Associated Press: Jay Ritter
Published: May 31 2012
Published: May 31 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Paving a highway across South America is providing lessons on the impact of road construction elsewhere.
Published: May 31 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A recent study appearing in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education lists University of Florida assistant professor of criminology Chris Gibson as one of the most productive scholars of his rank in the U.S.
Published: May 30 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Students and faculty from the University of Florida’s College of Health and Human Performance will travel to Turkey next month as part of an ongoing effort to promote peace through tourism and cultural understanding.
Published: May 30 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The 2012 Graduate Student Grants and Fellowships Conference will be held Friday in the University of Florida’s Health Professions, Nursing, and Pharmacy Building, known as HPNP.
Published: May 30 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF Young Entrepreneurs for Leadership & Sustainability, a summer program for high school students, is launching a new pilot program this summer.
Published: May 30 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A leading University of Florida urologist and expert on prostate disease has been selected as a member of the most prestigious organization in the field of urology, a 125-year-old society limited to just 75 active members at a time.
Published: May 30 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. —The rare occurrence of the planet Venus passing directly between the Earth and the sun will take place Tuesday evening.
Published: May 29 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence among Floridians rose three points to 77 in May, reversing a three-month decline, according to a monthly University of Florida survey. The latest figure is nine points higher than it was a year ago.
Published: May 29 2012
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Published: May 24 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Doping may be a no-no for athletes, but researchers in the University of Florida’s physics department say it was key in getting unprecedented power conversion efficiency from a new graphene solar cell created in their lab.
Published: May 24 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Performing Arts director Michael Blachly has announced the 2012-13 season, which continues the program’s 20th anniversary celebration that began last season.
Published: May 24 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In observance of Memorial Day, all RTS offices will be closed on Monday, May 28, and there will be no RTS bus service. ADA paratransit service will not be running on this date, except for dialysis appointments.
Published: May 24 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Supermarket tomatoes that taste like heirloom tomatoes are closer to reaching grocery aisles as a result of a discovery from the University of Florida.
Published: May 24 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have received nearly $1.3 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to uncover ways to lessen liver damage by studying the body’s natural process for breaking down and removing injured cells.
Published: May 23 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new treatment regimen can help some patients who have blood cancer to live disease-free longer, University of Florida researchers and colleagues have found.
Published: May 23 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have received an $800,000 National Science Foundation grant to help build the first evolutionary tree of life for all species on Earth.
Published: May 23 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have received an $800,000 National Science Foundation grant to help build the first evolutionary tree of life for all species on Earth.
Published: May 22 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Visitors can explore an ancient Mayan civilization and culture in the Florida Museum of Natural History’s newest temporary exhibit, “An Early Maya City by the Sea: Daily Life and Ritual at Cerros, Belize,” opening Saturday.
Published: May 22 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Lastinger Center recently joined a multi-organization, multiyear effort that includes Duval County Public Schools, the Jaguar Foundation and Teach for America to turn around the state's lowest-ranked high school, Andrew Jackson H.S.
Published: May 21 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida team has received national recognition for creating a vanguard online program that helps new employees transition to campus work life.
Published: May 21 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The time may have come to scrub the idea that brain plaque — deposits of protein that clog passages between brain cells — might not be all that bad.
Published: May 18 2012
GAINESVILE, Fla. — After a nationwide search, David E. Kratzer has been selected as vice president for student affairs at the University of Florida, Provost Joe Glover announced Friday.
Published: May 17 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a University of Florida professor $1.25 million to study factors affecting political stability in the African Sahel, the region south of the Sahara Desert.
Published: May 17 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Before July 1 when the new fiscal year begins, the University of Florida must reduce its budget by more than $38 million. Deans of the university’s academic units and other administrators have been vetting proposals with faculty and staff for several weeks. Their proposals are now available through a link on the UF home page at .
Published: May 17 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A tiny filter could have a big impact around the world in the fight against tuberculosis. Using the traditional microscope-based diagnosis method as a starting point, a University of Florida lung disease specialist and colleagues in Brazil have devised a way to detect more cases of the bacterial infection.
Published: May 17 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have described a new extinct giant turtle species from the same Colombian mine where they discovered Titanoboa – and one of the only animals the world's largest snake could not have eaten.
Published: May 17 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have described a new extinct giant turtle species from the same Colombian mine where they discovered Titanoboa – and one of the only animals the world’s largest snake could not have eaten.
