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UF Researcher: Humans Make Extinction Happen 100 Times Faster

GAINESVILLE — Extinction is a natural process, but human activity can make it happen about 100 times faster, a University of Florida professor has discovered studying fossil records on South Pacific islands.

Filed under Research, Environment, Florida on Thursday, March 6, 1997.

UF Researchers Compile First National Survey Of Gay And Lesbian Issues

GAINESVILLE — The biggest civil rights movement of the 1990s has been the silent but growing pace at which American communities have added gay and lesbian rights to their anti-discrimination laws, say University of Florida researchers whose new book is based on the first national survey of these issues.

Filed under Research, Education, Politics on Wednesday, March 5, 1997.

UF Researcher: Depressed People Upbeat About Friends And Loved Ones

GAINESVILLE — Far from being negative about everything and everyone, depressed people actually are optimistic and positive when it comes to their friends and loved ones, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Research, Health, Family on Tuesday, March 4, 1997.