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UF/IFAS researcher finds inexpensive, easy way to filter arsenic from water

Published: November 3 2014

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A University of Florida professor has developed a quick, cheap and easy way to filter from water one of the world’s most common pollutants: arsenic.

UF events of possible media interest listed

Published: November 3 2014

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Speech, film on women's rights

Published: November 4 2014

The Network of Enlightened Women, will host Britt Riner, the interim executive director of Women's Rights Without Frontiers (WRWF), on Nov. 6 at the UF law library in HOL 285C at 6 p.m.

The stars are coming out

Published: November 4 2014

Visitors at the Florida Museum of Natural History will have an opportunity to observe the universe with astronomy experts during the eighth annual Starry Night from 6 to 10 p.m. Nov. 14.

UF/IFAS mosquito-feeding study may help stem dangerous viruses

Published: November 5 2014

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Mosquitoes bite male birds nearly twice as often as they bite females, a finding that may help scientists understand how to stem some viruses from spreading to humans, new University of Florida research shows.

Monsanto executive to speak about feeding a hungry world

Published: November 5 2014

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WWII expert to examine America's role

Published: November 5 2014

Best-selling author and journalist Lynne Olson will speak Thurs., Nov. 6, at 5:30 p.m. in Flint Hall Auditorium (Room 50) as this year’s Gary C. and Eleanor G. Simons Lecture in American History. The subject of the lecture is "Racing Against Time: Roosevelt, Churchill and America's Fight Over World War II."

UF Health Stroke Center named among the nation's best

Published: November 5 2014

The University of Florida Health Shands Comprehensive Stroke Center has earned national comprehensive stroke center certification from The Joint Commission. UF Health is the only stroke center with this designation in north Central Florida, one of only two in the state and 78 in the entire nation.

Emory professor to speak on religious tolerance

Published: November 5 2014

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im, the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law, associate professor in the Emory College of Arts and Sciences, and Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion of Emory University will speak at 120 Pugh Hall Thursday, Nov. 13, at 5:30 p.m. The event is hosted by the UF Center for Global Islamic Studies.

Monsanto executive to speak about feeding a hungry (and growing) world

Published: November 6 2014

Monsanto Chief Technology Officer and 2013 World Food Prize Laureate Robb Fraley, Ph.D., will speak about agriculture and technology’s role in feeding a growing and hungry world population Friday, Nov. 7, at 11 a.m. in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom.