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Published: February 29 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Repairs to both northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Paynes Prairie are scheduled for tonight and early Thursday morning with up to two lanes closed just south of mile marker 379, or about five miles south of Gainesville, according to the Florida Department of Transportation.
Published: February 29 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida Performing Arts hosts 13 performances in March from a variety of genres, including Broadway, dance, jazz, classical, vocal and world.
Published: February 29 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The discovery of two new extinct camel species by University of Florida scientists sheds new light on the history of the tropics, a region containing more than half the world’s biodiversity and some of its most important ecosystems.
Published: February 29 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To prepare University of Florida students for spring break next week, the University of Florida Police Department hosts the 29th Annual UFPD Spring Break Safety Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday on Reitz Student Union North Lawn.
Published: February 28 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence among Floridians dropped one point in February to 76 from January, according to a University of Florida survey. The modest decline followed two months of rising levels of confidence in the economy.
Published: February 27 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida students can learn about safe sex and other healthy habits before next week’s break by attending the 13th annual Sex in the Swamp at 7 p.m. today in the Florida Gym.
Published: February 27 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Boston Brass will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Student tickets are $12.
Published: February 27 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Iron is a key mineral for human health. Too much of it in your body — or too little — can lead to major health problems.
Published: February 14 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Office of Sustainability seeks nominations for the 4th Annual Sustainable Solutions Awards as part of Campus Earth Day 2012.
Published: February 27 2012
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Published: February 24 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Cirecie West-Olatunji, an associate professor of counselor education at the University of Florida's College of Education, has been elected president of the American Counseling Association, the nation's largest counseling professional organization.
Published: February 24 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Police Department has completed its investigation of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and has forwarded sworn allegations to the state attorney's office that nine UF students and one alumnus engaged in serious physical hazing.
Published: February 24 2012
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Published: February 23 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Spectators are invited to watch 58 University of Florida students test their pure strength, speed, explosive strength, conditioning and muscular endurance in the department of recreational sports' Strong Gator Competition from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Maguire Field.
Published: February 23 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As scientists continue developing climate change projection models, paleontologists studying an extreme short-term global warming event have discovered direct evidence about how mammals respond to rising temperatures.
Published: February 22 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida President Bernie Machen has joined the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute Board of Trustees.
Published: February 22 2012
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Published: February 22 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For the past 12 years, University of Florida researchers at the Powell Gene Therapy Center have pioneered gene therapies aimed at helping patients with inherited blindness and paralyzing neuromuscular diseases.
Published: February 22 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida officials are notifying 719 individuals who were owed a check or refund by the university that their Social Security numbers were exposed on Florida’s Unclaimed Property website.
Published: February 21 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — ACCENT Speaker’s Bureau and Student Government Productions at the University of Florida will bring “Billy Joel: Questions and Answers and a Little Bit of Music,” at 8 p.m. March 1 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
Published: February 20 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning will hold tours of its latest research facilities Feb. 24, kicking off at 9:30 a.m. in the Architecture Building atrium with an opening address by UF President Bernie Machen and Dean Christopher Silver.
Published: February 17 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Center for European Studies invites the public to two talks on Tuesday by Barbara Milewski, associate professor of music at Swarthmore College.
Published: February 17 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Represented by a 20-piece chamber ensemble, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra will share its extensive repertoire at the Phillips Center for Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Student tickets are $12.
Published: February 17 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Spring elections for Student Government at the University of Florida will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.
Published: February 16 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Aaron Williams, director of the U.S. Peace Corps, will speak at the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida’s Pugh Hall at 6 p.m. Feb. 21. The event is co-sponsored by the UF International Center and the Center for Leadership & Service. Parking and the event are free and open to the public.
Published: February 16 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida faculty member who specializes in Middle East politics is available to talk about the growing tension between Israel and Iran.
Published: February 16 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An upgrade of myUFL (http://my.ufl.edu) will be made this Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 18-19.
Published: February 16 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A record five graduate students at universities in Florida have been awarded $5,000 scholarships as winners of the Guy Harvey Scholarship Award, recognizing their outstanding achievement in marine science research.
Published: February 16 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Institute of Black Culture at the University of Florida will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Friday with a dinner in the Arredondo Café at the Reitz Student Union.
Published: February 15 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida’s Peace Corps program continues to grow, ranking second overall in the nation for the second year in a row.
