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Published: March 28 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Black men have the highest incidence of prostate cancer and die more often of the disease than any other group of American men, yet there are significant differences among black men in terms of quality of life and outcomes. Now, University of Florida researchers are exploring these differences among groups of culturally diverse black men with prostate cancer, seeking to understand why.
Published: March 28 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An overwhelming majority of Floridians supports legislation that would ban texting while driving, according to a new poll.
Published: March 28 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has launched a free, online tool to help caregivers and family members identify drivers age 65 and older who may be at risk for driving problems.
Published: March 28 2013
Media advisory
Published: March 27 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida neurologist Dr. Michael Okun has answered more than 20,000 questions from patients with Parkinson's disease, typically not about cures or the latest treatments, but about something much simpler — how to live well with the disease. Now Okun has written a book that he hopes will help patients everywhere.
Published: March 27 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s consumer confidence rose in March, gaining three points from the revised February reading of 73, according to a monthly University of Florida survey. That puts the Sunshine State at odds with the economic mood of the rest of the nation.
Published: March 27 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A study co-authored by a University of Florida scientist adds critical new data for understanding caribou calving grounds in an area under consideration for oil exploration in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Published: March 27 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Graduate Business Career Services office at the Hough Graduate School of Business at the University of Florida will host the first-ever “Stay in the Swamp” Career Fair from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday in Hough Hall, Room 150.
Published: March 26 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Health Science Center Library at the University of Florida is hosting “A Voyage to Health,” a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine about the revival of Native Hawaiian traditions.
Published: March 26 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A longtime community tradition, the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine Open House will intrigue and entertain audiences of all ages during a full day of educational demonstrations, tours and much more from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 13.
Published: March 26 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new book by a University of Florida education professor about science fairs and other extracurricular school science programs hits the shelves just as education in science, technology, engineering and math – the STEM disciplines – continues making headlines.
Published: March 25 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Floridians are buying more food grown locally or regionally and retail sales are higher here than in other states, according to a University of Florida study.
Published: March 25 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Albie Sachs, retired justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and lifelong freedom fighter in the struggle against apartheid, will be speaking about gay marriage at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, on Tuesday – the same day the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case challenging California’s constitutional ban on gay marriage.
Published: March 25 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida has announced 25 new members for the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is the highest recognition given to student leaders at the UF.
Published: March 22 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Visitors to downtown Gainesville Saturday can enjoy the experiences of Europe without crossing the ocean.
Published: March 21 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study of nearly 5,000 Haiti bird fossils shows contrary to a commonly held theory, human arrival 6,000 years ago didn’t cause the island's birds to die simultaneously.
Published: March 21 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Agbioscience boomed in Florida between 2000 and 2010, with related research and development expenditures in the Sunshine State growing 134 percent during that time, according to a new report.
Published: March 21 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Counseling and Wellness Center and GatorWell Health Promotion Services have launched the UFlourish Social Marketing Campaign.
Published: March 21 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Georgetown University Professor Randy Barnett is the Florida Law Review’s 32nd Annual Dunwody Distinguished Lecturer in Law.
Published: March 21 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Visitors to the Harn Museum of Art can discover art through senses other than sight from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Published: March 20 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida is the state's first university to offer massive open online courses, or MOOCs.
Published: March 20 2013
Tip sheet
Published: March 19 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — AREVA Inc. and the University of Florida College of Engineering are teaming up today (March 19) with the Nuclear Clean Air Energy educational initiative for a first-of-its-kind event to promote STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — education and careers in the energy industry.
Published: March 19 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — More than a year after the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin near Orlando, many legal, social and cultural questions raised by the case are still being discussed across the country.
Published: March 18 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Leading integrated retailer Sears Holdings Corp. has selected Gainesville, Fla., to establish its first "Center of Excellence," which will provide University of Florida engineering undergraduates a first-of-its-kind opportunity to land internships centered on software development while keeping talent local, UF officials announced today.
Published: March 18 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — ACCENT Speakers Bureau at the University of Florida will bring astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to campus April 3.
Published: March 18 2013
Media advisory
Published: March 15 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — How far can a technology startup go with the help of angel investors? Pretty far.
Published: March 15 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — After two years of historical triage in St. Augustine, the University of Florida will take part this weekend in the opening of a new tourist attraction based on the city’s history.
Published: March 14 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF&Shands, the University of Florida’s Academic Health Center, is one of 12 institutions nationwide initially approved to implant a new device for treatment of peripheral artery disease.
