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UF Homecoming's Soulfest applications due Sept. 7

Published: August 31 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Applications are now available for the University of Florida Homecoming’s Soulfest, a multicultural extravaganza and outdoor concert including music, dance and art.

UFPD investigates armed disturbance at Shands garage

Published: August 30 2012

Programs look at Harry Potter, science and medicine

Published: August 30 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Health Science Center Library is hosting “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine,” a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine through Oct. 6.

UF research funding hits $644.4 million in 2012, surpassing non-stimulus record

Published: August 30 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Research awards to University of Florida faculty totaled $644.4 million in 2012, a $25 million increase over 2011.

UF will have one of state's first carbon-neutral residence hall laundry operations

Published: August 29 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is partnering with ASI Campus Laundry Solutions and Neutral Gator to create the first carbon-neutral residence hall laundry operation in Florida.

New UF/IFAS website has tips on bed bug prevention and control

Published: August 29 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new website, developed by the Florida Bed Bug Workgroup and the University of Florida, provides resources for anyone concerned about bed bugs, from college students living away from home for the first time to pest control professionals and landlords.

Machen to give State of the University address

Published: August 29 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida President Bernie Machen will present his 2012 State of the University address at the UF Faculty Senate meeting set for 3 p.m. Thursday at the Reitz Student Union Auditorium.

$10 UFPA student tickets on sale Friday

Published: August 29 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tickets for University of Florida Performing Arts performances in September and October go on sale at noon Friday. With a valid Gator1 card, students can purchase single tickets for $10 at the Phillips Center Box Office or the University Box Office at the Reitz Student Union.

UF students can get free Microsoft Office software

Published: August 28 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is partnering with the On The Hub network to provide free Microsoft Office software for all enrolled Gators.

UF: Florida consumer confidence unchanged in August

Published: August 28 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s August consumer confidence level was 77, a figure unchanged since July, according to a monthly University of Florida survey.

UF presidential search groups, BOT to meet Monday, Tuesday

Published: August 24 2012

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UF's department of recreational sports hosts RecSports Extravaganza

Published: August 23 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The RecSports Extravaganza will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Southwest Recreation Center. University of Florida students, faculty and staff are invited to participate.

Political webisode series to visit Turlington Plaza, downtown Gainesville

Published: August 23 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Bring it to the Table,” an online webisode series and engagement campaign aimed at bridging political divides and elevating the national conversation, is coming to the University of Florida’s Turlington Plaza from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 31. The program is sponsored by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service.

New UF-developed plant databases and models could lead to more nutritious foods

Published: August 22 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Creating virtual plants could solve real problems, such as reducing vitamin deficiencies in humans, according to University of Florida researchers.

Assemblies embrace diverse communities at UF

Published: August 22 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s offices of Multicultural & Diversity Affairs, Student Activities and Involvement, and Student Government will host the 2012 Welcome Assemblies during the Week of Culture, Aug. 23-29.

Johnson Scholarship Foundation pledges $1 million to Florida Opportunity Scholarships

Published: August 21 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Johnson Scholarship Foundation has pledged $1 million — $200,000 per year for five years — in a challenge grant benefiting the endowment for the Florida Opportunity Scholarship program at the University of Florida.

Overnight hours at Library West will continue during fall semester

Published: August 21 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Student Government and the George A. Smathers Libraries have renewed their 24-hour, five-day-a-week partnership for the fall and spring semesters of the 2012-13 school year and for school years into the future.

Students can get 7 percent discount at UF Bookstores on Aug. 22

Published: August 21 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Student Government and the University of Florida Bookstores have renewed their partnership for the 2012 edition of Discount Day at the UF Bookstores.

Tour comes to UF next week to engage students in politics

Published: August 21 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A tour aimed at engaging young voters during this election season will arrive at the University of Florida Monday to hold a rally where students can share their opinions on such topics as jobs, education, health care, immigration and voter participation.

UFPD joins other law agencies in finding drunken drivers

Published: August 20 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Police Department is participating with several other agencies and groups in an annual campaign against drunken driving.

UF presidential search subcommittee to meet Wednesday

Published: August 20 2012

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Results of graduate survey gives UF insight into plans

Published: August 20 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Career Resource Center, in conjunction with the Office of Institutional Planning and Research and the Office of the University Registrar, launched UF’s first university-wide graduation survey during the spring 2012 semester.

Syringe art event brings a shot of color and a squirt of fun to Shands Hospital for Children at UF

Published: August 20 2012

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Depression may go overlooked when physicians use electronic medical records, UF researchers find

Published: August 16 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Patients who have three or more chronic medical conditions are half as likely to receive depression treatment in primary care practices that use electronic medical records as they are in practices that use paper-based records, a new University of Florida study has found.

Students invited to open house to learn more about various communities

Published: August 16 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The offices for the University of Florida’s Center for Leadership, Multicultural and Diversity Affairs, and Off Campus Life will host an open house from 1 to 5 p.m. Aug. 28 in 301 Peabody Hall.

Swine flu present in many 'healthy' farm-show pigs, UF researchers report

Published: August 15 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Despite their healthy appearance, several pigs on show at a 2009 U.S. state fair competition were infected with swine flu, according to a new study by University of Florida infectious disease experts.

