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Moffitt Cancer Center researcher to discuss genetic testing for cancer

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 [...]

Filed under General on Tuesday, April 14, 2009.

St. Petersburg Times: Chris McCarty

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.

Filed under General on Monday, April 13, 2009.

UF experts available to discuss possible changes in U.S.-Cuban relations

Media Tip Sheet

Filed under General on Thursday, April 9, 2009.

Technology developed at UF spawns start-up companies

Media Tip Sheet

Filed under General on Monday, March 9, 2009.

Science paper author: Drought could transform Amazon into carbon emitter

Media Tip Sheet

Filed under General on Thursday, March 5, 2009.

UF scientist on team for NASA planet-hunting spacecraft to launch Friday

Tip Sheet

Filed under General on Thursday, March 5, 2009.

Media Advisory: Program to explore partnerships for St. Augustine historic properties

WHO: Officials from the University of Florida, the state of Florida, the city of St. Augustine and the National Park Service.
WHAT: “Strategy to Reality: Implementing the St. Augustine Historic Area Strategic Plan.” Presentations will discuss the potential economic and educational impacts of implementing the strategic plan to improve 33 historic properties in St. Augustine. [...]

Filed under General on Tuesday, February 24, 2009.

New York Times: UF study

A University of Florida study was cited in Jane Brody’s Feb. 10 New York Times column about the excess of sugar in Americans’ diet. See related release.

Filed under General on Monday, February 23, 2009.

Associated Press: Susan Gillespie

Archaeologist Susan Gillespie was quoted in a Feb. 10 Associated Press story about the discovery of a mass grave in Mexico that may hold the skeletal remains of the Aztecs who fought conquistador Hernan Cortes.

Filed under General on Monday, February 23, 2009.

Associated Press: Jacobo Konigsberg

Physicist Jacobo Konigsberg was quoted in a Feb. 19 Associated Press story about the race between the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s Tevatron accelerator and the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland to find evidence of a hypothetical particle called the Higgs boson, better known as the “God Particle.” Konigsberg works at Fermilab.

Filed under General on Monday, February 23, 2009.