Published: March 14 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida researcher has described a new genus and species of extinct saber-toothed cat from Polk County, Fla., based on additional fossil acquisitions of the animal over the last 25 years.
Published: March 13 2013
INESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Center of Leadership and Service Tuesday night honored 61 students who completed more than 100 service hours within the past year.
Published: March 12 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A sweet remedy could be just the thing to reduce memory loss in older adults. Glucose produced via a burst of hormones after an exciting or emotional experience could help us better remember what we need to, and lead to new therapies to prevent memory loss, according to research being presented this week at the University of Florida.
Published: March 12 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Butterflies are among the most vibrant insects, with colorations sometimes designed to deflect predators. New University of Florida research shows some of these defenses may be driven by enemies one-tenth their size.
Published: March 12 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Fourteen early-stage technology companies will present Thursday at “A Celebration of Innovation,” the University of Florida’s seventh annual technology showcase.
Published: March 12 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Approximately 30 percent of the world’s total land is too acidic to support crop production, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. However, a solution may lie in a strand of corn that is able to grow successfully in acidic soil, thanks to a genetic variation recently identified with help from the University of Florida Genetics Institute.
Published: March 11 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — While the idea sounds absurd today, up until the 1940s it was not uncommon for property deeds to include clauses that restricted the sale of property to whites only. In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled against these racially restrictive covenants and the practice was outlawed in 1968 by the Fair Housing Act.
Published: March 11 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The American Pharmacists Association has presented its “best published paper” award to a professor of pharmaceutical outcomes and policy at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy for her paper examining the pharmacist’s role in patient care.
Published: March 11 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Visitors to the Florida Museum of Natural History on Saturday can spend the day watching volcanic eruptions and sifting for gems, minerals and other treasures at the seventh annual “Can You Dig It?” event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Published: March 11 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida undergraduate students who complete an online survey between Wednesday and July 20 will have a chance to win iPad prize packs, Beats Solo headphone prize packs, and free student memberships to the Harn Museum of Art.
Published: March 5 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A film screening and panel discussion will be held Monday to examine the legacy of the so-called "Johns Committee" at the University of Florida. The documentary film screening will take place from 5:30 to 6 p.m., and the discussion will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in Smathers Library East, Room 1A, on the UF campus.
Published: March 5 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jane Yellowlees Douglas has an eclectic resume. The University of Florida professor has done work with almost every college in the university and has published research in at least a dozen separate disciplines.
Published: March 5 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A film screening and panel discussion will be held Monday to examine the legacy of the so-called “Johns Committee” at the University of Florida. The documentary film screening will take place from 5:30 to 6 p.m., and the discussion will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in Smathers Library East, Room 1A, on the UF campus.
Published: March 5 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida paleontologists have discovered remarkably well-preserved fossils of two crocodilians and a mammal previously unknown to science during recent Panama Canal excavations that began in 2009.
Published: March 4 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — If mosquitoes were motorcycles, the species known as Psorophora ciliata would be a Harley-Davidson – big, bold, American-made and likely to be abundant in Florida this summer.
Published: March 4 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida fine arts graduate and well-known actor Malcolm Gets will perform at March 15 benefit gala “Splendor in the Spring” at the Nadine McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion.
Published: March 1 2013
Tip sheet
Published: March 1 2013
UF News Budget: March 4 – 8
Published: March 7 2013
Law professor Diane Mazur, a former Air Force officer, was quoted in a Feb. 26 Associated Press article about registration for the draft potentially applying to women now that physically able women are allowed in combat.
Published: March 7 2013
Veterinarian and professor Justin Shmalberg was quoted in a Feb. 26 Associated Press article about the College of Veterinary Medicine’s use of hyperbaric chambers to treat ailing pets.
Published: March 7 2013
Frederick Southwick, a professor of medicine, contributed an op-ed column to the New York Times about how he lost his leg to a medical error.
Published: March 7 2013
Economist David Denslow was quoted in a Feb. 17 Palm Beach Post article about the implications of raising the minimum wage.
Published: March 7 2013
Astronomer Eric Ford was quoted in a Feb. 20 Reuters article about the discovery of a tiny planet beyond our solar system that is the smallest of 800 extra-solar planets discovered thus far.
Published: March 7 2013
Economist Zhengfei Guan was quoted in a Feb. 27 Tampa Bay Times article about a labor shortage affecting strawberry farmers in Hillsborough County.
Published: March 25 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — PhDMoms, a graduate student organization at the University of Florida, presents a program titled “Getting Started Before You Finish” at 3:30 p.m. today in Corry Commons in Corry Village.