GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An evening with two nationally known journalists will conclude the 2008-2009 Presidential Lecture Series at the University of Florida on Wednesday.
Al Eisele, editor-at-large of The Hill, and Bill Adair, Washington bureau chief of the St. Petersburg Times and editor of PolitiFact.com, will discuss “Media and the New Administration.” The event will be [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida scientist whose interest in embryonic development and evolution led him to discover the molecular building blocks that shape appendages ranging from feet to flippers was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Early Career Scientist today (Thursday, March 26), a distinction given to only 50 researchers in the United [...]
If winning two national championships in three years doesn’t convince you that University of Florida football players are outstanding, then maybe scientific-based evidence will.
In addition to practice and attending class, University of Florida football players visit the UF Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Laboratory to sharpen and evaluate their top-notch skills.
Bryan Conrad, a UF department [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Rather than soaking up the sun on a Florida beach, 15 University of Florida students spent their spring break in the Big Apple for the UF David C. Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research’s New York City Retail Tour.
During the five-day tour from March 9 to 13, students visited more than [...]
David Freeman, an equine surgeon and professor in the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named interim chairman of the college’s department of large animal clinical sciences.
Freeman will oversee the teaching, research, extension and service missions of the UF veterinary college in the primary areas of equine, food animal, aquatic animal and [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The winners of the 2009 ADDY Awards, a program of the Advertising Federation of Gainesville, were recently announced.
The University of Florida’s “When Did You Become a Gator?” television commercial, produced by University Relations, won a gold ADDY in the category of Public Service TV. The commercial also earned the Larry Edwards [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Some foods may be acquired tastes, but could the love of certain foods become an acquired disease?
A growing body of scientific evidence is confirming the theory that food can actually be addictive — especially great-tasting foods, according to Mark Gold, M.D., chairman of the department of psychiatry at the University of Florida [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — All University of Florida students, faculty and staff can receive a free diabetes screening from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 24 at the Reitz Student Union Colonnade.
The UF/Shands Diabetes Center of Excellence and other campus groups are participating in the American Diabetes Association’s 21st annual “Diabetes Alert!” to raise awareness [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Program will present “Florida Black History: Where We Stand in the Age of Barack Obama” at 6 p.m. March 17 in UF Library East, first floor.
Featured speakers will include U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., UF President Bernie Machen and Harry Shaw, a [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In wealthy countries, the war against malaria was won nearly half a century ago, but the disease continues to afflict communities in the developing world. Now the University of Florida is doing what it can to help fight malaria. UF announced today that it has received a $1.5 million grant from [...]