Published: May 16 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida honeybee researcher Jamie Ellis is interested in what happens to bees that encounter chemicals and Varroa mites—but he’s even more interested in how younger bees fare long-term after facing those challenges.
Published: May 16 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Using gene transfer techniques pioneered by University of Florida faculty, Taiwanese doctors have restored some movement in four children bedridden with a rare, life-threatening neurological disease.
Published: May 16 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida professor will participate in an interactive webinar discussion Thursday on how shared use could improve community health and combat childhood obesity.
Published: May 15 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Coming this fall, University of Florida student organizations will have the opportunity to adopt a conservation area to help clean and protect ecosystems and biodiversity right on campus.
Published: May 15 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The News & Observer has been named the winner of the 26th Annual Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award for exposing how public employees who lied, cheated and stole from the taxpayers of North Carolina benefited from one of the country’s most secretive personnel records laws. The News & Observer’s coverage eventually resulted in significant changes to North Carolina's law, resulting in more openness and transparency.
Published: May 15 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine, part of the College of Fine Arts, has been awarded a $30,500 grant from the Parkinson Research Foundation to conduct research on the effects of dance on Parkinson’s disease.
Published: May 14 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida's real estate market outlook improved in the first quarter of 2012, according to the University of Florida.
Published: May 11 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Alachua County Master Gardener Annual Plant Sale will be held from 8 a.m. to noon May 19 at the UF/IFAS Extension Office, 2800 NE 39th Ave.
Published: May 11 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida International Center has announced 2012 International K-12 Teacher of the Year Awards to recognize outstanding international endeavors by area teachers and to encourage them to pursue international activities in classrooms and schools.
Published: May 10 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Harvesting tropical forests for timber may not be the arch-enemy of conservation that it was once assumed to be, according to a new study led by a University of Florida researcher.
Published: May 10 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Area children looking for something to do this summer now have a new option. The Reitz Student Union Game Room at the University of Florida is teaming up with Kids Bowl Free to give away games of bowling to children 15 and younger between May 14 and Aug. 17.
Published: May 10 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With subjects including the dog’s role in society, proper pet grooming and the latest about careers in veterinary technology and medicine, a new online course offered this fall through the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine targets undergraduate students in a comprehensive educational outreach effort that may be the first of its kind in the United States.
Published: May 10 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida graduating senior Yevgen Sautin has been selected as a 2012-2013 Carnegie Junior Fellow.
Published: May 10 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — More than 1,000 public school educators are presenting their action research in coming weeks at the University of Florida’s annual inquiry showcases around the state.
Published: May 9 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is now accepting applications for a new 100 percent online master's degree in music education adapted from its campus counterpart.
Published: May 9 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers teamed with colleagues at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif., to devise a new combination therapy that reverses established Type 1 diabetes in mice.
Published: May 8 2012
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Published: May 8 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Bob Graham Center for Public Service’s Civil Debate Wall website — www.civildebatewall.com — has won one of the nation’s most prestigious communication awards, a 2012 Communicator Award.
Published: May 8 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s 1,000-acre Plant Science Research and Education Unit now has a conference center, where faculty can share their expertise.
Published: May 8 2012
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Published: May 8 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two University of Florida students have been awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships to study critical languages this summer.
Published: May 8 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With the support of a Major League Baseball star, a new University of Florida research center on an island settled by the Vikings could lead to breakthroughs about a rare genetic disorder and potentially change the course of care for high blood pressure and other common conditions.
Published: May 7 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida graduating senior Jerry Bruno has been named a 2012-2013 New York City Urban Fellow.
Published: May 7 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Hot Jupiter-type” planets are most likely to be alone in their systems, according to research by a University of Florida astronomer and others, made public today.
Published: May 4 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The National Flight Academy announced today plans to distribute a $125,000 matching scholarship fund made possible by the University of Florida and Full Sail University totaling $250,000. The funding will allow hundreds of students to attend three- and five-day sessions aboard Ambition.
Published: May 4 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — RTS will reduce bus service during the University of Florida’s upcoming break from May 7 through May 13.
Published: May 4 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Sigma Xi, the National Scientific Research Society, has recognized three University of Florida professors and a local high school teacher for their contributions to research and science teaching.
Published: May 3 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two students have been named Goldwater Scholars for the 2012-2013 year by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
Published: May 3 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study that determined the age of skeletal remains provides evidence humans reached the Western Hemisphere during the last ice age and lived alongside giant extinct mammals.