Published: February 15 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As a carrier of as many as 100 types of germs, the common house fly is hardly as innocuous as its name might suggest.
Published: February 15 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s department of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution was awarded the Award of Excellence for an Institution by the Association for Student Conduct Administration, or ASCA, among other top national awards, for this year.
Published: February 15 2012
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Published: February 14 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new economic study suggests that having a degree from one of Florida’s 11 state universities can be a financial lifesaver — equivalent to more than $1 million in a worker’s lifetime earnings.
Published: February 14 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A visiting scholar from Yale University is coming to speak at the University of Florida Feb. 24-28.Sir Peter Crane will serve as the 2011-2012 Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar, and will deliver two lectures, co-sponsored by the department of biology and the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Published: February 14 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Sparking production of a hormone in the brain that people with epilepsy often lack could prevent debilitating seizures, University of Florida researchers have discovered.
Published: February 14 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s first university inpatient treatment program for adults and adolescents suffering from anorexia, bulimia and other serious eating disorders opened Tuesday at the University of Florida and Shands.
Published: February 13 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Water Institute will host a symposium Wednesday and Thursday to explore emerging issues related to water nutrient dynamics, management and policy from a variety of professional and institutional perspectives.
Published: February 13 2012
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Published: February 10 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. ― ShandsCair, the air medical and critical care transport system for Shands at the University of Florida, is expanding its horizons and flight capabilities by setting up a second base in Marion County, complete with a second helicopter.
Published: February 10 2012
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Published: February 10 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Noel Paul Stookey will perform at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at University Auditorium on the University of Florida campus. Stookey has twice taken the stage at the Phillips Center for Performing Arts as a member of Peter, Paul and Mary in 1997 and 2002.
Published: February 9 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Southwest Recreation Center is among nine similar facilities in the U.S. to be recognized by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association, a pioneer in organized recreation programs for colleges and universities.
Published: February 9 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Area residents who have discovered a mysterious fossil while gardening or hiking and would like to learn more about it now have the perfect opportunity.
Published: February 8 2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Maintaining healthy cholesterol levels can keep heart disease, heart attack and stroke away. And a commonly used vitamin could help by increasing production of "good" cholesterol in the body, researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville have found. The findings were published recently in the journal Metabolism, Clinical and Experimental.
Published: February 8 2012
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Published: February 8 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida professor who has spent more than a decade studying urban biodiversity conservation has published a new book outlining what it takes to build and maintain ecologically friendly housing developments.
Published: February 8 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla.— “Vanishing Points: Paint and Paintings from the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection” showcases contemporary artists who push and explore the boundaries of painting.
Published: February 7 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Shark attacks in the U.S. declined in 2011, but worldwide fatalities reached a two-decade high, according to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File report released today.
Published: February 6 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Amira Hass, an award-winning Israeli journalist, will speak at 6 p.m. Feb. 13. at the University of Florida’s Pugh Hall, home of the Bob Graham Center for Public Service.
Published: February 6 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Women’s Student Association at the University of Florida will hold the 25th Annual Women’s Leadership Conference, “Flying to New Heights,” which will be held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Reitz Student Union Grand Ballroom.
Published: February 6 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Friends of Music presents “An Evening of Music with Friends” benefiting the College of Fine Arts from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Friday in the Steinbrenner Band Hall on UF’s campus.
Published: February 6 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida will receive $3.5 million in federal funds for transportation research as a newly chosen Regional University Transportation Center.
Published: February 3 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Canadian pop-folk duo Dala makes its Gainesville debut Feb. 11 at Squitieri Studio Theatre, located inside the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The group will perform shows at 2 and 7:30 p.m.
Published: February 3 2012
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Published: February 2 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — What do Gainesville, Fla., and Nantucket, Mass., have in common? The University of Florida.
Published: February 2 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Cancer that has spread from the site of an original tumor to other places in the body is often viewed as a death sentence. But if there are just a few of those secondary tumors, called metastases, some patients have a good chance of survival if treated with a type of radiation that precisely targets small tumors, researchers at the University of Florida and the University of Rochester report online and in an upcoming print edition of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
Published: February 2 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The “Ken and Linda McGurn Speaker Series: Public Engagement in Science” starts with its first presentation at 4 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Published: February 1 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Blueberry wine can provide more potentially healthy compounds than white wines and many red wines, according to a new University of Florida study.
