“So you do research on diseases – when did you become a medical doctor?” is a question I regularly hear. I’m actually a geographer. In the past, medical doctors were nearly the only ones doing disease research, but recently things have been changing. Today, disease-related research projects need skills that are found across campus.
This was [...]
Becoming a part of The Gator Nation has been a big part of life for my wife and me, since we moved to Gainesville in 2006. Now, as dean of the UF International Center, I am particularly proud of the tag line to the UF slogan, “The Foundation for The Gator Nation.”
This tag line [...]
Note: This guest-written column appeared in InsideUF’s biweekly print edition on March 23, 2010. The print edition is a paid insert that appears as the entire page-three of the Independent Florida Alligator.
Why do we get sick? Why do we get diseases like cancer and hypertension, the ones scientists call ‘complex diseases’? Is it something in [...]
Dear students:
The University of Florida is well known for prestige in academics and athletics, and now it’s your chance to continue this success by participating in the 2010 Census. The census information provides more than $400 billion in federal funding each year for the next 10 years. This funding goes toward transportation, education, health care [...]
In 2008, Florida ranked 34th in voter turnout. Some 70 percent of Floridians report cutting back on civic activities in the past year. Our state faces a civic crisis.
At the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, these statistics caused us to ask what contribution our university is making to prepare students for active citizenship. [...]
You likely have been reading InsideUF and didn’t even realize it. In fact, you’re reading InsideUF, an official publication of the University of Florida, right now.
InsideUF includes:
• A biweekly print edition, which appears as the entire page three of the Alligator. This page is produced and paid by University Relations;
• The UF homepage, [...]
Hello Gator Nation, and Happy New Year!
We are pleased to start 2010 with several major developments here at the University of Florida.
Perhaps most prominent, UF colleges and departments are already in the process of hiring as many as 100 new faculty members. Made possible by judicious budgeting and increased tuition revenues, we are one of [...]
Each year since 1963, Florida science teachers and several hundred high school students have traveled to UF’s campus for a prestigious event known as the “Junior Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium” (JSEHS). This unique three-day program is designed to foster and encourage student interest in science and mathematics. This year, JSEHS will take place Jan. [...]