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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.
Published: August 30 2012
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Published: August 24 2012
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Published: August 20 2012
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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.
Published: August 20 2012
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Published: August 10 2012
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Published: August 10 2012
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Published: August 6 2012
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The dean of the University of Florida College of Nursing has announced plans to retire.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Published: August 28 2012
FLORIDAWORKS, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY LICENSING AND SANTA FE COLLEGE EXPAND PROGRAM TO SEVEN OTHER FLORIDA REGIONS