Published: February 3 2012
Political science professor Daniel Smith was quoted in a Jan. 23 Wall Street Journal story about the Florida Republican presidential primary. The story was the result of a News Bureau tip sheet.
Published: February 15 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Climate-science expert Jim Jones, a distinguished service professor emeritus in the agricultural and biological engineering department and director of the Florida Climate Institute, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, or NAE.
Published: February 20 2012
WHO: University of Florida Police Department, Dori Slosberg Foundation, police officers from other state universities, and troopers from the Florida Highway Patrol.will serve as the bicyclists. They are giving up their motor vehicles to ride in the tour.
Published: February 3 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida College of Fine Arts and the School of Theatre and Dance continues the 2011-2012 season with a thrilling and twisted production of “Roberto Zucco” through Feb. 12.
Published: February 27 2012
Plant scientist Zhanao Deng and strawberry breeder Vance Whitaker from the Gulf Coast Research Center were quoted in a Feb. 15 Tampa Tribune story about the Florida Strawberry Expo, an annual meeting of farmers and researchers to determine the best strawberry for Florida to produce.
Published: February 27 2012
Plant scientist Zhanao Deng and strawberry breeder Vance Whitaker from the Gulf Coast Research Center were quoted in a Feb. 15 Tampa Tribune story about the Florida Strawberry Expo, an annual meeting of farmers and researchers to determine the best strawberry for Florida to produce.
Published: February 3 2012
Political science professor Daniel Smith was quoted in a Jan. 24 Tampa Bay Times article about the reduction of early voting hours for the Florida primary.
Published: February 3 2014
Law professor Amy R. Mashburn was quoted in a Jan. 24 Orlando Sentinel story about an investigation of the KEL law firm for possibly violating the Florida Bar’s rules of financial conduct.
Published: February 27 2012
Economist Alan Hodges, an extension scientist with the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, was quoted in a Feb. 14 Orlando Sentinel story about how a Florida SUS degree can be worth more than $1 million in a worker’s lifetime earnings. This story was a result of a UF News Bureau release.
Published: February 27 2012
Alan K. Knudsen, director of pharmacy legal services for Shands HealthCare, was quoted in a Feb. 15 MSNBC story about how pharmacists are forced to discard drugs based on outdated regulations when updated science shows they are still fine for use, especially drugs experiencing shortages.
Published: February 27 2014
Law professor George R. “Bob” Dekle was quoted in a Feb. 12 Miami Herald story about how an inmate on death row is chosen to be executed, specifically referring to an inmate scheduled for death after more than 31 years in prison.
Published: February 3 2012
Ann Henderson, director of the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, was quoted in a Jan. 20 Inside Higher Ed story about the center’s new Civil Debate Wall to help students become more civically active by answering controversial questions. The story was the result of a news release.
Published: February 27 2012
Research associate professor of medicine Michael Haas from the UF College of Medicine-Jacksonville was quoted in a Feb. 15 Florida Times-Union story about new UF research that shows a B vitamin containing nicotinic acid can create good cholesterol and help prevent heart disease, heart attacks and strokes. This story was a result of a UF News Bureau release.
Published: February 27 2012
Pediatric cardiologist Jose Ettedgui from the University of Florida-Jacksonville, was quoted in a Feb. 15 Florida Times-Union story about a patient who underwent successful heart surgery after being brought to Jacksonville by Patrons of the Heart, a nonprofit organization that brings children with heart disease from underdeveloped countries to the United States for surgery.
Published: February 20 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Carol Browner, a University of Florida Levin College of Law alumna and former director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, is the keynote speaker for the 18th annual Public Interest Environmental Conference.
Published: February 3 2012
Astronomy professor Eric Ford was quoted in a Jan. 27 Christian Science Monitor story about NASA’s discovery of 26 new planets in 11 solar systems by the Kepler space observatory.
The story also ran on MSNBC.com and in other media. The stories were the result of a UF News Bureau news release.
Published: February 14 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Celtic Woman will bring its new North American tour “BELIEVE” to the University of Florida’s O’Connell Center at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Student tickets are $12.
Published: February 3 2012
Chemistry professor Richard Yost was quoted in a Jan. 26 Associated Press story about university students opposing annual tuition increases and other issues at the Florida Capitol.
Published: February 27 2012
Butterfly specialist Jaret Daniels was quoted in a Feb. 15 Associated Press story about the Miami Blue butterfly’s near extinction, possibly because of excessive iguanas in Bahia Honda.