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The Finance and Facilities Committee of the University of Florida Board of Trustees announces a public meeting.

The Educational Policy and Strategy Committee of the University of Florida Board of Trustees announces a public meeting.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida’s final budget reduction plan for 2009-2010 is available on UF’s home page at www.ufl.edu.
The plan calls for $30.6 million in specific cuts, which reflect the permanent loss of recurring state funding. About 150 faculty and staff positions will be eliminated through a combination of vacant positions, retirements and [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida spinoff companies are creating new ways to keep people safe and healthy:
Contact lenses improve eye treatment
UF researchers developed soft contact lenses that contain tiny drug-filled particles capable of releasing medications slowly and steadily into the eye. Apeliotus Ophthalmics of Atlanta is developing contact lens drug delivery systems based [...]

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The recent swine flu outbreak has led to many questions about public health safety in Florida communities. Currently, there are no reported swine flu cases in Florida.
The swine flu is a type A influenza, of the H1N1 strain. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported there is no vaccine to [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Moffitt Cancer Center researcher Susan Vadaparampil will discuss the public health perspective of genetic testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer as part of the annual D.K. Stanley Lecture at the University of Florida. Vadaparampil will present her findings at 4 p.m. Thursday in Florida Gym Room 220.

Vadaparampil graduated [...]

Chris McCarty, director of the Survey Research Center, was quoted in a March 31 St. Petersburg Times story about the monthly Florida consumer confidence report. The story was the result of a News Bureau news release.