlando, including recruiting and coordinating the first class of students for the Orlando-based Master of Architecture program.
Published: January 17 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Grammy-winning songwriter Karla Bonoff will visit Gainesville for a 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27 performance at University Auditorium.
Published: January 16 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have discovered a key amino acid essential for human nutrition is also an effective insecticide against caterpillars that threaten the citrus industry.
Published: January 13 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Speech and Hearing Clinic and the Gainesville chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of Florida will offer “Living with Hearing Loss,” a series of free classes for people with hearing impairment.
Published: January 13 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will display individuals’ collections from across the region during the 33rd annual Collectors Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 21.
Published: January 12 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications will launch a fully online, distance learning master of arts degree in mass communication with a specialization in global strategic communication in the summer of 2012.
Published: January 12 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — TV and radio host Tavis Smiley and best-selling author Cornel West will bring their anti-poverty activism tour to the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida on Jan. 20 in an exclusive interactive forum that will combine live audience participation with the formal unveiling of the center's new Civil Debate Wall.
Published: January 12 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida student was injured late Wednesday afternoon in a chemical explosion in Sisler Hall, Union Road.
Published: January 11 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers from the University of Florida and 14 additional medical centers reported results today in the online version of The Lancet Neurology journal indicating that deep brain stimulation — also known as DBS — is effective at improving motor symptoms and quality of life in patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease.
Published: January 11 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Many building dedications feature a ribbon-cutting; this one included a front-end loader ceremoniously dumping a scoopful of pulverized sugarcane stalks.
Published: January 11 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Celebrating their 40th anniversary, The Manhattan Transfer returns to the Phillips Center for Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 as part of UFPA’s 20th Anniversary Season.
Published: January 10 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The gallery at the Reitz Student Union opens its first show of the semester, "Dream State," on Wednesday.
Published: January 10 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida has received a grant from the Tinker Foundation to initiate a Tinker Field Research Grants Program at the center.
Published: January 10 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When you’re already concerned about your health, the last thing you want to worry about is paying to park your car. That’s why starting Monday, UF&Shands, the University of Florida Academic Health Center, began to offer free parking to patients and their families and guests.
Published: January 10 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Celebrities are channeling a distant relative with what Harper’s Bazaar describes as the latest trend in nail fashion for 2012: claws. But this may not be the first time primates traded their nails for claws.
Published: January 9 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Actor and activist Danny Glover will be the keynote speaker on Jan. 25 as part of the UF MLK Celebration 2012 at the University of Florida.
Published: January 9 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Innovation Hub at UF will host an open house for the public from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 11.
Published: January 9 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Unprecedented levels of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere are disrupting normal patterns of glaciation, according to a study co-authored by a University of Florida researcher and published online Jan. 8 in Nature Geoscience.
Published: January 9 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Actor and activist Danny Glover will be the keynote speaker on Jan. 25 as part of the UF MLK Celebration 2012 at the University of Florida.
Published: January 9 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A unique, innovative social media tool — one that could revolutionize civil debate and political conversation among youth — is being unveiled this month at the University of Florida’s Bob Graham Center for Public Service.
Published: January 9 2012
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Published: January 6 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a leader to whom America and much of the world turned to in a time of crisis, will speak Jan. 26 at the University of Florida.
Published: January 6 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Members of Project HEAL, an interdisciplinary team of University of Florida health care students and professionals, invites the Gainesville community to participate in the 5K for HEALing fundraising event Jan. 15
Published: January 6 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study shows genomes of a recently formed plant species to be highly unstable, a phenomenon that may have far-reaching evolutionary consequences.
Published: January 5 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A program of core strengthening exercises was no better than traditional sit-ups for preventing back pain in soldiers, according to a new University of Florida study. But combining both exercise programs with a brief educational session on back pain strategies did lower the incidence of treatment for back pain.
Published: January 5 2012
Lower back pain affects four out of five Americans and has become one of the most frequent causes of medical visits and lost-duty time for soldiers. Now a new University of Florida study says exercise alone isn’t the best way to prevent lower back pain in soldiers.
Published: January 4 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida faculty and staff have a convenient new option for getting needed medications quickly and easily.
Published: January 3 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For the seventh year in a row, the University of Florida has ranked No. 2 on Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s list of 100 best values in public colleges. The ranking — this year’s was released today — cites four-year schools that combine outstanding education with economic value.
Published: January 3 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For the seventh year in a row, the University of Florida has ranked No. 2 on Kiplinger's Personal Finance's list of 100 best values in public colleges. The ranking — this year's was released today — cites four-year schools that combine outstanding education with economic value.
Published: January 12 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Drake will perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 15 in the University of Florida’s O’Connell Center with special guests Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Rocky as part of his Club Paradise Tour.
Published: January 3 2012
Geologist Joe Meert was quoted in a Dec. 16 Florida Times-Union story about how shifts in the Earth’s magnetic field affect the runway numbers at the Jacksonville International Airport, which must match their magnetic compass headings.
Published: January 3 2012
Tom Hoctor, director of the Center for Landscape Conservation Planning, was quoted in a Dec. 14 Florida Times-Union story about whether hunting of black bears in Florida should be allowed in the state’s plan.
Published: January 9 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The 23rd annual “A Celebration of Wine” fundraising event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 19 at the University of Florida’s Reitz Student Union Grand Ballroom.
Published: January 3 2012
Finance professor Jay Ritter was quoted in a Dec. 14 Reuters story about the stronger interest in initial public offerings from Internet companies than brick-and-mortar companies.
Published: January 3 2012
Finance professor Jay Ritter was quoted in a Dec. 21 Reuters story about whether changing regulations would allow companies to stay private longer and thus expand private-share trading.
Published: January 3 2012
Researchers Michelle Mack and Edward Schuur were quoted in a Dec. 17 New York Times story about the potential impact on the thawing of the Permafrost. The quotes were the result of a News Bureau news release.
Published: January 11 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Using data from NASA’s Kepler mission, a team that includes a University of Florida astronomer has discovered two new planets orbiting double star systems, something that had never been seen until last September.
Published: January 3 2012
Researchers Michelle Mack and Edward Schuur were quoted in a Dec. 17 New York Times story about the potential impact on the thawing of the Permafrost. The quotes were the result of a News Bureau news release.