UF receives $296,000 suicide prevention grant

Published: August 14 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Counseling & Wellness Center in collaboration with GatorWell Health Promotion Services has received a three-year, $296,000 federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

UF staffers to ease transition of new students to campus

Published: August 14 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Staffers from the University of Florida divisions of Business Affairs, Student Affairs and Human Resources as well as student leaders will greet new students and parents and distribute water during residence hall check-in Friday and during the first two days of classes Aug. 22-23.

UF professor honored with national award for research into successful aging

Published: August 14 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Gerontological Society of America has honored a University of Florida professor with its most distinguished award for an academic whose research writings advance the well-being of older Americans.

Gift allows Harn to appoint curator of photography

Published: August 14 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Harn Museum of Art has appointed Carol McCusker as curator of photography. She is the first to fill the curatorship since it was endowed through a $1.5 million gift by the Mary Ann Harn Cofrin family, longtime supporters of the Harn Museum.

UF scientists find state record 87 eggs in largest python from Everglades

Published: August 13 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers curating a 17-foot-7-inch Burmese python, the largest found in Florida, discovered 87 eggs in the snake, also a state record.

UF researcher part of papaya study that sheds light on development of sex chromosomes

Published: August 13 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For humans, gender is one of the defining characteristics of life, but for papayas, it’s more like a work in progress.

Infectious diseases expert at UF available to speak about swine flu

Published: August 10 2012

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Subcommittees for UF presidential search to meet next week

Published: August 10 2012

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UF researchers discover earliest use of Mexican turkeys by ancient Maya

Published: August 9 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study shows the turkey, one of the most widely consumed birds worldwide, was domesticated more than 1,000 years earlier than previously believed.

RTS reduces campus service during break

Published: August 9 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — RTS will reduce service Aug. 11-19 during the break between summer and fall semesters for the University of Florida and Santa Fe College.

UF researchers find clues to brain-related symptoms of muscle-wasting disease

Published: August 8 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have identified a gene responsible for brain-related symptoms of the most common form of adult-onset muscular dystrophy.

UF/IFAS faculty awarded at international meeting

Published: August 7 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three faculty members with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences received international recognition at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers annual meeting in Dallas held from July 29 to Aug. 1.

Sarajedini appointed associate dean in CLAS

Published: August 7 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla .— University of Florida astronomy professor Ata Sarajedini has been named the associate dean for natural sciences and mathematics in UF’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

National study ranks UF first among Florida colleges

Published: August 7 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida ranks first among Florida universities for what students want from a college education, according to a recent study by Forbes magazine and the Washington, D.C.-based Center for College Affordability and Productivity.

University of Florida nursing dean will retire in 2013

Published: August 6 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The dean of the University of Florida College of Nursing has announced plans to retire.

Phillips to feature dance company founder nominated for White House post

Published: August 6 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — President Barack Obama recently announced his intent to nominate Ranee Ramaswamy – founder and co-artistic director of the Ragamala Dance – to a key administration post as a member of the National Council on the Arts.

Cancer fails to deter UF graduate from goal of master's degree

Published: August 2 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When Jared Sweat graduated with his bachelor’s degree in soil and water science from the University of Florida in 2009, he applied immediately for his master’s degree in the same field.

Cancer fails to deter UF graduate from goal of master’s degree

Published: August 2 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When Jared Sweat graduated with his bachelor’s degree in soil and water science from the University of Florida in 2009, he applied immediately for his master’s degree in the same field.

Intersection of NW Eighth Avenue and NW 22 Street to close Aug. 5

Published: August 2 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The intersection of NW Eighth Avenue and NW 22nd Street will be closed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, with all traffic on both roads rerouted to other streets.

UF HIV/AIDS expert awarded prestigious science and policy fellowship

Published: August 1 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A noted University of Florida professor selected for a prestigious fellowship will serve as a science adviser at the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Agency for International Development.

UF/IFAS experts find feral hog control efforts often fail, now investigating why

Published: August 1 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Feral hogs wreak havoc on Florida’s natural areas, but a new University of Florida study shows that control measures often fail; now, researchers are investigating how the animals outwit removal efforts.

Fast-growing startup graduates from Florida Innovation Hub at UF, moves to downtown Gainesville

Published: August 1 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Shadow Health Inc., a virtual education and training company based on University of Florida computer-programming technology, will graduate from the Florida Innovation Hub at UF at 4:30 p.m. Thursday with an informal ceremony in the lobby.

UF researchers ID chemical in cigarette smoke linked to lowered levels of "good"

Published: August 30 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Cigarette smoking’s association with heart disease has been known for decades, but researchers are still not certain what chemicals or molecular processes in the body form the basis of that link. Now University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville researchers have unlocked some of the specifics, finding that a toxic compound in cigarette smoke called benzo(a)pyrene slows the production of “good” cholesterol, also known as high-density lipoprotein, or HDL.

STARTUP QUEST LAUNCH

Published: August 28 2012

FLORIDAWORKS, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY LICENSING AND SANTA FE COLLEGE EXPAND PROGRAM TO SEVEN OTHER FLORIDA REGIONS