Published: May 2 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A special Mother’s Day performance by Straight No Chaser will be held at 2 p.m. May 13 at the Phillips Center for Performing Arts.
Published: May 2 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Crop genetics expert Harry Klee, an eminent scholar and professor in the University of Florida horticultural sciences department, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences Tuesday for his research achievements.
Published: May 1 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To prepare for the 450th anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine in 2015, the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries has been awarded $265,000 to build an online collection of hidden and fragile resources related to colonial St. Augustine.
Published: May 1 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is helping cattle ranchers beef up their knowledge about keeping cattle healthy — and improving consumer confidence in the process.
Published: May 1 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To celebrate and learn about biotechnology in North Central Florida, the community is invited to attend the 9th Annual Celebration of Biotechnology from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 10 on the RTI Biologics campus in Progress Corporate Park in Alachua.
Published: May 1 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Almost 400 University of Florida employees recently attended the 2012 Superior Accomplishment Awards ceremony to celebrate 129 divisional award winners and 16 university award recipients.
Published: May 31 2012
Wildlife ecology professor Frank Mazzotti was quoted in an April 28 Washington Post article about how tracking pythons in the Everglades could provide clues to vanishing wildlife.
Published: May 31 2012
Finance professor Jay Ritter was quoted in a May 22 Wall Street Journal story about the surprising decline of Facebook Inc.’s stock and the dangers of jumping into an initial public offering.
Published: May 31 2012
Law professors George Bob Dekle and Michelle Jacobs were quoted in an April 12 USA Today story about the second-degree murder charge against George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case.
Published: May 31 2012
Finance professor Jay Ritter was quoted in a May 9 article in USA Today about the potential risks for investors buying Facebook Inc. shares.
Published: May 31 2012
Law professor Bob Dekle was quoted in an April 12 USA Today story about Angela Corey, who is the prosecutor in the Trayvon Martin case.
Published: May 31 2012
Law professors George Bob Dekle and Michelle Jacobs were quoted in an April 12 USA Today story about the second-degree murder charge against George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case.
Published: May 22 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida student has received one of only 150 worldwide scholarships to attend Apple Inc.’s sold-out Worldwide Developers Conference.
Published: May 4 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida Board of Trustees voted unanimously Thursday to elect David Brown as its chairman for a term ending June 30, 2013.
Published: May 31 2012
Law professor Michelle Jacobs was quoted in an April 11 Time story about the second-degree murder charge against George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case.
Published: May 31 2012
Political science professor Daniel Smith was quoted in a May 23 Tampa Bay Times story about 7,000 Florida felons who were stripped from voting rolls, the majority being blacks and Democrats.
Published: May 31 2012
Law professor Kenneth Nunn was quoted in an April 27 South Florida Sun-Sentinel article about the potentially long wait for a trial for George Zimmerman, accused of killing Trayvon Martin.
Published: May 31 2012
Orange County Extension Agent Dennis Mudge was quoted in a May 15 Reuters story about the City of Orlando adopting an urban chicken pilot program, which includes chicken coops, and its instant popularity.
Published: May 31 2012
Law professor Daniel Sokol was quoted in a May 16 Reuters article about Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company, bidding to buy a big chunk of EMI Music.
Published: May 31 2012
Law professor Amy Mashburn was quoted in an April 11 Reuters story about whether it was ethical for George Zimmerman’s former lawyers in the Trayvon Martin case to hold a press conference about Zimmerman after withdrawing from representing him and without his consent.
Published: May 31 2012
Alexander Wagenaar, a professor of health outcomes and policy, was quoted in a May 10 Reuters story about a new study that found nearly half of all attempts by underage buyers to buy alcohol online were successful.
Published: May 31 2012
Entomology professor Jim Cuda was quoted in an April 25 Orlando Sentinel story about an invasive, exotic weed called hydrilla, which is threatening Lake Harris in Lake County, Fla.
Published: May 31 2012
Finance professor Jay Ritter was quoted in a May 17 article in the New York Times about Facebook Inc.’s start in trading and how well shares might do.
Published: May 16 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla.— This summer the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida will explore the thought-provoking work of artists living and working around Gainesville.
Published: May 31 2012
Max Nickerson, curator of the division of herpetology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, was quoted in a May 17 article in the Florida Times-Union about snakes being more active during this time of year and how people can become more educated about them.
Published: May 31 2012
Law professor Michael Seigel was quoted in an April 12 Associated Press story about why he and other law experts predicted a lesser charge against George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case.