University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Many convention-goers are volunteering for public service rather than demanding prompt four-star service for themselves, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Wholesale prices for Florida milk hit an all-time high in 2007, but dairy farmers’ potential profits were reduced by skyrocketing feed costs, according to a University of Florida report issued this month.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Consumer confidence among Floridians rose one point to 60 in July from its revised index and all-time low record in June, signaling that state residents may be looking ahead to when the housing market picks up, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Happiness may be contagious in the workplace, but enthusiasm is annoying, especially if it involves bosses who wave their hands and talk too loudly.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Having fun in the workplace is no joke when it comes to boosting employee productivity, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The spread of “For Rent” signs is the latest bad news as Florida’s real estate market declines in all forms of rentals, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Build it and they will stay” would be wise policy with today’s growing number of elderly and disabled people who want to remain in their own homes, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With the cost of gas and electricity rising seemingly by the day, Florida’s universities will work together on research aimed at boosting a largely untapped resource: renewable energy.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Higher gas and food prices, continued declines in housing prices and last month’s large increase in unemployment caused Florida’s consumer confidence to plummet six points in June to 57, its all-time low record in the index’s 25-year history, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tax stimulus checks failed to blunt the damaging effects of record gas prices and rising debt on Florida’s consumer confidence in May, causing it to drop one point to 65 and hit a new 16-year record low, according to the latest statistics from the University of Florida.